Love From Mas Duda
The Strange Attitude of Grietta

"Grietta, can you talk?" Zira also gaped unexpectedly. "Wafa!" his yell.

Wafa himself was also looking at Grietta with a proud look, not feeling his tears wet his cheeks at that moment. Dian and Zira were also moved to hear Grietta talk that much. Seeing the woman who loved him unconditionally crying, Grietta immediately approached and hugged him.

Wafa returned his embrace. "Thank you, thank you, Grietta. You've tried so much. Brother is proud of you, thank you." whispered Wafa, hugging the little girl tightly.

"Mrs .... Ja-don't cry," Grietta let go of her embrace, then using her small hands, she wiped away the tears that had been flooding her cheeks.

"Yes, my brother won't cry. Big brother is happy once he can start to confidently speak in front of everyone," said Wafa. "Grietta, keep what you currently have, yeah. If one day you are not with you anymore, you should never be afraid to say and express your heart" he continued.

"Wafa, why are you talking like that. It's as if you two won't be together anymore. Aren't you guys destined to meet that too to be together?" sahut Dian's.

Zira just nodded. Wafa himself felt that if someday, there would be something that separated him from Grietta. She hugged the little girl who made her days meaningful.

***

During the day after successfully putting Grietta to sleep, Wafa sat down with Pak kyai and others. Wafa put on a gloomy face after coming out of his room.

"Why is your face so moody, Nduk? Is there anything that makes you sad?" asked mr. Kyai, patting the sofa next to him.

Wafa sat next to kyai.

"Yes, why are you so moody, Wafa? Does Grietta not speak anymore?" timpal Sari's.

Wafa shook his head. "Every night, Grietta talks a lot. He told me how his family treated him, told me how happy he was with us here, then also told me about his longing for his father" he said.

"It cannot be denied also because Grietta here has been around for almost 1 month. Has Mr Bian not called or questioned Grietta's situation to date?" ask Ustadz Zamil.

Wafa lowered his gaze. This girl was also confused by Bian's attitude towards her own daughter. A moment of affection, soon ignored. Wafa becomes reminded of his childhood which lacks the affection of his Abi.

"Should as a father, Mr. Bian should question how his daughter is, right? Why is this even—" Ustadz Zamil's speech stopped.

"I've actually been trying to contact him. But my message was that it was only responded by his personal assistant. I don't know what happened to Mr. Bian—I myself don't know, either" explained Wafa.

"Yes, hopefully sir so always in good health and well. Who knows, it is busy and it takes time to concentrate fully on work" said Pak Kyai. "Abi also likes the existence of Grietta here, so you don't worry, Wafa" he continued.

The feeling of Wafa the last few days was indeed like it was not delicious. It was like there was something that would make him sad in a few days. Wafa doesn't know what it is, but feels that he will be away from Grietta.

'God, why does my heart always say that we and Grietta are going our separate ways. Grietta and the other kids she's on the foundation aren't my real children. But I love Grietta more than anything. What is this feeling, O Allah.' Inner Wafa.

By late afternoon, Grietta had already woken up from her nap. The little girl ran from the inside towards the small garden beside the Wafa house, then immediately hugged the girl she called Mama.

"Mama!"

"Eh, Grietta?"

Wafa returned the little girl's embrace. "Are you awake?" tanyanya stroked Bian's daughter's straight hair. "Eh, what is this? Are you sleeping crying again? His eye bags are getting bigger" he said.

"Let's see," Sari examined Grietta's swollen eye bags.

After being examined, it was caused by crying. Sari asks why Grietta sleeps crying. "Are you having a bad dream?" tanyakanya.

"I don't want to part with my mom. I don't want to come with Papa home anymore. I want to be here." said the narrow-eyed girl.

"Darling, why are you talking like this? How nice of you to talk that's okay. Didn't you start talking again? Slowly, yes .." said Wafa wipe away the tears of Grietta that wet his cheek.

"I don't want to go home!"

Bugs!

Grietta crashed into Ustadz Lana while running. The little girl raised her head, "Nana?" he said, when calling ustadz Lana.

"Sin'ana?" The young Ustadz was confused.

"Nana, I don't want to go home. Papa, I'm going home. I, want to be here." said the little girl slightly limping as she said the word.

'Is Grietta saying my name? Nana's? Oh my God, he spoke again?' the Inner Ustadz Lana.

Wafa and Sari approached Ustadz Lana. "Ustadz Lana, assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh."

"Waalaikumsalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh," greeted Ustadz Lana with a smile, while Grietta still hugged herself at the time.

"Grietta, why did you run? All you can hit this is Ustadz Lana. What if you stumble or hit a tree, don't you feel sorry for the big brother who's going to worry about you?" reprimand Wafa.

"Sorry—" said Grietta.

Ustadz Lana is still in the bank. Just now she heard the words from Grietta's mouth. This man immediately held the little girl who had been hugging him.

"Huft, MasyaAllah. Grietta's gaining weight, is it? A week without meeting, it's getting heavier!" the Ustadz Lana.

Grietta just looked at Wafa with a glum look again.

"What's this?" ask Ustadz Lana.

"Nana, Mama doesn't .. want me again. Nana, can I come with Nana just come home? Nana, don't want to go home with Papa!" that speech just kept Grietta saying.

Of course the three adults in front of Grietta were confused. There's no word on Bian coming home yet, but Grietta keeps saying he's going to part with everyone there.

"Grietta, honey. Listen brother du—" Wafa's speech stopped.

"Mama!" grietta sela.

Grietta seemed annoyed that Wafa kept calling himself Big Brother in front of him. Though the little girl had tried her best to make Grietta her Mama.

"Okay, Mama!" wafa.

"Griatta, Mama doesn't know what you're saying. Who doesn't want you anymore? Mom never said that. Then why do you have to go home with your father? Didn't your father not come home from abroad?"

"Grietta, we all love you so much. Of course we will always be there for you. Mama, Ustadz Lana, Kak Sari, Kak Zira, Kak Dian, even Yeye ... will always be there for you, why do you ma—"

Again Wafa's speech was not finished, stopped because he saw Grietta began to cry. Wafa himself was also confused to respond to Grietta's unknown behavior why this little girl was crying, even continuing to say if she did not want to go home.