Yesterday we went to Kenny Rogers. Its been days Anyea keep on babbling wanted to eat macaroni and cheese & muffin there. Dah puas makan, jalan2 kejap then we came back home.
We were in the same lift with our neighbor's dotter and her little brother, most probably just came back from tuisyen. Right after we came out from the lift, we saw their mom (well, stepmom) and her sister yakking to each other, going somewhere, so we said hi and all. They are bz people, but very nice Malay neighbor we met so far. I don't really remember much what she was carrying, but what ever it was, quite a lot. Asked her where she was going and she said she wanna go to buat some xtra werk somewhere, probably back to her office. I cracked some jokes which i forgot what, and we laughed. Jarang2 jumpe, but there are times we talked and gossiping in front of our doors for hours.. heh!
While all of us were talking, and laughing, I saw the husband came out from the lift. Spontaneously I said hi to him and said : wah sorang balik sorang kuar. Bz betul ye? ~ with an ear-to-ear smile. He smiled back, walked slowly, dragging a travel bag or something like that. The wife suddenly kedut dahinye, like saying "Alamak!". Or maybe its just me.
The husband ni orgnye selim, used to be very clean and and neat especially when with office attires, rambut sisir tepi segala, but that night, I dare to say Pak Mat jual tempe tu lagi hensem. Muke, rambut kusut masai, baju tak begosok komot gile, bejurai2 kiri kanan mak oi comot and serabainye.. yg belah blakang dah terkuar2 . Sekali imbas mcm baru lepas jatuh longkang pon ade. Dalam hati mcm pelik but on the second thought, maybe that day was one of those-not-so-fine day kat opis kot. Overload keje gamaknye sampe cam gitu ghupenye.
Well, everyone was at the hallway, he was standing, talking to Orff, I was talking to the wife, the kids talking to each other. Somehow, I felt something not right. Hmmm..
Entah kenape, just for chit chat purposes, I re-asked her if she really going back to office, saje nak nyibuk tanye tengah pojek ape skang yg bz sangat tuh, and there she was.. became speechless and tegagap2. Macam nak jawap tapi uhh ahh uhh ahh.. serba salah sangat munyiknye. Hmm.. ok... I was taken back. Was it something I said? At almost the same time, Orff was asking what was with the bag the husband carrying, was he just back from outstation? Especially the husband, we know that he travels a lot inside/out of the country. And... he said nope. Its just some stuffs in there, some werking files and things like that.
Okay, I was looking back at the bag. And that was totally-definitely, a travel bag alright. A kinda bag that you put your clothes on type, not to put files kinda type. The travel bag that u drag, with that small tyres beneath and all.
Then I realized, since the beginning of the scene at that nite, the wife never look at the husband at all. She was 100% looking and talking to me, and me alone. She talked to Orff but only at the beginning before the husband was there. Apart of her sister off already, they don't salam each other like they used to (think I saw her salam the husband while greeting him back from werk sometimes). The wife membelakangkan the husband all the time as if the husband wasn't there at all.
My brain werk so fast, we need to get out of there. I sense problems already. So cepat2 I mintak diri nak balik and masuk rumah so they can have some space. I think I gaved Orff some kinda signal to hurry back, but that guy was soooooo pitch-black blurrrr! I signal with my eyes and what ever there were in my face, instead of saying jom jom, asking him to go, but he just rilek lelepak there siap pasang muke jambu plak, maybe coz the husband tu pon still standing there macam patung. Hayoyo lakiku...nak aje aku piap!
At that point of time, it was so obvious that the husband and wife do not talk to each other. Conformed. It was getting heat-y already and laki aku dok tesengih2 tanye soklan2 yg mamat tu pon tecekik2 nak menjawapnye. Adaka pi tanye mamat tu : uih byk ye barang bawak pi opis, macam beg baju. Mcm tido opis je? Adessss.. aku nak ketuk dahi die buleh? Bile mamat tu tekial2 nak menjawap, die pi tanye the wife polak dahh : You pon nak gi opis balikke? Dah malam2 ni, stayback ke? Yang pompan lak tekial2. Ngeee.. serius aku nak piat je molot laki aku ni. huhuhuhuhuhu...
Sekali petik pun gua tau la mamat tu kompom tido opis or mane ntah, and minah tu on da way nak pi tido umah akak die yg jalan sesame ngan die tadi. Adik beradik the wife tu semua stay sini, so memang selalu pon minah tu betandang ke rumah adik badik die semua.
Setelah few times mintak diri, temasuk mengajak lakiku balik menggunakan suare vokal yg jelas lagi maha terang, baru la kami gerak balik.. and sampai ke sudah mmg kompom they dont talk. Yg the husband nye ade jugak la tepandang2 kat wife die yg menonong berlalu pegi tu.. tapi takat tu je la.
Masa Orff tengah bukak kunci grill rumah, since rumah depa depan rumah kami, nampakla mamat tu ding dong pintu rumah tunggu anak2 die bukak kan pintu, sambil sesengih kat kami. Dalam ati aku cakap, mak oi, ni kes lari dari rumah ke ape siap kunci rumah pon tak bawak. After say goodnite and kasi salam, aku terus tutup pintu.
"You dah kenape sayang dok berlama2 plak borak tadi.. diorang tu tengah tak baik laa.. you plak nyibuk je tanye macam2.. sampai tecekik2 diorang nak jawap." Kataku menyound lakiku.
"Oh ye ke? I tak tau pun?" kate Orff menjawap.
"Takkan le nak kasik tau tapi kan gile obvious, diorang don't even look at each other pon tadi, mcm batu je memasing. Takkan la tak perasan. Sorang ke hulu sorang ke hilir bawak beg semua. Salam tak, tego tak." Aku geleng pale.
"Ha ah ek, patutla die bawak beg baju tu.. mane le I tau dah die kate beg file.. " Lakiku terus membendul.
"Appara you...!" kataku sambung bebel.
"Hehehehehe.. I tak perasan la. Lain kali bagi la tau.. takde la I tanye memacam.." Jawap lakiku menyengih.
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