Hot Daddy: My Beautiful Morning

Puzzles

"I'm sorry, yeah. I'll be here again" said Tiara. "If you need my help, Mas Gibran's on the phone." Then she hugged me. "I'm sorry for not taking care of you."

I'm nodding. I don't dispute that at all. It's not Tiara's fault. I'm the stupid one.

Tiara stepped out, and did not forget to close the door.

"Dad...."

"Shhhh.. don't discuss anything. Let's just say nothing happened."

"If only you could. But it's not possible. Everything must have happened. He must have...."

Daddy's eyes reddened, then glazed. He seemed uncomfortable, but he managed to straighten himself up. "Hey," he said, his voice trembling. "So, you don't know if he touched you or hasn't? I mean... You don't see... emm... feel it?"

I'm shaking. The tears are getting bigger. "I fainted" I said. "But he already. He too. His mouth is disgusting." I'm hysterical. "He must have done it when I fainted."

"Darling... My dear listen, you fainted, you did not see and did not feel. So, assume nothing happened. Okay?"

I shook my head, hysterical becoming more and more. "That must be the case, Daddy...." My voice's gone. "How am I saved? I. I'm naked. My body-"

"Shhh... Riko is dead. So assume no one sees your body. Okay well? Trust me. I covered your body with my clothes before taking you out of that cursed place."

I went back, trying to understand everything. But failed. "I'm dirty" I said again. I'm desperate.

"No. Not so. You're My Boyfriend. My loveliest star. You are not dirty in my eyes. Understood it? Can you hear me, Kejora? Please?"

Daddy waited for me to nod before continuing. My head's dizzy. My tongue felt thick, and I tried to say something. I tried to say anything, but those words didn't come out.

"Calm down, calm down" said Daddy, his voice a little calm and soothing, like the soft whirring of spring air from a window that opened after a long time of closure. "Calm yourself. Everything's gonna be okay."

How can you be completely calm?

"What about when you guys come? You saw Riko, she... Is she...?"

Daddy nodded again. "Nobody saw that. And hopefully it hasn't happened yet. You have to be sure of that. I searched for you as soon as your phone couldn't be reached. When I came, Riko was dead, you fainted, face down. So assume it didn't happen. Yea?"

Again, I can't. I'm the one who's been through all this, so I need to know the real storyline. Although I justified Daddy's thoughts, but still, my deepest heart was curious. "I know when my phone rings. Riko. Not long after that, I fainted" I said. "How long did Daddy come after that?"

"Not long. I think it's less than five minutes."

Five minutes? How did Riko die in less than five, or four, or three minutes? While I was able to expose it. "Daddy sure? I guess not... Daddy just wants to cheer me up."

I'm back in despair. "He's doing this vile thing to me? Yes, Dad?"

"No, honey. Not."

"Then?"

"He was in a duel with...."

"Sir Fikri? Tiara told me that."

"Em," Daddy nodded, "Riko was off guard as soon as she saw me. And that's when the man took the chance. He stabbed right in the heart."

I shook my head, again haunted by chaos and guilt. I was crying more and more. "It's all because of me. Mr. Fikri...." My eyes closed. "It's all my fault. Because of me-"

"Stop! Don't blame yourself."

"I was wrong!" longans. "Because of me-"

"Kejora!" for the first time Gibran Aditama yelled at me. "Don't talk about this again. Understood?"

I was shocked, and caught something else in Daddy's eyes, also in his tone. There was anger, but it wasn't on me.

"I knew it would be worse if Riko didn't die, and it would also be worse if it was me or Daddy who committed the murder. But that doesn't mean anyone else-"

Daddy rema* my fingers. "Leave it, Kejora. That's a sacrifice he made for you. Okay?"

"What does that mean, Daddy?"

His words were confusing, and made the pulse in my head even more so. Dark spots crept to the edge of my vision, and my chest was tight.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? Is anyone sick?"

I guess I'm....

Daddy panicked and called the doctor. And next I can't see what's going on.

I know, my condition's back down.