Ode To Latitude
Honest

"Good day everyone" cried Mia as Bi Nina opened the door of the house.

Regata was in the television room sitting staring at Mia and Bi Nina.

Mia smiled sumringah. He ran to his mother. Mia tried to hug her mother, but Regata turned her face away.

"Sit down" Regata orders coldly.

Mia sat next to Regata.

Regata took out one by one the items found in Mia's room. Poster Susi Susanti, shuttlekock, a pair of badminton clothes and the most surprising Mia is the value of math tests and English tests on the Regata put on the table.

Bi Nina who saw Regata's cold face immediately left her employer and daughter. He continued his remaining work.

"How many times did my mom say! why don't you just beat up Mom! look at this your value! my whole life I've never had a math score this bad and this kind of English nilak!" regata shouted echoing in the room.

Mia was shocked by Regata's scream. His throat was sore, his chest tight.

"Please mama Mia, please. Mama asks respectfully focus the same school values you do not consider this mama's speech as a joke. It's for your future!"

Tears that pooled in Mia's eye pelupuk spilled. Mia sobbed slowly.

Regata also takes off, she doesn't know what way she should stop Mia.

"Please promise me, there's nothing you hide from me" said Regata.

"Where were you during the lesson?" ask Regata. He issued a print out of Mia's absence during that month. Twenty-four times Mia's face-to-face was only present twice. The rest of the red marks filled the absence.

"Juish your mother"

While stammering Mia told about badminton training in the place of Mr. Revelation.

"Now we agree on which punishment you choose if you do this again, you will not love pocket money or for one semester you can only bring broccoli stock and have to run out. If you're caught breaking ..."

"The hawker mah" said Mia while coughing - coughing between her cries.

Broccoli is too creepy for Mia. The most hated vegetables.

"From tomorrow you're tutoring at home. Teacher les who will come to the house" said Regata rubbed his eyes and wiped his daughter's tears

Mia resigned. No matter how hard he takes off, Regata will not change his decision.

Regata takes Mia to her room. The atmosphere of Mia's room changed slightly. Regata attached words that read "pyjamas", "uniforms" and some other writings so that Mia is not confused with the order of her clothes.

"There is no need to be a class champion, the important thing is that your values meet the standards" said Regata.

Regata opened the storybook he just bought. He recites a fairy tale titled Stone of Dealing to Mia.

"So you must always obey and respect your mother so that your life will be full of blessings" Regata said at the end of the story.

Mia nodded obediently while biting the tip of her thumb. Mia's eyes began to weigh heavily because of fatigue and sleepiness.

Regata stroked Mia's hair. Occasionally he pressed his fingers in a combing motion. Persia was like her childhood, her mother always did the same to Regata.

Regata gives Mia's head. He placed the bolsters and puppets on the left and right sides of Mia. Regata tidied up Mia's blanket and made sure her daughter's body was perfectly wrapped.

Regata got out of Mia's room, then closed the door slowly.

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