Redemption

chapter 58

CHAPTER 58

HOLLAND’S P.O.V

Setelah selesai saja Selena’s trial, saya drive pulang sambil menggosok-gosok tu minyak kayu putih di lubang hidung saya. Apa juga penyakitan saya ni?

Sampai saja di rumah saya terus naik tangga.

Saya berdiri di depan pintu bilik saya. Then I changed my mind, instead of masuk bilik saya, saya melangkah ke arah bilik Selena.

Not taking off anything, I throw my self on the bed, face down on Selena’s pillows.

Wangi. Saya rindu.

Cepatlah besok tiba bah. I’m so confident Selena will win this case and she’ll be home in my arms by then.

Saya tidak sedar berapa lama saya tertidur, tiba-tiba saya nampak kelibat seseorang di hujung katil.

“Pukitai!” Saya terlompat dari katil.

Macam hantu saja bah dalam gelap begitu.

“Pandai takut oh.” Kitai bah Damien ni. “Dinner’s at London’s if you forgot.”

“Ingat bah.” Saya menggosok mata saya.

“Dinner’s in 30 minutes.” Damien bilang. “Hol…”
“Mmm?” Masih mamai-mamai lagi saya.

“What are your intentions?” Damien tanya saya. “I know what your dad said that day might just be a way to dispose dorang Allana.”

Saya mengernyit dalam gelap. Then Damien berdiri and switched on the lights.

“Adui setan!” Sakit mata saya.

“Tadi saya setan dalam gelap, sekarang terang sudah.” Damien tersengih. “Now don’t let me say let the perpetual light shine upon you, setan.”

Astaga dia panggil saya setan?
“Kau panggil saya setan?”

“Kau duluan panggil saya setan.” Damien membentak.
“Saya bilang tu lampu yang setan.” Ah, ya betul bah. Bukan saya sengaja salahkan lampu.

Apa kaitan ‘let the perpetual light shine upon you’ dengan saya? Saya kebingungan ni.

“What are your intentions towards Selena, Hol?” Damien mengulang soalan dia.

That Saturday memang Damien tidak terdengar the conversation between me, dad and London tentang Selena might be pregnant. But somehow that same day macam Damien dapat sense something is going on between me and Selena, tapi dia tidak cakap apa-apa pun sampailah hari ni.

“Saya…” Fuck! Kenapa saya gugup ni? It’s only Damien, Hol! Come on!” Saya sayang Selena.”

Damien let out a laugh. Apa yang lucu sangat? Bikin panas!

“Saya sa…” I started.

“Hol… sayang… kau sayang Selena?” Damien tersengih lagi. “I can see that.” Good.

Then Damien sambung.
“It took me more than a year to dig into the Andersons’ case, Hol. And I finally found Selena Anderson. The death of her parents left her to be an orphan, abused, sexually assaulted, slandered, betrayed… the list goes on, Hol. Dia terlampau banyak sudah menderita physically and emotionally, and I won’t let it happen again. I won’t let Selena get hurt again, that is my promise to her late father when I visited his grave.”

Panjang lebar hujah si Damien.

“I feel entrusted to take care of Selena, after what her step-aunt did to her, Selena has no one else.”

Wait.

No. Selena has me. Me, Dami!

“I told you I…” Saya sudah cakap kan…