Daddy!!!

Bab 1

8:45 pagi | Gangnam, Korea

Kopi yang dibeli oleh pembantu peribadinya diminum. Kepalanya pening memikirkan hal yang berlaku pagi tadi. Seorang kanak-kanak lelaki yang dijumpai pagi tadi diperhatinya. Dia mengeluh lagi.

"So macam mana sekarang? Kau nak buat apa dengan budak ni? Shooting petang ni macam mana pulak?" tanya Adam. Mata mereka berdua ligat memerhatikan budak lelaki di hadapan mereka. Dan buat kesekian kalinya, mereka mengeluh.

"Mama said that I should stay with daddy since she have conference and site visit to attend. She asked me to hand this to daddy" Adrian Kim petah dengan accent Australiannya menghulurkan satu fail ke hadapan, menyerahkan kepada Kim Seol.

Kim Seol teragak-agak untuk menerima huluran tersebut sebelum mengambilnya. Fail itu dibuka, sekaligus mengesahkan Adrian Kim sebagai anak yang sah kepada Kim Hyun Seol. Segala dokumen yang berkaitan maklumat diri Adrian Kim juga disertakan. Sepucuk surat yang diselitkan di dalam fail itu dibuka lalu dibacanya.

I knew you may find this absurd, but this is an emergency. I have task and mission to complete in Europe. I had listed a few things to need to prepare since Adrian gonna stay with you.

If you hesitated with the truth, you may checked the DNA again. You will see the record is still the same. I had performed the DNA testing several times before I confirmed Adrian is yours.

So, regarding this issues, i hope that you take these responsibilities seriously. I apologise for troubling you. Since Adrian is eager to meet you, I had make decision to let him stay with you.

Inara Desille

Surat itu dilipat kembali lalu diserahkan kepada Adam di sebelahnya.

"Why you want to stay with me? I have so many things to do. I couldn't watch you, babysitting you" nada Hyun Seol perlahan namun masih kedengaran amarahnya.

Adrian menggigit bibir bawahnya, diketap. Tangannya digengam menahan kesedihan. Sedunya cuba ditahan sebelum bersuara.

"I never met daddy. Mummy always said that you are busy, working for me. I... umm... I only watch you from tv. Is it wrong to meet my own daddy?" suaranya berserak.

Hyun Seol tergamam. Bagaimana seorang budak lelaki yang berusia tiga tahun ini mampu petah berbicara seperti ini...

Adam pula sebaliknya. Dia mula gelabah, memikirkan cara untuk memujuk budak lelaki itu. Coklat yang dibelinya tadi dihulurkan, namun Adrian masih belum mahu berhenti.

"Stop crying. I let you stay here but one condition. You have to follow my rule" matanya tajam memandang budak lelaki itu.

Adrian perlahan-lahan menghentikan tangisannya. Air mata di tubir mata dilap.

"Come here. You need to store the luggage in my room, then follow me to my workplace" bicaranya sebelum bangun, menunjukkan arah kepada Adrian.

"Let me carry for you" bicara Adam lalu mengikuti jejak Hyun Seol bersama Adrian.

Sampai di biliknya, Hyun Seol menyuruh Adrian membuka bagasinya sebelum memindahkan keperluannya ke dalam wardrobe nya.

"Can you speak in korean?" Hyun Seol mengutarakan persoalannya.

"Nae. Mummy taught before we came to Korea" balas Adrian dengan sopan.

"Then speak in Korean. Most Koreans speak their native language" Hyun Seol melanjutkan bicaranya.

"Ermm.. I'm not fluet enough but if daddy want Ean to speak in Korean, I'll try my best" perlahan Adrian membalas.

"It's okay but speak Korean with others. I don't want you to have language barrier here" balas Hyun Seol.

"Let's go. I have tons of work to do" ujar Hyun Seol lagi sebelum mendukung Adrian.

"Daddy, my backpack...."

"Adam kau ambikkan beg kita tu" Hyun Seol berbicara sebelum berlalu, menunggu di hadapan pintu rumahnya.

Adam yang sejak dari tadi diam menurut kata bosnya. Keadaan pagi itu menyebabkan sedikit sebanyak dia tergamam.

'Haish, what a long day' hatinya berbisik.

(Hope you can vote and comment as much as you can. It really motivates me to write more)

P/s: I won't be typing/translating the phrases in Korea eventhough the third language between Adrian and his parents is Korea.