Matteo

23 | Matteo

Apabila tiba di hadapan rumah ayahnya, Matteo memandang Evelynn. Dia tidak tahu bagaimana dia akan berhadapan dengan ayahnya.

"Assalamualaikum."

Matteo memberi salam sebelum berjalan masuk ke dalam rumah agam itu.

"En tuan Haq? Ya Allah, tuan. Lama betul Tuan Zaim menunggu untuk tuan Haq." "Mana Tuan Zaim?" "Dalam biliknya." "Okay."

Matteo memegang tangan Evelynn erat sebelum berjalan ke bilik ayahnya.

"Assalamualaikum.. papa."

Matteo terkelu tatkala melihat keadaan papanya yang terlantar di atas katilnya.. sambil memakai topeng oksigen.

"Papa?"

Matteo berlari ke arah ayahnya. Dia memegang tangan ayahnya. Evelynn terkelu. Apa yang dah berlaku?

"Tuan Haq, maaf mengganggu. Dah hampir dua tahun Tuan Zaim dalam keadaan ni." "What!? I was not informed about this for two years?! I'm his son!"

Hafreez terkelu apabila dia berjalan masuk. Dia melihat Matteo.

"Matt? You're here?" "Kenapa kau tak bagitahu apa apa tentang keadaan papa?" "Aku tak tahu apa apa tentang kau selama ni, Matteo. Kau tak nak sesiapa hubungi kau sampai kau tukar apa sahaja nombor yang kau pernah bagi aku."

"How will I contact you? Aku tahu kau di mana pun sebab aku dengar dari kawan uni kau. Kau larikan diri dari semuanya, Matteo. Papa minta nak jumpa dengan kau few years ago. But I cant contact you."

Matteo terkelu. Dia menarik nafas panjang. Dia takut.

"Your company needs you, Matt. Dua tahun aku cari kau. Dua tahun juga, keadaan company kau makin teruk. Pleasee come back."

"I will. I'll come back. But after I talk to him. I'll talk to him first."

Hafreez tersenyum. Akhirnya! Akhirnya Matteo Haq akan kembali!

"Evelynn.. kita tunggu di luar."

Evelynn mengangguk namun Matteo menarik tangannya.

"Don't go."

Evelynn terkelu. Dia mendekati Matteo. Hafreez tersenyum. Dia tahu betapa Matteo sayang pada wanita itu. Dia ialah satu satunya kawan Matteo yang tahu bahawa Evelynn wujud.

"Papa.. ni isteri Haq. Haq dah kahwin. I'm now a married man. I love her like you love mama. And I'll make her happy like you made mama happy."

"I left this house because I was so scared. Scared that Ill live a fake life with the women that youve asked me to marry. I love Evelynn Sierra, papa. I told you so many times about you. She's the one, who made me smile after mama left us."

"Baby.. talk to him."

Evelynn memandang wajah ayah mertuanya. Ia terus mengalirkan air mata.

"He was.. the man who gave me a ride when its raining." "What?" "Papa hantar saya ke sekolah masa hujan dulu. I was walking to school sebab moto ayah saya pancit."

"Sebelum pergi, papa cakap.. you're such a good girl. I hope you're my son's friend. Rupanya, I'm his son's wife now."

Evelynn memandang Matteo. Matteo terkelu. Ia tersenyum.

"So he met you."

Evelynn mengangguk laju.

"I'm his wife now, papa. I love him. I know that you'll like me when you see me. You'll wake up. Wake up soon, papa."

Matteo memegang tangan Evelynn.

"He will, baby. He will wake up really soon. I'll take over the company. And you're coming. I'll let.. you plan all the events for company and Ill do a special event planning department. Okay? You're going to rock it."

Evelynn menarik nafas panjang.

"Will he like me when he wake up? Will he see me like he saw me before? I mean..as the good girl that he wants for his son."

"Ofcourse, baby. You're too good to be true. He will like you. Disebabkan you're too good to be true, tak ada orang yang percaya bahawa awak wujud bila saya bercerita tentang awak."

Evelynn tersenyum sebelum mengesat air mata dia.

"I love you, Matteo Haq. I love you so much. Ill always love you no matter what. I'll believe you when no one else does. I'll never believe others when they talk bad about you because I know I love you more than that."

Matteo | Continues