Marrying Sergeant Major
~ 73 ~
The agenda this time will be held in a closed, not so stressful, and will be done in a place that looks like a mediation room. Because we present a child who is still a minor to follow the trial.
And now Lala is sitting in the middle between sister Rosa and the lawyer on Hana's side. In front were two judges sitting facing Lala with a long table.
The judge who will be in charge of asking questions to Lala, and will give a verdict at the end of the trial later.
As for me, Hana and Gesya sat on the other seat behind Lala.
Before starting, one of the judges greeted us, after which the atmosphere was silent for a moment before then the male judge named Panca called out his voice.
"Applicants request to the Chairman of the Surabaya Religious Court for custody of the child named: Syahla Athalia Anggara, aged 4 years and 8 months, to be transferred to the Applicant, because the relationship between the beggar and the wife is not mutually reprimanded, so that it has a bad impact on the child and the child is often abandoned or ignored by the Respondent"
Hearing the sentence read by the judge, I felt very angry, I wanted to shout to deny it, but had no power, because they forbade us to speak.
Indeed, Bima and I had never spoken to each other, even if talking only as necessary, but about Lala, we never ignored it let alone to send it off as they alleged.
Instead we always put Lala in the first place, Lala's happiness is the main thing for us.
"Dear pretty, what's her name?" Judge Andara's question was able to dissolve my concentration. Lala was asked, but my heart was pounding.
"My name is Syahla, onty"
"Call the magistrate's mom, son" Sela brother Rosa quickly.
"It's okay Miss Rosa, as comfortable as a child, lest we make minors become tense and depressed"
"Okay, judge, I'm sorry"
The judge nodded completely with a smile, then resumed his question.
"Shahla's been to school?"
"Already, but in the Playgroup, said mommy soon want to enter a small Kindergarten"
"Oh yeah?"
Lala nodded steadily.
"Smart kid!"
I don't know what Lala's expression was, but seeing how she so smoothly answered questions from the judge, made me realize that her courage actually inherited the father. Though the person before him was a stranger to Lala.
And its brave nature deserves a thumbs up.
"Means Lala lives with Bima's father and Arimbi's mother, dong"
"Yes"
"Happy, do you live with your father?"
"Happy onty, mother is good, love Masakin Lala's favorite food, mother also helped Lala take a bath, between Lala to school, messing with Lala, same friend Lala powder. I also love playing Lala, teaching Lala to swim, playing basketball, playing the piano"
"Are you the same powdery mother, baby?"
"Yes onty, the father of the same mother powder is separated, now also separated, Lala is sad to be"
Hearing the words that came out of Lala's mouth, made me glance at Gesya who was also glancing at me with a mocking smile. He must have been satisfied with Lala's answer. The woman whose hair was now in the blonde paint put her mouth close to my ear sitting next to her.
"See Arimbi! Little kids will never lie" he whispered cynically.
I choose silence not to respond.
"Why is your father's powder splitting up?" ask the judge again.
"And dad's working, so mom's own powder in dad's room, dad's bubu on the plane, so it's split right?"
"Oh so you mean Lala"
"Yes onty"
Now it was my turn to smile triumphantly. I looked at Gesya's face and then whispered a sentence.
"That's right, Gesya... The little ones will say according to what they see and feel" Lirihku as leisurely as possible, while he chuckles with his sour look.
"Mother's dad likes to fight?" The judge's question brought me back into focus.
"The same mother does not fight, but the father of the mother negur, because the mother is wayward. Lala if the wayward is also rebuked by father. Father said that father was angry with mother, the sign of father dear mother, if father was angry with Lala, the sign of father dear Lala"
"Lala ever see your father get mad at you?"
"Not angry onty, but negur" said Lala. "But out of anger mother, father immediately apologized to mother"
"Dad love a lot of the same mother, same Lala too" The child was really no fear or awkward in the slightest.
Smart you kid, proud mother Lala. But... Did I indirectly keep Lala away from her birth mother?
No!!
I immediately brushed off my own prejudices.
Neither I nor Bima ever took Hana away from Lala, if she wanted to see her daughter, neither would we forbid.
"Did Lala ever powder three? Lala, dad, same mother?"
"Early"
"So Lala is happy, happy too, stay with your father?"
"Yes onty, Lala's dear mother, Dad too. Lala doesn't want to split with my mom and dad"
"You want to stay with Mama Hana or the same mother?"
"Alright" Sahut Judge Andara then told his adjutant to take Lala out.
Before coming out of the room, Lala came up to me to indulge.
"Lala's thirsty bun, want mimi" This kid is leaning on my lap. He really does not appreciate the existence of his biological mother and onty.
"Mother get out yes, later the same om Sakti ask to take to the car, Mr. Herman, drink the same snack Lala is in the bag and the bag is in the car"
"Why is it the same with Sakti? not the same mother?"
Instead of answering, I asked Lala to say goodbye to Hana and Gesya. Lala also obeyed my orders and immediately approached the two beautiful women next to me.
Afterwards, I held Lala's hand and stepped towards the door.
After being outside the room, I knelt in front of Lala, the level of our eyes that were aligned, not making Lala have to look up.
"Lala is the same om Sakti yes" My hand holds both sides of his arm.
"Where are you going?"
"Mother wants to go inside again, want to talk to Mama Hana so that Lala stays with mother, yes"
The boy nodded with a look I couldn't guess.
"Lala wait in the car while the baby toys mom, want?"
"You mother"
"Smart kid" I peed both cheeks. Before I stood up, I grabbed my phone from the bag and handed it to Lala.
"Delay, don't be long!"
I smiled as I rubbed the top of his head. "Yes dear"
Back on my feet, I pointed my lens at the face of the man who was Rosa's assistant.
"Mas Sakti, please take Lala to the car"
"Good ma'am!"
I went back in after staring at Lala's departure for a moment.
When I was in the room again, I heard that they had begun to argue with each other.
I put myself sitting next to Rosa who was in a dispute with the lawyer from the party mbak Hana who also became her partner Yoga.
If I may guess, it seems Gesyah who is more insistent on taking Lala from us compared to Mbak Hana who just remained silent without a word.
"I think the reason Ms. Hana asked for Lala's custody was absurd sir and the judge" Rosa said confidently. "Bu Hana can transfer child custody to his hands if Pak Bima can no longer meet the physical and spiritual needs of his daughter, or Mr. Bima had an affair and was busy with his world so there was no time to give attention and affection for Lala, but all that was never done Mr. Bima. Bu Arimbi and Pak Bima always prioritize the happiness and comfort of his daughter. But Mbak Hana, actually accused that my client's household is not good, especially to abandon children. That's not very true, judge"
"I'm sure it's just pretend because my clients know exactly what their household is like" Mr. Frans.
"What do you know Frans? Do you only hear from your clients? If so, let me tell you what the truth is about my client's marriage" Rosa took her phone between piles of documents and showed the tape to the judge.
"Look, this is one of the romance of Pak Bima and bu Arimbi"
Obviously the video that sister Rosa is showing is the video that Riska took when Bima said goodbye to me.
"It must be just engineering, there is no way they are as fast as it makes a relationship as good as it is" Gesya denied as if he did not accept.
"Well, if you still don't believe me, I'll show you another proof of the family harmony of my client"
This time, Rosa was looking for a piece of paper in her pile of files. The paper I confirmed was the lab results of my pregnancy. I really object to this actually, but what we can do, we have to deny. Must prove to the judge that their charges are not true.
"The wife of my client is currently pregnant" said Sis Rosa. He handed the paper to the judge. When the paper turned into the hands of Frans after the judges had seen it, Gesya immediately seized the paper and examined it carefully.
"No way, this must be fake"
"You're saying this is fake?" the hijab-wearing woman who became Bima's lawyer smiled obliquely. "Please confirm the authenticity to RSU, Miss Gesya! Oh, or do I need this client of mine to show me the bed scene?"
"That's ridiculous!" Gesya's gaze was sharp towards my net, yet I just remained silent without returning her gaze. My body is already very tired because maybe the effect of my pregnancy, my energy seems to be drained too, I want this trial to end soon.
"As stated in article 34, paragraph (2) of the law concerning marriage, that a mother who cheats, custody may fall into the hands of the father, and during divorce, that of a mother who cheats, it was my client who won the custody. When winning the lawsuit, my client never forbade his mother to see his daughter, but the judge, you should know that as long as the child is in the care of Bima sir, he said, his mother, Hana Wulandari, never met or called him, am I right, Miss Hana?"
Hearing the question Rosa asked, the reflections of a pair of my eyes immediately pointed to her face. Not only me, the two judges turned to look at Hana whose face currently looked deathly pale. When Mbak Hana never answered, sister Rosa again said.
"Then how could you want to seize custody of that? Has anyone instigated you for his own personal gain?" as she said that, Rosa glanced at Gesya.
Last night, a long message from Gesya was indeed forwarded to him, maybe brother Rosa caught his cunning gelagat intent on destroying my household with Bima mas.
"Our judge, my client just asked that custody remain in his hands, if Ms. Hana or her aunt wants to see the child, we will not prohibit. Thanks"
"I object, Mr. Judge and the magistrate" Lawyer Mbak Hana said. "My client was patient enough to resist the urge to stay with her daughter, and this time I asked that custody be transferred to her birth mother's hand. In accordance with the law that children under the age of twelve are in the care of the mother"
"I don't agree, Judge sir" Sambar kak Rosa lightning. "Hearing Lala's heart talk a few minutes ago, do we have the heart to break her desire to stay with her father? The boy was already very happy and comfortable with his father. We will accept that Hana asked her daughter to stay with her, but only for a day or two. If we stay next we object"
"She lives with her birth mother, who will also get happiness and comfort from the affection of a biological mother, not a connecting mother, and we ask for the opportunity to be able to get custody, he said, mr judge"
"It can't be Frans, we won custody of it, and Mbak Hana can take her daughter if Pak Bima proves unhappy"
"Alright, today's trial I think is enough. After hearing the Argument from both sides, I and Judge Andara will evaluate the outcome of today's hearing. We can continue the hearing after five days with the agenda to give a verdict, and this time I closed the hearing" Kelekarnya.
I exhaled a sigh of relief. Finally, this closed trial has been completed. Hopefully the next session of Bima mas has returned and can attend it.
But is it possible? It's only been two weeks, it's impossible for Bima to be so fast. Usually it is three weeks at the earliest.
Sighed softly, I hope that the conflict there will end soon, the conditions can be safely controlled, and Bima can go home.
Seriate...