The Murder of the Beloved
Chapter 9

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"It's nice that I happened to be at home when you came. Otherwise, how alas," Irene said with gratitude on her face.

"But later Dinda will come more often, Ren," Johan said.

"Oh, huh? Is that so Din?"

Dinda was embarrassed. "I want to learn kung fu with dad."

"Well ...," Irene turned to Johan. "Betul Mas?"

"Of course it's right. You should learn too, Ren. Same with Dinda, huh?"

"No ah. Lazy." Irene shook her head and turned to Dinda. "You must want to defend yourself, Din. Are there many people who like to bother? Nice too. That way you can beat them up to make them stale."

Dinda just smiled. He does want to have the ability to defend himself but against whom is the secret he wants to keep. Especially her father can't know.

After being satisfied with the conversation, Johan offers Dinda to start the most basic training. With enthusiasm Dinda agreed. Irene lent him casual clothes, shorts with a t-shirt. In that outfit Dinda followed her father's instructions, breathing exercises. "This is very important for high activity conditions, we need enough oxygen. While the need for oxygen we get through breathing, the air we breathe. If we do not know how to breathe well, then the air entering is not enough. The oxygen we need is not enough. If you do not do the activity then it is not so much a problem. Another case if we do something tiring, then we will be stingy because the need for oxygen is so urgent. Then there is no point in smart kung fu if the breath quickly breaks. In a moment we will be lackluster. So do not think that breathing is something natural because it is the necessity and the body's drive to survive until it does not need to be trained or studied again. That's the wrong thought at all."

Dinda was happy not to think that learning to breathe well turned out what she already understood was not enough to do just that once. "You have to train it every morning. Live the morning air that is still clean. Get used to waking up early."

After having enough rest, Dinda is escorted home by Johan. Dinda would call Johan at his workshop to determine the training days. They agreed that at the beginning should not be every day but enough twice a week. When it is smooth just add the portion.

"What if you don't let me, Din?" ask Johan on the way. He was a little pessimistic about it.

"I've made sense, Dad. I'd say that I learned English with Auntie. Never tell me I learned kung fu. He won't allow it."

Johan smiled amusedly. "So you're gonna lie?"

"Lying for good is okay, Dad. Come onl. Don't be a hypocrite, Dad."

Johan was not offended. He even laughed. "alright. We lie for the good."

Johan was delighted when he did not see Bram's vehicle in front of the house. Bram hasn't come home yet. Thus he did not need to face the question of two people. Enough of her mother. It turned out that Lilis filed a lot like an interrogation.

"Ko tumben he picked you up at school?"

"Yes, it's a tumben ma'am. I told him that too. Apparently he happened to pass by there and then remember me."

"Oh, so just happened to remember that?"

"Actually not really, Mom. He always remembers me. But I'm afraid I don't like him."

"Lantas, I actually like to know that I didn't?"

Dinda felt like she had spoken wrongly. "Of course I like Mom. He's my father."

"Don't forget that he's a dishonest man."

"Yes. I didn't forget Mom."

"He didn't seduce me, Mom. I really want to learn English better."

"You don't have to learn from him. Just take the course."

"Ah, no. I'd rather be with her Mom. Can you?"

Lilis was quite aware, he could not possibly forbid. Had he forbidden it, Dinda would not have obeyed. So it is better not to ban than later not to be obeyed. That would be more annoying.

"The horror, why does he remember you now. He hasn't contacted you in a long time, has he?"

"I told you, that he remembers me Mom. Only now did he dare to see me."

"Ah, lie. It must be because you already have a new father, then he's afraid of being left out."

"I don't have a new father, Mom. A father is just one. Same with a mother."

"He's gonna incite you to hate Bram."

"Not even incited I don't like him, Mom." Dinda was getting angry.

"You're sentiments. Not knowing you well no longer like. Do you like your father's girlfriend? In comparison, he's more of a jerk. Unscrupulous. Shadowless. Kebo gathering time. What example did he give you? If you're close to them, you'll catch it."

Dinda reminded herself not to get into an argument with her mother. At that time he just had to be good so as not to be hindered later. "Trust me, Mom. I won't catch it" he said solemnly. "I just want to be good at English."

"I told you, taking the course is much better."

"The course sucks. Not necessarily good results. If the same aunt while relaxing. Don't pay anymore."

"Yes already. Up yours. In short you're old enough, so you have to be able to tell which is good and which is bad."

"Yes, Mom. Beret."

Actually Lilis was worried, just in case Dinda moved away from him to get closer to Johan. It was precisely at that moment, when Dinda blatantly expressed her dislike for Bram, that the possibility of it became even greater. Then he should avoid enmity with Dinda, let alone forbid this-that. He must try to suppress his irritation even though he already has Bram. He wants both. Maybe all this time he was too sure about the feeling of having it against Dinda because Johan never made an approach. He thought Johan did not want Dinda because he already had a girlfriend who did not like the presence of Dinda. Thus Dinda had no other shelter than herself. It was this estimation that made him tend to be authoritarian towards Dinda. It turns out that the estimate was wrong. Suddenly the approach made by Johan felt as a threat.

"Alright Din" he said. "Mom's just worried about the bad influence. Don't get me wrong that I meant to curb you."

Dinda noticed the change in her mother's tone of voice. "Trust me, Mom. I'll be fine."

"Mom trusts you, Din. But your toy promised?"

"What promise, Mom?"

"You don't leave Mom to move there. Remember, that when he left you were always with me."

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