[GIANA LEWIS]
"I don't have time for this. Please, get out!" Melinda berdiri sambil tunjuk pi arah pintu.
"Relax, Melinda. We have all the time. In fact, sa sudah buat appointment. U can't make ur client waiting for U, it's rude." Saya masih duduk di kerusi depan dia, sambil saya kasih silang kaki.
Muka dia nampak betul nda puas hati, terus dia cek2 di buku then dia tingu saya.
"Sairah??? This is U??!" Bilang dia.
"Yup. U have appointment with me. So, shall we continue our discussion? 😏"
"What do U want from me, Giana?"
"Like I said, I want to know about Erica."
"What about her? She's ur friend kan, napa tanya sa?"
"Of course U remember her, and U aware that she's my friend. Do U know, we both never liked U? But it suprised me, ko bulih dapat kontrak for ur spa in her family hotel. Why?"
"What do U mean why? This is bisnes lah, Giana. I don't care if she hates me or what, as long as the bisnes gives us profit, why not?"
"Yeah why not...but still, why it has to be U? Banyak lagi best spa or beauty centre in this country that she can pick from. This isn't a coincidence, right?"
"What are U trying to say?"
"I don't know. U tell me."
"There's nothing to tell U, b!tch."
"Ko dengar sini, Melinda. Because of ur stupid video, my life ruined."
"Haha..owh..that video..ur sexy video with my Oscar...oopss...ur Oscar...oh wait, do U guys still together? Or did he dump U for another pushy? Haha..."
Lama saya tingu muka dia, benci betul saya. She was the reason why my life ruined! Because of her, mami passed away.
"If U expect me to say sorry, well I am not. It was a brilliant idea after all. Haha." Bilang dia lagi.
Makin saya sakit hati tingu dia ketawa macam puaka.
"I will make U pay for what U did, Melinda." Saya berdiri dan keluar dari bilik office dia. Sampai sana pintu, dia bersuara.
"What is it now? U want to take a revenge? Before U lay ur hands on me, make sure ur good friend Erica pays or what she did too."
Erica?
Saya pusing tingu dia. Don't tell me..the thing that I've been thinking is actually true? Saya mo tanya Melinda apa kaitan Erica, tapi tiba2 sesak nafas saya. Mulut saya macam tiba2 kana gam. Shit. Last2 saya keluar ja dari bilik office dia.
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*2 months later*
Saya terbangun sebab bunyi alarm jam. Nda tau kenapa saya rasa malas mo bangun ni hari. Saya turn off tu alarm tapi saya masih baring2 di katil.
Dua bulan sudah since saya jumpa Melinda di spa centre dia hari tu. Saya tau dia lah dalang sebalik kes video saya dulu. Just because of her jealousy, dia trap saya dan Oscar. Shit!
But...
"......Before U lay ur hands on me, make sure ur good friend Erica pays for what she did too." - Melinda
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about this. I have this strong feeling yang Erica memang ada kaitan sama Melinda.
Last2 saya bangun, pi mandi then breakfast. Hari ni uncle Sani sudah janji mo datang bawa pekerja baru untuk saya. Dekat2 jam 7am saya di kedai sudah. Nda lama tu, uncle Sani datang.
"Pagi Gee...." Uncle Sani masuk kedai, ada dua urang ikut dia di belakang, satu lelaki, satu perempuan.
"Morning, uncle."
"Uncle bawa anak buah uncle ni. Mari uncle kasih kenal ko, ini Nani, yang ni Joe. Kamurang keja bagus2 aa, ni boss kamu, Giana." Bilang uncle Sani sambil kasih kenal saya sama tu anak2 buah dia.
"Hai. Panggil sa Gee ja k." Bilang saya.
Saya mula ajar diurang buat kerja2 di kedai. Si Nani saya suruh jaga kaunter dan layan customers, nasib baik dia ada pengalaman sebelum ni jadi nda banyak yang saya perlu ajar dia. Si Joe saya suruh susun2 barang dan angkat stok yang baru sampai.
"Kalau kamu mo rehat, ganti2 aa. Jan pula kamu rehat sama2 nanti teda jaga kedai. Sana belakang ada pantry, tempat makan minum. Ada apa2 masalah, kasih tau ja sa." Bilang saya, diurang angguk2 ja.
Saya masuk pi ofis kecil saya sambung buat kerja. Tiba2 handphone saya ringing, saya cek caller id, Sairah. Actually lepas saya balik dari Langkawi tu hari, saya ada call Sairah kasih tau pasal meeting saya sama Melinda, but I didn't tell her the details, especially pasal Erica. Not now.
📞 Me : Hello, beb.
📞 Sairah : Hellooo...rindu sa dengar suara ko. Haha.
📞 Me : Deii..what's up?
📞 Sairah : Beb..I have news. Mesti ko tekajut ni.
📞 Me : U won't call me for nothing. So what is it?
📞 Sairah : Erica is getting married!
WTF!!!
📞 Me : With who?
Okay. Itu duluan bah saya tanya.
📞 Sairah : The ex.
📞 Me : Nate? Are U sure? Bukan diurang sudah break up kah?
📞 Sairah : Well, if they are getting married that's mean they're back together now. Anyway, she's throwing a hen's night next weekend. I think dia mo jemput ko but since U shut urself out from the girls, they don't know how to contact U.
📞 Me : Next week? And when is her wedding day?
📞 Sairah : I don't know about the wedding. Diurang nda tau yang kita still keep in touch, so...hmmm....if U come to the party, mesti diurang hairan kan macam mana ko tau.
📞 Me : Hmmm...are U sure she wants me to come?
📞 Sairah : Of course.
📞 Me : I'm not sure, beb if I should come or not.
📞 Sairah : Sa nda paksa ko datang but in case ko ubah fikiran, U are so welcome. Nanti sa send ko the details.
Lepas saya bercakap sama Sairah di phone, dia send saya the party details. Next weekend, di Holocoust Pub. Saya tarik nafas panjang, still thinking whether I should show my face or not.
Saya masih belum ready lagi mo berdepan sama Erica. All this time saya anggap dia bestfriend saya, but she betrayed me with Simon. Nda hairan kalau dia bulih betray sa sama Oscar. Kan?
Gadd...
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Saya double check luggage dan itinerary flight saya to KL. Yes. Puas sudah saya fikir, last2 saya decide mo fly pi KL jumpa Erica during dia punya hen's party. Saya sengaja nda kasih tau Sairah sebab saya plan mo datang mengejut.
"Berapa hari ko di KL, Gee?" Bilang aunty Dazy.
"3 hari ja. Aunty nda payah susah2 jaga kadai aa, ada juga diurang si Joe tu. Aunty tulung buka tutup kadai ja k."
Balik2 saya cek jam, si Uncle Sani belum lagi datang2. Few days ago saya minta tulung uncle Sani hantar saya pi airport. Dia bilang okay ja tapi sekarang 15 minit sudah dia lambat.
"Nda juga bah susah tu, nanti aunty cubuk2 ja lah diurang."
"Hehe...thanks. Adeiii lambat juga si uncle ni. Janji datang pukul 9."
"Bagus ko kol dia, mana tau dia lupa."
Baru saya mo call uncle Sani, tiba2 ada satu kereta honda jenis lama berhenti depan rumah aunty Dazy. Saya sama si aunty bertingu ja ni. Kenapa saya rasa macam familiar ni kereta aa? Keluar ja driver dia, terbulat mata saya.
Jacob?
"Gee..bukan si anu kah tu----"
"Dia lah tu. Apa dia buat sini?" Belum lagi habis aunty Dazy cakap sudah saya cut.
"Hai aunty..er...hai Giana."
"J...apa ko buat sini?" Bilang saya.
Lain pula saya tingu dia ni hari, nampak smart dan handsome. Since malam dia tidur di rumah tu hari, kami teda sudah pernah jumpa.
"Er...uncle Sani suruh. Dia bilang dia nda dapat hantar ko pi airport, so dia minta sa datang sini, tulung hantar ko."
Aunty Dazy tingu saya sambil senyum2, macam lah saya nda tau maksud senyuman si aunty bah. Uncle Sani ni pun satu, kalau nda dapat hantar kasih tau lah awal2, bulih saya naik teksi. Kenapa si Jacob juga dia suruh2 ni?
"Ala..J..bikin susah2 ja ko----"
"Ihhh...ko ni, Gee...urang sudah datang ambil, ko ikut ja bah. Ko bilang ko lambat sudah kan." Ni kali si aunty lagi pi putung cakap saya.
Mau nda mau tepaksa saya ikut Jacob. Dia tulung tarik luggage saya sampai sana kereta. Lama saya tingu tu kereta dia. Why...why do I feel something bila saya dekat ni kereta dia aa?
"Do U want me to open the door for U?" Bilang Jacob.
"N-No..." Hairan kali dia tingu saya masih berdiri2 di luar kereta.
Masa saya masuk dalam kereta, saya tergamam skijap. The smell of the car remind me of someone. Impossible!
Sepanjang dalam kereta, saya sama Jacob banyak diam, teda topik bah mo cerita. Nasib dia pasang radio, kalau nda punya lah sunyi tu suasana.
"Kereta ko kah ni?" Last2 saya buka cerita.
"Ya." Macam biasa lah gaya dia, kalau kana tanya, dia jawab sepatah2 ja.
"Berapa lama sudah ko guna ni kereta?"
"Long enough." Fokus dia driving, mata dia pun masih tingu sana depan. Campin betul dia drive, senang2 dia elak jamm.
"Sa rasa...sa pernah naik ni kereta. Ko sure ka ni kereta ko?" Terus dia pusing tingu saya. 😏
"Sumandak...ko tau kah dalam KK ja, ada beratus kereta macam ni. Maybe ribu pun ada. Ko ingat sa saturang ja kah ada ni kereta?"
Yaaa...sa tau beribu, but I know this car's smell.
Saya diam. Malas sudah saya argue sama dia. Kalau melawan cakap pandai pula panjang ucapan dia.
Sampai di airport, dia kasih turun ja saya sana luar departure area. Dia tulung kasih turun luggage saya terus pass sama saya.
"Thanks, J. Nah..." Saya bagi dia duit tambang.
"No. It's okay."
"Betul ni?"
"Ya bah. Sa tulung uncle Sani ikhlas bukan pasal duit."
Ceh..mo juga mention pasal uncle Sani. Tunggu lah saya balik kg nanti, saya mo soal siasat si uncle napa dia suruh ni kusai hantar saya.
"Okay. Thanks again."
Dia nda cakap apa2, terus dia masuk balik pi kereta. Cis. Saya ingat dia mo kasih kawan saya sampai di dalam. 😂 Saya perasan skijap, napa juga dia mo kasih kawan saya kan. Deiii.
Baru saya mo pusing masuk dalam airport saya dengar Jacob panggil saya.
"Giana...take care."
Saya belum cakap apa2 lagi sudah dia masuk kereta, then pecut keluar dari sana. Senyum2 ja saya tinguk gegaya dia. Nda tau apa bah dalam fikiran dia.
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Lewat petang sudah saya sampai KLIA. Saya naik teksi, minta hantar pi hotel yang saya sudah book. Around 7pm saya sampai hotel, terus saya urus check in.
Party Erica malam ni jam 9pm dan saya sudah cek location, itu pub nda jauh dari hotel saya. Lepas saya mandi dan salin pakaian, saya turun pi cari dinner sana bawah. Malas saya pi jauh2, saya makan ja di cafe hotel.
Masa saya makan, tiba2 saya perasan ada saturang lelaki balik2 tingu saya. Dia duduk membelakang jadi saya nda nampak muka dia. Ada saturang perempuan cantik duduk sama2 dia. And every time tu perempuan tingu tempat lain mesti tu lelaki tingu saya.
Saya nda senang hati, saya makan cepat2, minta bill, bayar terus saya keluar dari tu cafe. I know he was looking at me sebab saya ja customer di sana masa tu.
Masa saya tunggu lift, saya nampak lagi tu lelaki sama date dia, jalan pi arah lift. Damn. Now, I can see his face. Shit, nda sangka saya bulih terjumpa dia lagi. Napa lah ni lift lambat sampai. Ngam2 pintu lift terbuka, diurang di sebelah saya sudah. Saya buat2 nda kenal ja.
Kami sama2 masuk dalam lift and tu perempuan tekan tingkat 3, phew..nasib nda sama level kami...saya tekan tingkat 7. Skijap ja sampai level diurang, saya dengar tu lelaki bisik something sama tu perempuan, terus tu perempuan keluar....and the guy is still in the lift....with me!
Shit.
"Hai Dolly. We meet again."
Benci nya sa dengar tu nama.
"H-hai Matt."
"Alone?"
"Not really." Kemon lift...nda sabar sudah saya sampai level 7.
"Long time no see. Do U have time for coffee?"
Terus saya pusing tingu dia.
"No thanks, Matt." By the time saya jawab, terus pintu lift terbuka. Cepat2 saya keluar dari sana. Gila. Sudah bawa perempuan lain check in hotel, bulih2 lagi aa dia bawa saya pi kupi2.
"Dolly..." Saya pusing tingu si Matt sana dalam lift.
"My business card, in case U have time." Dia hulur bagi saya kad bisnes dia. Malas saya cakap apa2, saya ambil kad dia terus saya kasih tinggal dia.
Around 10pm baru saya keluar dari hotel. Saya naik teksi yang menunggu sana luar pintu masuk hotel, saya minta hantar pi pub tempat party Erica. Saya sengaja datang lambat sebab saya tau time2 macam ni diurang mesti mabuk sudah, especially Erica.
Masa saya sampai sana pub, punya lah crowded tu tempat. Gila, macam mana saya mo cari diurang? Padan muka kan, eksen lagi mo kasih suprise.
📞 Sairah : What??? Ko di sini???? Omaigad. Serious bah Gee?
📞 Me : Iya bah. Ko nda dengar kah musik background kita sama? Cepat lah, sa tunggu ko sini entrance. Jan ko kasih tau aa diurang Rica sa ada di sini.
Baru saya planning mo kasih suprise kan, tapi nda jadi. Terpaksa saya call Sairah ambil saya sini pintu masuk pub. Bikin takut lagi tu jantan2 yang limpas2 sana, lain2 tu pandangan diurang tingu saya.
"Beb!!!! Napa ko nda kasih tau sa ko datang??? Diam2 lagi tu, tup2 ada sudah sini." Si Sairah datang terus kami berpeluk. Lama bah nda jumpa.
"Suprise bah. Am I late?"
"Noo..bah mari lah, the girls must be so excited to see U here."
Kami berganding tangan masuk dalam. Diurang punya seat sana di corner2, dari jauh lagi saya nampak diurang Maya menari2 sudah. Komfom mabuk.
"Girls, look who is here!!" Bilang Sairah, terpaksa main teriak, telampau kuat tu musik.
"Omaigad, Gianaaa!!!!"
"Gee...!!!!" Okay. Sesi jejak kasih. Kami sister hug kunun, last baru saya pi tempat Erica. Saya nda tau dia happy kah nda nampak saya.
"Congrats in advance, Rica." Saya peluk dia.
"Thanks. How did U know?"
"Adalah..hehe....do U mind if I join ur party?"
"Sure!!!"
"Gee...where have U been? U left without any words. Sampai hati ko kan." Bilang Maya, trip2 kunun mo merajuk.
"Sory girls. Personal matter. But I am here bah kan. Let's enjoy the night." Malas saya kana tanya2, cepat2 saya ubah topik..nasib si Sairah macam faham, terus dia order minum, berabis lagi diurang kasih mabuk Erica.
Dekat2 tengah malam, tinggal saya, Sairah sama Erica lagi di tempat duduk. Diurang Maya, Elly sama Tina sudah sana dance floor.
"Girls, I go to washroom first aa." Bilang Erica, terus dia berdiri. Masih steady lagi bah dia berjalan.
"Beb, sa pi tingu Erica, mana tau dia pingsan sana toilet. Stay here, watch the girls." Bilang saya. Cepat2 saya kejar Erica. This is it. Ni la masa saya approach dia.
Mo 10 minit saya tunggu di luar washroom, baru dia keluar. Muka dia nampak fresh walaupun merah2 sudah pipi dia.
"Rica...U ok?"
"G...what are U doing here?"
"Checking U out. Sa risau ko passed out sini. Ko okay kah?"
"Ok...sa sudah muntah tadi, should be ok lah ni. Don't wory." Terus dia jalan limpas saya, tapi saya tahan tangan dia.
"Rica, we need to talk."
"What is it, G?"
"Not here." Saya tarik dia pi luar pub. Sana kami di belakang pub, nda juga sunyi sebab masih bulih dengar tu musik dari dalam.
"Napa, G?"
"I know about U and Melinda."
Tiba2 muka dia jadi serius ni. Besar mata dia tingu saya.
"W-what do U mean?"
"Pasal contract deal kamu, her spa in ur dad's hotel."
"Ooo...H-how did U know?"
"Ur dad's hotel is famous bah, so it's easy to get such info. Rica. Why her? Ko tau dia sepa kan? She's the one who record and spread my video with Oscar. I though U hate her too."
"Seriously, Gee? Are we gonna talk about this now?"
"Now or never. Soon, U are gonna get married, Rica, U gonna be someone's wife. So let's just deal with our past."
Dia diam.
"Why do U think Melinda sanggup trap sa dan Oscar?"
Dia tarik nafas panjang sebelum dia jawab saya.
"Because she got jelous with U and Oscar, of course."
"Why would she jelous with me? Was it because sa duduk dan minum sama Oscar malam party tu?"
"I think she was jelous because Oscar liked U. Do U remember the day Melinda attacked ko masa di kolej?" Bilang Erica.
*flashback on chapter 2*
Masa saya on the way pi library, tiba2 ada perempuan panggil2 nama saya. Bila saya pusing, saya nampak tu perempuan yang datang tegur saya di cafeteria tu ari.
Apa lagi bah dia mau ni?
"Yes?"
"Panjang umur ko kan...baru ja kami cakap2 pasal ko."
Ada 3 orang lagi perempuan sama2 dia masa tu, maybe dia punya geng kali tu. Sama ja tu muka semua, yang action punya style. 😏
"Sa lambat sudah ni. Napa juga ko panggil2 sa? Did we know each other?"
"U didn't know me??? Haha...girls, kamu dengarkah apa this b!tch cakap?"
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Did she just call me b!tch??
WTH
Sepa bah ni perempuan ni???
"Please...watch ur mouth aah. Sa nda kenal pun sepa ko, apa juga urusan ko sama sa? Sa pernah berhutang sama ko kah?" Saya control sudah suara saya.
Muka dia merah padam. Slowly dia jalan dan berdiri di depan saya. Ada student2 yang limpas2 di sana mula sudah tingu2 kami.
"Ko dengar sini Giana. Mungkin hari ni ko nda kenal sepa sa, tapi next time....😏 u better be careful.."
Dia tepis kasar tangan saya sampai buku dan fail yang saya pegang jatuh bertaburan atas lantai.
"Gianaa!!!"
Out of nowhere, tiba2 Erica muncul dan berdiri di tengah2 antara saya dan tu perempuan.
"Hey U!!! Don't U dare to put ur hands on my friend!!! Ko pernah rasa kana tampar kah??!" Bilang Erica.
*flashback on chapter 2 ends*
"Of course I remembered. U were the one who save me." Terus berkerut dahi saya tingu dia. "Wait...so, U mean masa Melinda attack sa tu ko memang tau lah dia marah sa pasal Oscar?"
Tiba2 muka dia gelabah ni. Makin saya rasa ada something wrong is going on.
"N--no...I mean...Ya...No...Look G, memang masa dia attack ko sa nda tau apa2----" Belum lagi dia habis cakap saya terus cut dia.
"Enough, Rica. Melinda nda pernah kenal sa, dan sa nda kenal dia, but dia suddenly attack sa pasal Oscar. Macam mana dia tau pasal sa dan Oscar? Only U and Simon yang pernah nampak kami, at the parking lot, remember?"
"U know what I'm thinking, Rica? U must be the one who told her about me and Oscar, because the next thing I knew, she was attacking me like a crazy b!tch."
Dia masih diam tapi muka dia pun lain2 sudah ni. Dia genggam dua2 tangan dia, mata dia tajam tingu saya. Hilang sudah kali mabuk dia.
"Admit it, Rica. I know, U were the one who told Melinda pasal sa dan Oscar kan? Admit it!!!!" Saya teriak depan2 muka dia.
"Ya!!!! Puas hati??!" Kali ni dia maju pi depan saya. Kalau saya tampar muka dia ni, senang2 tapak tangan saya melekat di pipi dia.
"Why, Rica?? Okay fine, I got it, U told Simon about me and Oscar cause U like him, U want him for urself. But, why Melinda?"
"Do U want to know why??? Hah?? Fine...!!! I was jelous with U, Gee. Sa tau ko suka Simon, but when I asked U, U said U didn't like him, but the truth, U liked him,kan? So, I approached him to hurt U but then I saw U with Oscar--- damn." Saya nampak menitis sudah air mata dia.
"I got jelous again, and--and Simon kept asking me about U and Oscar. All he knew was U. I hate U for that, Giana. Apa yang ko ada sampai dia cuma tingu ko ja, hah? So, I want to ruin whatever relationship U had with Oscar, that's why I told Melinda about U and him. 😏 Oh gad. That b!tch was so stupid. Just because of her jelousy, she actually believed me."
"Rica...I thought we were best friends."
"Best friends? 😏 It was very annoying every time when I was with U, G....ko selalu jadi tumpuan dalam kelas. U don't have many friends yet U were everyone's favourite. I was better than U in many ways." In one breath dia confess depan2 saya. Masa tu sakit hati saya nda payah describe lah.
"Thanks to Melinda, because of her jelousy, she ruined U." Bilang dia lagi sambil senyum sinis.
Saya nda sedar, saya menangis. Saya nda sangka Erica bulih ada perasaan yang nda bagus sama saya selama ni. Saya tunduk, nda sanggup sudah saya tingu muka Erica, saya takut saya nda dapat control emosi saya.
"I don't expect U to forgive me, Gee but we are done here. Oh ya...U should have never come back. Look at U, and me and the girls...U are not in a same level with us, G." Lepas dia cakap tu, terus dia jalan masuk balik pi dalam pub.
Erica....
How could U.....?
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Just wait and see, Rica...Wait and see.
**to be continued**