“Mm? Kau bilang apa?” Sandy mengeluarkan kunci pintu dan memandang temannya.
Young-Mi tersenyum dan menggeleng. “Tidak, aku sedang bicara sendiri. Ayo, kita masuk dulu. Aku sudah capek berdiri sejak tadi.”
Sandy segera membuka pintu dan mengajak Young-Mi masuk. “Kenapa menunggu di sini? Kau kan bisa menelepon dulu.”
Young-Mi melangkah masuk dan menjawab, “Ponselmu tidak aktif.”
Sandy menepuk dahi. “Oh, memang kumatikan tadi. Maaf.”
Kang Young-Mi berdiri di tengah-tengah ruang duduk dan mengamati Sandy dari ujung kepala sampai ujung kaki.
Sandy merasa aneh diamati begitu. “Kenapa memandangiku seperti itu?”
“Pakaianmu,” gumam Young-Mi dengan pandangan penuh arti.
Sandy tersentak. Ia baru menyadari ia masih mengenakan pakaian yang diberikan Park Hyun-Shik. Gaya rambutnya juga masih seperti tadi. Young-Mi pasti heran dengan penampilannya yang seperti ini.
“Ah, ini?” Sandy berbalik memunggungi temannya dan pura-pura mencari sesuatu di dalam emari es. Otaknya berputar cepat, mencari alasan yang masuk akal. “Biasa lah, Mister Kim sedang melakukan percobaan baru. Katanya penampilan ini cocok untukku. Tapi kurasa tidak begitu. Aku benar, kan? Eh, kau mau minum apa?”
Sandy memutar tubuh, kembali menghadap temannya. Young-Mi sudah duduk di sofa dengan tangan terlipat di depan dada. Tatapan temannya itu seakan bisa menembus ke dalam hatinya. Sandy mulai gugup.
“Kau tahu,” Young-Mi membuka mulut, “tadi aku menonton acara konser amal di televisi.”
Sandy merasa jantungnya berdebar dua kali lebih cepat daripada biasanya. Tidak mungkin Young-Mi melihatnya. Ia sudah sangat hati-hati agar tidak disorot kamera. “Aku melihat Jung Tae-Woo bersama kekasihnya,” Young-Mi melanjutkan dengan nada tenang. Ia tersenyum kecil. “Anehnya, kekasihnya itu memakai pakaian yang sama dengan yang kaupakai sekarang. Gaya rambut kalian juga sama persis.”
Baiklah, Sandy harus melakukan sesuatu. Ia tertawa dan berkata, “Lalu kau mengira aku wanita itu? Young-Mi, kau ada-ada saja.”
Young-Mi mengangkat alis. “Benarkah, begitu? Sebenarnya aku juga tidak akan berpikir wanita itu kau, Soon-Hee, kalau saja aku tidak meneleponmu saat itu. Aku melihatmu di televisi. Memang tidak jelas, tapi aku melihat kejadiannya.”
Sandy ingat Young-Mi memang menghubungi ponselnya ketika ia berada di acara konser amal. Ia tidak menjawab karena suasana di sana berisik sekali, semua orang berbicara dan irama musik terdengar di mana-mana. Kalau ia menjawab, Young-Mi
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akan mendengar bunyi berisik di latar belakang dan merasa curiga. Tae-Woo juga berkata sebaiknya ia tidak menjawab telepon. Itulah sebabnya Sandy mematikan ponselnya. Ternyata saat itu Young-Mi melihatnya di televisi.
“Ketika aku meneleponmu, kekasih Jung Tae-Woo secara kebetulan juga menerima telepon. Ketika dia memutuskan hubungan, tepat pada saat itu nada sambung di teleponku juga terputus,” Young-Mi melanjutkan. “Aku mencoba lagi dan melihat wanita itu akhirnya mematikan ponselnya.”
Sandy tidak bisa mengelak lagi. Ia sudah tidak tahu alasan apa lagi yang bisa ia gunakan. Ia sudah mengenal Kang Young-Mi selama bertahun-tahun dan tahu benar temannya itu pintar dan berotak tajam. Mungkin saja saat ini Young-Mi sudah bisa menduga sendiri. Sandy tidak bisa lagi menyembunyikan masalah ini darinya.
“Han Soon-Hee, kurasa sekarang waktunya kau memberitahuku apa yang sebenarnya terjadi,” kata Young-Mi. “Aku sudah berpikir lama dan ingin tahu apakah kenyataannya seperti yang kupikirkan.”
Suasana di salah satu toko buku terbesar di Seoul itu terlihat ramai sekali. Di depan toko terpasang spanduk yang bertuliskan “Peluncuran Buku Salju di Musim Panas dan Pembagian Tanda Tangan Choi Min-Ah”. Mungkin ini sebabnya kenapa buku yang paling banyak dipajang di etalase toko itu adalah Saljut di Musim Panas karya Choi Min-Ah. Para pengunjung toko masing-masing memegang buku tersebut sambil berdiri berdesak-desakan sementara anggota-anggota staf toko bersusah payah mengendalikan keadaan. Selain para pengunjung toko, beberapa wartawan juga tampak hadir di sana.
“Choi Min-Ah sudah datang?” seru seorang wanita berkacamata kepada salah satu anggota stafnya yang sedang berbicara di telepon.
Anggota staf tersebut menutup telepon dan menjawab, “Katanya dia akan tiba dalam dua puluh menit.”
Wanita berkacamata itu memegang kening dan mengembuskan napas. “Aku tidak tahu apakah kita bakal mampu bertahan dua puluh menit lagi. Hei, semuanya sudah siap di belakang sana? Aku ingin semuanya sempurna sebelum Choi Min-Ah menginjakkan kaki di toko ini. Mengerti?”
Dua puluh dua menit kemudian, orang yang ditunggu-tunggu akhirnya tiba. Seorang wanita cantik keluar dari mobil hitam dan berjalan masuk ke toko buku sambil tersenyum lebar dan melambaikan tangan dengan anggun.
“Itu Choi Min-Ah! Cantik sekali! Lebih cantik daripada fotonya.”
“Katanya dia baru pulang dari Amerika.”
“Dia pulung khusus untuk menghadiri acara ini.”
"Mm? You said what? " Sandy pulled out the key of the door and looked at his friend.Young-Mi smiled and shook his head. "No, I'm talking to myself. Come on, we got used to. I'm already tired of dating back to the last. "Sandy immediately opens the door and invites Young-Mi entry. "Why wait here? You're right could call first. "Young-Mi stepped in and said, "Ponselmu."Sandy Pat's forehead. "Oh, indeed thy root. I'm sorry. "Kang Mi-Young-standing in the middle of the sitting room and watched Sandy from head to toe.Sandy felt weird observed so. "Why memandangiku like that?""Your," gumam Young-Mi with a full view of the meaning.Sandy jolt. He realized he was still wearing clothes given Park Hyun-Shik. Her hair style is also still like yesteryear. Young-Mi surely surprised with his performance like this."Ah, is it?" Sandy turned memunggungi his friend and pretended to look for something in the emari ice. Her brain spins quickly, looking for plausible reasons. "Okay lah, Mister Kim are conducting a new experiment. He said this performance is suitable for me. But I guess it is not so. I'm right, right? Uh, do you want to drink something? "Sandy spin the body, back facing his friend. Young-Mi already sitting on the sofa with hands folded in front of the chest. It was as if his friend's gaze could penetrate into his heart. Sandy began to get nervous."You know," Young-Mi opens his mouth, "last I watch the show charity concert on television."Sandy felt his heart pounding two times faster than usual. Young-Mi may not see it. He's been very careful so as not highlighted the camera. "I see Jung Tae-Woo along with her lover, a" Young-Mi continued with a tone of calm. She smiled little. "Oddly enough, her lover was wearing the same clothes with a kaupakai now. You guys hair styles are also exactly the same. "Well, Sandy should do something. She laughed and said, "you think I'm that woman? Young-Mi, you were there-only. "Young-Mi raised eyebrows. "Really, so? Actually I also wouldn't think the woman you, Soon-Hee, if only I'm not meneleponmu time. I saw you on television. It was not clear, but I see it happens. "Sandy remembers Young-Mi indeed contacted her cell phone while she was in the show charity concert. He did not answer because of the atmosphere there are noisy as hell, everyone is talking and the rhythm of the music is heard everywhere. If he answered, Young-Mi78will hear a clatter in the background and felt suspicious. Tae-Woo also said he should not answer the phone. That's why Sandy turn off her cell phone. It turns out that time Young-Mi saw it on television."When I'm meneleponmu, the lover Jung Tae-Woo by chance also received a phone call. When he decided the relationship, right at that moment dial tone in teleponku was also cut off, "Young-Mi continued. "I tried again and saw the woman finally shut off their phones."Sandy couldn't Dodge again. He does not know the reason what else can he use. He was already acquainted with Kang Young-Mi for years and know the true friend that is smart and sharp berotak. It is possible that the current Young-Mi already guessed myself. Sandy can no longer hide this problem."Han Soon-Hee, I guess now it's time you tell me what actually happened," said Young-Mi. "I've been thinking long and would like to know whether in fact such was I thinking."The atmosphere in one of the largest book store in Seoul it looks crowded. In front of the store installed a banner that reads "book launch snow in Summer and Division Signature Choi Min-Ah". Perhaps this is why most books were displayed at the storefront shops that is the summer work Saljut Choi Min-Ah. Visitors to the store each holding the book while standing thrust while the store staff members struggled in control of the situation. In addition to the patrons of stores, some journalists also appear to be present there."Choi Min-Ah are already coming?" exclaimed one woman eyeglasses to one member of his staff who was talking on the phone.The staff member hung up the phone and answer, "he said he would arrive in twenty minutes."Women's eyeglasses that holds the brow and exhales. "I don't know if we would able to survive twenty minutes longer. Hey, everything is ready in the back there? I want everything perfect before Choi Min-Ah set foot in this store. Understand? "Twenty-two minutes later, people eagerly awaited finally arrived. A beautiful woman out of a black car and walk go into a bookstore with a smile wide and waved gracefully."It Was Choi Min-Ah! Beautiful! More beautiful than her picture. ""He said he just got home from America.""He pulung specifically to attend this event."
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"Mm? You said what? "Sandy pulled out the keys the door and looked at his friend.
Young-Mi smiled and shook his head. "No, I'm talking to myself. Let's go first. I'm tired of standing earlier. "
Sandy immediately opens the door and invites Young-Mi entry. "Why wait here? You could call. "
Young-Mi stepped in and answered," PhoneSee inactive. "
Sandy patted his forehead. "Oh, indeed I turned off earlier. Sorry. "
Kang Young-Mi standing in the middle of the living room and watched Sandy from head to toe.
Sandy felt weird observed so. "Why look at me like that?"
"Your clothes," muttered Young-Mi with a significant look.
Sandy snapped. She realized she was still wearing clothes given Park Hyun-Shik. Hairstyle is still like that. Young-Mi definitely surprised with his performance like this.
"Ah, this?" Sandy turned his back on her and pretended to look for something in emari ice. His brain was spinning, looking for a plausible excuse. "Ordinary lah, Mister Kim are conducting a new experiment. He said this appearance for me. But I do not think so. I was right? Uh, do you want to drink? "
Sandy turned, turned back to his friend. Young-Mi was sitting on the couch with her arms folded across her chest. His gaze seemed to penetrate into his heart. Sandy started to get nervous.
"You know," Young-Mi opened her mouth, "I've been watching a charity concert event on television."
Sandy felt his heart beating two times faster than usual. Young-Mi could not have seen it. He has been very careful to avoid the cameras. "I saw Jung Tae-Woo with his girlfriend," Young-Mi continued in a calm tone. He smiled a little. "Surprisingly, his girlfriend was wearing the same clothes as you're wearing right now. Style your hair exactly the same too. "
Well, Sandy had to do something. He laughed and said, "And you thought I was the woman? Young-Mi, you're no-nonsense. "
Young-Mi raised eyebrows. "Is that true? Actually, I would not have thought she was you, Soon-Hee, if I did not call you then. I saw you on television. It is not clear, but I saw what happened. "
Sandy recalled Young-Mi is her cell phone while he was at a charity concert event. He did not answer because there are very noisy atmosphere, everyone is talking and the rhythm of the music heard everywhere. If he answered, Young-Mi
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will hear a noise in the background and suspicious. Tae-Woo also said he should not answer the phone. That's why Sandy hung up. Apparently when the Young-Mi see it on television.
"When I call you, lover Jung Tae-Woo incidentally also received a call. When he hung up, just in time for the dial tone on the phone was cut off, "Young-Mi proceed. "I tried again and saw the woman finally hung up."
Sandy could not help anymore. He had no idea why else that he can use. He is already familiar with Kang Young-Mi for years and he knew his friend was smart and shrewd. Maybe this time Young-Mi have guessed himself. Sandy could no longer hide these problems from him.
"Han Soon-Hee, I think it's time for you to tell me what really happened," said Young-Mi. "I've thought long and wanted to know if in fact as I thought."
The atmosphere in one of the largest book store in Seoul were seen crowded at all. In front of the shop attached a banner that reads "Book Launch Snow in Summer and division of Signature Choi Min-Ah". Perhaps this is why most books on display in a shop window that is Saljut Summer works of Choi Min-Ah. Shoppers each holding the book while standing jostling while the store staff members struggled to control the situation. In addition to shoppers, some journalists also present there.
"Choi Min-Ah come?" Exclaimed a woman with glasses to one member of staff who was talking on the phone.
The staff members are hung up and said, "He says he will arrive in twenty minutes. "
the woman's glasses hold the forehead and exhaled. "I do not know whether we would be able to survive another twenty minutes. Hey, everything was ready back there? I want everything to be perfect before Choi Min-Ah set foot in this store. Understand? "
Twenty-two minutes later, the long-awaited finally arrived. A beautiful woman get out of a black car and walked into the bookstore with a grin and waved gracefully.
"That's Choi Min-Ah! Very beautiful! More beautiful than the pictures. "
" She said she had just returned from America. "
" He pulung specifically to attend this event. "
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