Menitis air mata saya… I wanted to get up… I wanted to run to London and tell him I’m okay… we will go through this together… we will get married, have more babies and be in love forever…

But I can’t… I can’t feel my body… I can only feel my tears…

Then I felt I slowly drifted away…for how long and for how many hours,  I can’t tell…

Tapi saya bukan di hospital sudah…

*

Saya berada di kawasan padang yang luas… sedang berlari, bermain dengan Kendrik… we are at our old house di  Likas… I remembered this house, where I grew up in..

And I remembered this was the time yang saya dan Kendrik just came back from Milan, I was 7 and Kendrik was 10… it’s Kurtis and Karter’s turn to visit papa and mama in Milan…

“Ken…” I giggled as Kendrik caught up with me and tickled me…

“you kalah, you kalah..” Kendrik ketawa…

Gelak-tawa kami terhenti apabila daddy memanggil saya dan Kendrik… kami berlari ke arah daddy and his friend, sitting at the patio….

“Datuk…” daddy tegur his friend…
“Panggil Phil bah…” his friend jawab…

“Tidak lama saya mau panggil kau Tan Sri sudah ni..” daddy ketawa… “these are my kids.. Kendrik and Kimberly.. Ken, Kimmy say hi to Uncle Phil..”

"Hi Uncle Phil..." serentak saya dan Kendrik bersuara...

“I should’ve brought Bella with me to befriend Kimberly…” kawan daddy bilang.. I looked at him with wide eyes… “this is London… dia baru habis SPM, he’s going to pursue law in States…”

“following the father’s footsteps ah.. like father like son..” daddy bilang…

And I turned to the tall and handsome dark haired figure next to daddy’s friend… anak lelaki dia…

Tiba-tiba I felt self-conscious.. saya merapikan rambut saya yang berantakan akibat berlari berkejaran sampai berjatuhan sama Kendrik tadi… saya sapu-sapu my princess-like dress…

Dubs dubs dubs… Jantung saya berdetak laju…

And he smiled at me…! That moment, I fell in love… I have met my first love…

I blushed red… but being the naughty Kimmy that I am, I smiled mischievously up at him…

“I’m Princess Kimberly..” dengan senyuman yang tersipu malu..

“Hello, Princess Kimberly..” he said in a deep voice… “I’m London…”

“Can you be my prince..?” I asked shyly but without fear…

He laughed and ruffled my hair..
“Someday, when you’re grown up…”

Suddenly Kendrik muncul in the form of his adult-self..
“I won’t have to worry about you anymore, Kimmy… he came back for you after 18 years, princess…”

*

HAAAA! I breathed in shock…! Mata saya terbuka luas…

I felt my left palm a little warm… I turned to the warmth…

LONDON. His cheek on my palm, sleeping peacefully.. one hand over my hips…

My dream was real… it wasn’t a dream… It was a flashback more than 18 years ago..

But none of us, neither me nor London can remember the first time we met each other… and daddy never said anything… mungkin daddy pun lupa…

Jodoh mempertemukan kami kembali…

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