Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

chapter 28

CHAPTER 28

HUDSON’S P.O.V

Saya sudah sign the deal with the live band… they asked for rm40k monthly payment… I can do better than that…

The band manager, Arthur is it his name? something like that lah… he is also the drummer… they are an 8-piece band… adil lah dorang minta rm40k with 2 years contract… rm5k per band member, fair enough…

Tapi oleh kerana saya good mood dan sangat berpuas hati dengan performance dorang, I offered rm100k and 5 years contract…  I have lots of night clubs, within the 5 years the band can play in any of my clubs….

“so macamana?” saya tanya… “deal?”

“deal, sir!” excited dorang… “kami sangat-sangat terhutang budi…”

“don’t mention it… just keep up the performance standards…” I passed Owen the contract that I’ve signed…

Baru saya sedar mau dekat satu jam sudah Holly keluar to get fresh air dan sampai sekarang belum lagi dia muncul-muncul…. Maybe dia tunggu dalam kereta setelah pucat menyanyi tadi…

Pantas saya berdiri… all five of my bodyguards escort me out…

Saya sampai kereta saya, no Holly in sight…

“Where’s Ms. Bestian?” saya tanya the security guard at the entrance… mau panic sudah saya…

“A… a…. tidak tau, boss…” tu security guard gugup-gugup….

“Jas!” saya shouted at one of my bodyguards…

“Yes, boss?!” dia menyahut…

“Nobody escorted Holly out?!” seriously?! Dia dibiarkan keluar macam tu saja tanpa pengawasan malam-malam begini…? Ahhh! Bodohnya saya!

“N… no… boss…” ARGH!! Stupid, stupid, stupid! We never know who our enemies are… talking about enemies, I should be knocking on the Robinsons’ door to seal up the deal…

“FUCK!” saya menyumpah… “You! saya tunjuk tu bodyguard… ada taxi ka Grab ka apa ka datang ambil orang ka sini?”

“Tiada, boss….” Dia jawab, mata dia ketakutan… “saya sedar satu saja kereta keluar dari sini, boss…”

“Apa tu kereta?” saya tanya…
“tidak tau…” dia bilang!

“Kau tidak tau apa kereta?!” saya teriak lagi… “myvi ka, Bezza ka, Vios ka…! Warna apa?!”

“Hitam… saya tidak tau, boss… kereta mahal, saya tidak tau model tu kereta…” bergegar-gegar sudah dia….

“Call Owen out!” one of the security guards berlari masuk the club untuk memanggil the club manager… bila Owen sudah di depan saya… “Owen, check the CCTV footage! Start from 2 hours ago…”

“Get the ipad, Dena…” dia mengarahkan his assistant to get the company ipad…

Ipad dalam tangan, Owen slide open and clicked on the online CCTV recordings…. Start dari 2 hours ago… dalam lebih 30 minutes, kenampakkan Holly keluar dari the club’s entrance towards the car park at the side building…. Holly walked to where my car is still parked…

in less than 10 minutes, kelibat seorang lelaki walked towards the same spot… but to his car maybe? A black Lambhorgini…

“zoom!” saya arahkan Owen to zoom the screen… the guy threw something, his cigarette? Then he walked towards Holly… they are so close, so intimate…!

What the shit?! 😳

“Zoom lagi, I cannot see!” naik betul temper saya…

Dan ngam-ngam the zoom menampakkan the guy carried Holly to his car…!