NAFAS yang tadi berat beransur ringan. Dua pasang mata terkebil-kebil menatap siling dalam keadaan Liara erat dalam pelukan Hakim. Jemari Hakim bermain dengan lengan gebu isterinya.

“Exactly why are we here again?” tanya Liara. Jemarinya menari di atas dada Hakim.

“Hmm… Marsya suggested for us to go on a holiday. At first I thought nak bawak you pergi Bali atau Perth but I tak boleh mintak cuti lama sangat since I have an active project sekarang ni yang needs me within local. Then Cameron just appeared in my mind since kita pun dah tak datang sini after you were pregnant with Haidi. So I was thinking, why not!

“Even the room is the same as the one we had dulu. I just want us to remember the sweet things we had here,”

“Marsya jugaklah yang terfikir idea ni?” usik Liara.

“Alaa yang. I memang nak bawak you holiday tapi I takut you belum ready,”

“Oh bila Marsya suggested, terus you ingat I dah ready lah?”

“Tak jugak. I doubted it at first. But bila dia sedarkan I pasal satu perkara ni, I rasa I memang patut bawak you holiday,”

“Ohh really? What exactly that she said yang open up your mind tu?”

“That you are still my wife and not only a mother to my children,”

Liara terkelu. Deep sangat apa yang dikatakan Marsya tu.

‘Tunggu dia bila aku balik KL nanti. Kemain deep dia berfalsafah dengan laki aku. Kemain sungguh,’ getus hati Liara.

“Haa nak jealous lah tuh,”

“There’s nothing interesting about her to be jealous of. Except for the fact her parents stay kat New York and company dia dapat plan wedding anak MB tu. Tu je I jealous,”

Hakim gelak. Mudah terhibur pulak dia dengan kata-kata Liara.

“Also, I nak bawak you lari dari bilik tidur kita,”

“Kenapa sampai macam tu sekali?”

“Maybe you can’t start anew since it’s where we had our fun time. I takut you rasa macam I tak bagi space kat you untuk swallow things down if we are having our fun time there,”

“Habis tu, sekarang ni kita kena pergi tempat lain ke everytime we nak have fun?”

“Well, about that. I’ve given a thought on that matter. Kita pindah rumah nak? Kita cari rumah baru,”

Liara angkat kepala.

“Pindah rumah? Sampai macam tu sekali? Jangan nak mengada. I dah okay lah. Kalau tak takde I kat sini sambil peluk you,” wajah Liara sudah berubah sedikit. Berkerut menatap wajah suaminya.

“Bukan macam tu, sayang. Maybe it’s time for us to get a bigger place. A part of it is because of you but I think, since our family is expanding, we should get another suitable ground for our children. Don’t you think so?”

“But I have my own sentimental values for that house. Takkan you dah lupa?”

“Mana boleh I lupa. I yang propose takkan I nak lupa,” Hakim mencuit hidung tirus Liara. Memerah sedikit pipi Liara apabila Hakim berkata sebegitu.

“Dah tu? No. I tak nak. I want to raise our children there. They should know how much that house means to me. To us. End of discussion,” kepala Liara kembali ke atas dada Hakim.

Hakim senyum sedikit. Stubborn as usual!

“Okay. End of discussion. Woahhh. Dah lama mama tak marah macam ni. Selalunya Leen yang kena part end of discussion tu,”

“Leen… Ahh. Suka nak buat mama naik pening. Asyik nak usik Oya Haidi je anak dara you tu,”

“She is you, remember?”

“Kalau Hamilyn ada, they would make a pact against Haidi,”

Mereka diam seketika. Hakim tahu perasaan isterinya terusik apabila dia merasakan basah sedikit tubuhnya.

“Let it go, sayang. Let it go and promise me, you’ll let this be the last time you’ll shed tears. Ingat sayang. She is not suffering. She left us to be in a better place. Tempat yang kita sendiri tak tahu kita dapat pergi ke tak. We should be proud of her. Crying like this won’t be helping her over there. Doakan dia, sayang. Doakan dia untuk dia doakan kita dapat jumpa dia kat sana jugak. Okay, sayang?”

Hakim mengelus rambut Liara. Sebak memang sebak apabila bercakap tentang anak mereka itu tapi dia kena kuat untuk menguatkan semangat Liara. Dia tidak boleh biarkan isterinya untuk terus hanyut.

“Sayang?”

“Yes, baby?”

“Hold my hands till the end, boleh?”

“As how I’m holding your heart close to mine,”