My time in Jakarta didn’t last long that first time, just a couple of days, and then Mummy and me had to go back to Surabaya and Sidoarjo again. I wasn’t too sad this time, though, because I knew there wasn’t much longer to go until we all lived in the same house forever again.
We went back home and Mummy carried on working with the schools, while Daddy kept his promise to come and visit us in Sidoarjo a couple of times over the next month or two. Um Ritchie and Mummy were still busy, though, and I didn’t see them very often. I was usually at home alone after I got from school and I spent more time with Mbak. I drew many pictures of our new house in Jakarta and I also drew some pictures of what I thought Daddy looked like in his new office.
One day, Mummy told me she was going to sell all the schools. This was so we could all start our new life together in Jakarta with Daddy, she said, and also because she was too tired. I asked her why she was too tired always and then she told me it was because I was going to have a little baby brother. I was confused again. How come?
Mummy told me there was a baby growing inside her tummy and the doctor had told her it was going to be a boy.
Wow! I was going to get a new house, a new school, a new bedroom and now a new brother as well. What a lucky girl I was.
The big day finally arrived and we flew to Jakarta to be with Daddy. Some things were exactly the same as before: I drew a nice picture and the nice lady on the plane who looked after the passengers gave it to the man who flew the plane who then invited me into the cockpit to have a look and to talk to him. Some things were different, though. For example, we flew in the evening so it was dark when we arrived, and also my daddy didn’t pick us up at the airport. I asked Mummy why not, and she said she wanted to surprise him by just coming to his house. Mummy said Daddy didn’t even know we were coming and so it would be fun to see his face when we arrived. I giggled then, and said that sounded like a good idea.
Our taxi drove through the dark streets until we arrived at the complex where Daddy lived. Mummy told the taxi driver which house was Daddy’s and we stopped outside. I think Daddy was inside watching TV or something, because he didn’t come out while Mummy paid the driver and he helped us with all our bags.
I asked Mummy if I could be the one to knock on the door and she said I could. So, I gave three knocks and then waited. I could hear the TV inside (I was right, he was watching it) and then I heard the locks being turned and … Daddy opened the door!
Wow! He was so shocked!
He looked really amazed to see us and for a few seconds he didn’t say anything at all, but then he picked me up and threw me up in the air like he always used to do, and then we came inside.
Once he had helped to take all our bags inside the house, I ran to my new bedroom and started playing and jumping on the bed while Daddy said to Mummy again how surprised he was to see us all. I heard Daddy ask Mummy why she hadn’t let him know earlier, but I didn’t hear Mummy’s reply.
Now, I have just remembered something. Sorry, I forgot to tell you guys that it was not just Mummy and me who came to live with Daddy. Um Ritchie also came to live with us too.
Well, that first night I was quite tired so I didn’t play for too long and I went to sleep not long after I went to my bedroom. When I woke up, I was a bit surprised that Mummy and Um Ritchie were also asleep in my room. Mummy was sleeping on the same bed as me while Um was sleeping on a mattress on the floor. I got up and went outside into the living room, and Daddy was already there watching TV and talking on his phone. Actually, he didn’t look very happy when I first saw him, but after he saw me he smiled and looked a bit happier.
I came to sit with him on the sofa and he talked about our new life here in Jakarta. He told me he had found a nice school for me near our home and he also told me that I could join lessons in the English school he taught at. I asked him if Mummy was going to come to his school and be the boss there too, but Daddy just smiled and said no. He then asked me a few questions. He asked me if I knew Mummy was going to have a baby and I said I did. He asked me if Um Ritchie often slept in our house in Sidoarjo and when I said he did sometimes, Daddy then asked which room Um usually slept in, and I told him that sometimes
