Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

chapter 17

CHAPTER 17

HUDSON’S P.O.V

Damn, fucking long flight!

Apa bah saya buat back in Paris ni? Bertimbun kerja saya di KK… Ni lah mummy saya ni banyak merengek kali 😒… why can’t both my parents just move to KK? Dad punya tugas diambil alih oleh Aunty SARAH, but then again dad is still handling US and South America… Aunty Sarah only took over Europe…

Tapi saya handle Asia for God’s sake! China! The Chinese are crazy! The Koreans are psychos!

Fuck! Sudah begini, Uncle Harren, daddy si Holly ada hati lagi mau expand to Middle East… sengsaralah saya macam ni….

And that little brat langsung tidak mau ada kena-mengena with any of the business…. At least take over Australia and NZ ka…

Geez, I’m only 25… tapi malangnya saya satu-satunya anak lelaki in the Bestian family… dan memang semestinya Holly tidak akan dipaksa into our family business kecuali dia dengan rela hati, sebab she’s the only princess in the family… duh…

-flashback-

KK @BESTIAN RESIDENCE

Uncle Harren sedang tunggu saya di ruangan of his private office, sitting leisurely sambil smoking his cigar… dia terbatuk lagi beberapa kali… berkerut dahi saya tengok keadaan Uncle Harren, he is like a second father to me… and he has been coughing too much lately…

“Uncle…” saya menyapa Uncle Harren…

“Hudson…” Uncle Harren cleared his throat and smiled… “Where are you from this time round, boy?”

“Korea…” saya jawab singkat…
“North?” Uncle Harren menaikkan satu kudou sambil tersengih…

“Hahaha… not funny, uncle…” saya replied… 😒

fuck no, South Korea yang saya bilang psychos okay, North Korea is another level of psycho and I’m not going to step foot in that country…

“so?” saya tanya, serious now… back to business “what’s the commotion, Uncle?”

tiada-tiada bah commotion… tapi commotion lah bah juga kalau saya kena suruh rush here…

“Fly to Paris tonight…” Uncle Harren pandang direct ke mata saya…

“huh? Why?” saya bingung ni… 😳 Banyak bah kerja saya sini, and my mom and dad pun tiada juga suruh saya balik tiba-tiba… lagipun ada Aunty Sarah ada juga kalau pasal hal-hal business… “did my mom and dad called?”

“no…” serious nada Uncle Harren…

“…” okay, I’m waiting…

mesti ada sebab kenapa saya perlu terbang last minute begini… I took out my cigarettes… light it up dan menyedut dalam-dalam sebelum slowly puffing the smoke out… still waiting…

“Holly…” itu saja Uncle Harren had to say…

ugh! Brat, apa yang kau buat ni kali? You ditched the family business for music…. And now what?

I myself love music, dan kalau saya ada lebih ramai adik-beradik, I would’ve pursued music instead of what I am now… kenapalah saya tiada abang ka adik ka? Haihh! Ada cousin yang like my own sister pun tiada juga beza…

“what’s with Ash, Uncle?” saya tanya…

Ya, dalam situasi-situasi yang melibatkan emosi yang membuatkan saya terkesan, i would call Holly’s middle name… Ashleigh… Ash…