Introduction
Betul, ini cuma urusan perniagaan...
Tapi sentuhannya hangat dan...menggoda.
"Masih dara?" dia tiba-tiba merenung aku...
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Emma Wells, seorang gadis kolej yang hampir tamat pengajian. Dia didera dan diseksa oleh ibu tiri, Jane dan adik tiri, Anna. Satu-satunya harapan dalam hidupnya adalah teman lelakinya yang seperti putera, Matthew David, yang berjanji untuk menjadikannya wanita paling bahagia di dunia.
Namun, dunianya hancur berkecai apabila ibu tirinya menerima $50000 sebagai hadiah pertunangan daripada seorang lelaki tua dan bersetuju untuk mengahwinkannya. Lebih teruk lagi, dia mendapati teman lelakinya yang disayangi curang dengan rakan sebiliknya, Vivian Stone.
Berjalan di jalan raya di bawah hujan lebat, dia berasa putus asa dan tidak berdaya...
Menggenggam erat tangannya, dia membuat keputusan. Jika dia ditakdirkan untuk dijual, maka dia akan menjual dirinya sendiri.
Berlari ke jalan dan berhenti di hadapan sebuah kereta mewah, dia tertanya-tanya berapa nilai daranya...
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Chapter 1
"Awak JUAL saya?" kata Emma, suaranya penuh dengan rasa jijik.
"Dia bayar $50,000 untuk awak. Apa yang boleh saya buat. Awak dah dibeli dan dibayar," kata Jane, ibu tiri Emma.
"Saya takkan kahwin,"
"Oh, ya awak akan! Dia dah bayar kami! Lepas awak tamat kolej, awak akan kahwin. Saya akhirnya jumpa lelaki yang setuju."
Jane mengangkat gambar lelaki tua. Botak, gemuk, hodoh. Dia sekurang-kurangnya berumur lebih 50 tahun. Emma baru sahaja dua puluh satu.
Kemarahan Emma memuncak. "Saya ada teman lelaki! Saya bukan milik awak untuk dijual! Tak bolehkah awak jual Anna kepada lelaki tua ni?"
Sebelum Emma sempat bernafas, Jane menamparnya kuat di muka.
"Awak bodoh! Dia dah bayar untuk awak! Dan duit tu dah habis! Awak akan kahwin dengan dia atau saya terpaksa jual rumah ni!"
"Awak patut bersyukur ada orang yang rasa awak berharga," ejek Anna.
"Awak takkan jual rumah ni, dan saya takkan kahwin dengan lelaki tu! Saya akan bayar balik duit tu sendiri!" Tanpa membawa barang-barangnya, Emma keluar dari rumah dan kembali ke dalam hujan.
Jane memang jahat, tapi ini paling teruk sekali.
Emma telah dijual. Dia mahu menangis dan menjerit pada masa yang sama. Air matanya bercampur dengan hujan, dan selepas beberapa ketika dia tidak dapat membezakan lagi.
Matt, dia fikir. Saya perlu jumpa dia.
Bersama Matt selalu membuatkan segalanya lebih baik. Matt ada cara untuk membuat perasaan buruk hilang. Dia yang sepatutnya Emma kahwini selepas tamat kolej. Bukan lelaki tua yang gatal. Dia datang dari keluarga kaya. Mungkin mereka boleh membantu Emma dengan masalah ini.
Dia berjalan menuju ke asrama Matt. Hujan tiba-tiba berhenti. Sebenarnya, dia takkan balik rumah kalau bukan kerana hujan lebat petang ini.
Perkara terakhir yang Emma mahu lakukan adalah pulang ke rumah. Itu bukan rumah. Sekurang-kurangnya bukan untuknya. Dia kehilangan ibunya ketika masih kecil, dan ayahnya sentiasa mabuk sejak itu. Dalam salah satu saat yang lebih sedar, ayahnya berkahwin semula. Jane pada mulanya baik. Dia datang dengan anak perempuannya sendiri, Anna. Dan penambahan keluarga itu nampaknya memberi kebaikan kepada ayahnya. Untuk seketika sahaja. Tidak lama kemudian, ayahnya kembali ke tabiat lamanya. Dia mabuk dari pukul 9:00 pagi. Dia tak pernah menyakiti mereka atau apa-apa. Jane yang menguruskan itu. Dia adalah kejahatan yang sebenar.
Emma telah menjadi hamba di rumahnya. Ayahnya hidup dalam keadaan mabuk yang berterusan. Emma tidak pasti sama ada ayahnya masih ada lagi. Jane mengambil kesempatan ini dan memaksa Emma melakukan segalanya. Jane dan Anna tidak pernah mengangkat jari. Kecuali tentu saja jika ia melibatkan Emma.
Pandangan rumahnya adalah pahit manis. Walaupun ia menyimpan kenangan manis zaman kanak-kanaknya, ia juga menyimpan trauma mendalam akibat penderaan Jane. Hujan sejuk meresap ke dalam jiwanya.
"Hanya masuk dan keluar cepat," Emma meyakinkan dirinya petang itu sebelum masuk ke rumah. Dia pergi ke pintu belakang, dan berdoa agar ia tidak berkunci.
Ketika dia mendekati, bunyi yang dikenali menyerangnya.
"Awak ni tak berguna! Kenapa tak mati saja? Awak tak berharga langsung kepada saya hidup!" Jeritan berbisa Jane menggoncang rumah itu.
Rumah ini dahulunya tempat yang penuh kebahagiaan. Kini, kegembiraan itu hanya wujud dalam ingatan Emma sahaja. Rumah itu gelap dan sunyi. Jeritan Jane dan bunyi TV yang kuat menenggelamkan bunyi Emma yang sedang menyelinap. Atau itulah yang dia sangka.
Sebaik sahaja dia sampai ke biliknya, ada tangan yang melingkari pinggangnya.
“Emma! Menyelinap dalam gelap ni! Apa yang kau buat ni?” Anna menjerit sambil memeluk erat tubuh Emma.
Tubuh Emma kaku. Ini perkara terakhir yang dia mahu.
Jane memang jahat, tapi Anna pun tak jauh beza. Dia sering menumpang kekejaman Jane. Anna hidup dengan itu. “Mak! Tengok siapa yang cuba elak dari kita!”
Jane keluar dari ruang tamu, matanya mengecil memandang Emma.
“Apa kau nak?” dia menjerit. Anna melepaskan pelukan dan ketawa dengan penuh kejahatan.
“Aku nak ambil barang-barang aku,” Emma mengeluh.
“Kau dan ayah kau yang tak guna tu asyik ambil, ambil, ambil! Tak ada satu pun yang kau orang sumbangkan untuk keluarga ni! Aku yang bertahan selama sepuluh tahun ni! Dan kau! Kau memang menyusahkan!”
“Aku kerja tiga kerja separuh masa sambil belajar sepenuh masa! Aku bayar kau $500 sebulan! Aku bersihkan rumah ni setiap hujung minggu! Apa lagi yang kau nak dari aku?” Emma membalas.
“Harga barang naik. Kau kan pandai? Ayah kau buat kita berhutang banyak! Aku tak mampu apa-apa lagi!”
Emma sudah penat dengan pertengkaran ini. Dia sejuk dan basah. Dia cuma mahu pergi.
“Aku tak ada tenaga nak buat ni dengan kau. Aku cuma nak ambil barang aku dan pergi —”
Pemikirannya terganggu oleh hujan yang tiba-tiba lagi. Dia terpaksa berlari melalui ribut, dan dengan air yang mencurah-curah, dia akhirnya sampai ke asrama Matt. Emma mengetuk pintu, dan menunggu. Pintu terbuka dan dia berharap melihat penyelamatnya di seberang sana.
“Matt! Aku—” dia terhenti apabila rakan sebilik Matt yang muncul. “Oh, maaf mengganggu.”
“Emma, kau basah kuyup. Kau okay ke?”
“Ya, maaf. Matt ada tak? Aku perlu jumpa dia.”
“Dia…” rakan sebiliknya berkata. Tangannya menggaru belakang kepala, dan dia menunduk. “Dia… dia tak ada. Dia keluar sekejap tadi. Kata dia sibuk dengan… sesuatu.”
Emma rasa bersalah. Matt berada di bawah banyak tekanan dari keluarganya, dan sering sibuk untuk memenuhi standard mereka. Dia sepatutnya tahu lebih baik daripada muncul tanpa pemberitahuan.
“Oh. Tak apa. Aku faham. Terima kasih. Aku cuba lagi nanti,” dia tersenyum dan berpaling untuk pergi.
“Emma?”
“Ya?” Emma berpaling kembali dan melihat rakan sebilik Matt menghulurkan tangan dengan wajah sedih. Dia kelihatan bergelut dengan sesuatu, tetapi menggelengkan kepala seolah-olah dia berubah fikiran.
“Tak ada apa-apa. Hati-hati di luar sana, ya?” Dia menawarkan senyuman dan kemudian menutup pintu.
Emma berjalan pulang ke asramanya, berat dengan air, kesedihan dan penyesalan. Basuh baju bogel sajalah, dia bergurau dengan dirinya sendiri. Setelah hari yang terasa paling panjang dalam hidupnya, dia akhirnya sampai ke dewan asramanya. Semakin dia mendekati biliknya, dia terdengar namanya.
“Apa lagi yang boleh berlaku hari ini?” dia berbisik kepada dirinya sendiri. Semakin dia mendekat, suara-suara itu semakin jelas.
“Ayuh, Matt,” suara manis yang menjijikkan berkata. “Kau kena pilih antara kami akhirnya. Beritahu aku, sayang. Siapa antara kami yang kau benar-benar cinta?”
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