H.U.R.T
Stopping Time

"Don't hold your breath, you want to die?" Harry put his head on the back of the chair, looking up at the ceiling of the room. His hand was placed on his forehead.

"Jeff said you'd come in two days."

Isabel shook her hands in front of her face, driving away the pungent smell of alcohol from her brother.

"I changed my mind. Mom doesn't like me at the palace. I was worried that his blood sugar would rise again if I had to constantly watch me roam in front of him. And I don't want Aunty Alena coming to pick me up either. It'll just make him tired."

Harry nodded, not knowing what to comment. She loved Isabel, but she also understood her mother's feelings of being betrayed by Isabel's presence. All Harry did was rub his sister's head as support.

"You're drinking again?"

"You came alone?" Harry answered his sister's question with a question.

"You coming?" the voice of someone interrupted the conversation of the two brothers. Pax and Alena approach Harry and Isabel.

Yeah, once he landed at the airport, Isabel went straight to the Willson mansion. At first Isabel refused, but after finding out Austin was not home, she agreed to stay there.

"It looks like you've been partying" not long after Darren emerged from the entrance and stood behind Harry. The guy's out exercising. Remnants of sweat were falling from her hair.

Harry looked up, "Yeah, like that. My head is so dizzy. Where's Austin?"

Darren shrugged his shoulders, joined him, sat down next to his father.

"How's your search?" Pax asked, sorry for the fate of his son-in-law. Just a few hours married, already left by his daughter.

"As before. Niente. I'm starting to give up, I'm sorry." Harry voiced his heart with a heavy heart. These four months his energy and mind were massacred all out. He grew tired and felt that what he was doing was in vain. Harry has no confidence that Lexi will be found alive and well.

It sounds very cruel, but he tries to think realistically. Before Lexi plunged, his car had a collision with another car until finally plunged into the river with a flow that is so swift and depth that can not be underestimated and the temperature is very cold.

Harry felt that his four-month wait was enough. A lot of work is abandoned. The task of the palace was also ignored, not showing the attitude of a prince at all.

Pax fluttered, looking at Harry with an unreadable mimic.

Alena rubbed her husband's arm, feeling the sadness Pax felt.

"I am very saddened by this incident. I'm also very sad, Mr. Willson's. But I think it's time we accepted this reality."

Pax smiled bitterly, not Daddy, not even the father-in-law, but Mr. Willson's. Harry has given up. They can't blame Harry. The man has the right to continue living. Should Pax also let go and mengikhlaskan?

"You're right," Pax was finally able to make a sound even with a choked voice. The middle-aged man smiled a thin smile.

"Thank you for waiting this long, Harry. Thank you for showing me that you're a good husband to my daughter by waiting for her all this time. I know your decision to give up is not easy either. You're just trying to be wise because you have a lot of responsibilities in the palace. I get it, Son." Pax nodded his head. "I pray for your good" he said wisely.

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Steve and Zinia join Malvyn and his friends after Steve apologizes properly. They both play beach volleyball. Zenia looks very happy, she likes Carla and Belinda. The two girls were very friendly and active, just like Zetta.

"It's getting dark, we better end this game." Steve said as he pulled Zenia and cleaned the girl's hand from the sand.

"Yes, I'm hungry already. Is there fast food? I could starve to death if I had to cook again." Carla exclaimed in a mimic completely resisting hunger.

"In the village there is a cafe with quite good food. I'll get you a table and eat as you please. I'll buy it, and just use my car." Steve throws the key that Malvyn immediately catches perfectly.

"And we'd better get back home, you're gonna have to clean your body, too."

Zinia nodded, "It's a lot of fun. It's like finding new friends is exciting."

"Hm, I can see your lips don't stop to smile. Do you want to go to the village too?"

Zania shook her head, "We're in my house."

"I'm like you. Tell me, what do you want for dinner?"

"Let's see when we get home."

Steve and Zinia clasped hands at Steve's house. Arriving home, Steve immediately provides warm water for Zenia. The girl also did not use the toilet below anymore, but rather Steve's toilet in the room.

"I'll dry your hair later, while you shower, I'll make dinner for us. Half an hour, you're only allowed to soak for half an hour."

"You're not taking a shower?"

Steve who was about to leave the room stopped his steps. "Surely I don't mind if we have to share a bathtub. I can rub your back and you can do the same for me."

"Easter!" Zenia immediately ran into the toilet. "Don't try to peek at me, Mr. Percy!"

"I wouldn't do anything without your permission."

Inside the toilet, Zenia blushed at Steve's reply. The girl plays her toes on the floor, knocking them there, just like an ABG in love.

Exactly half an hour later, Zenia went downstairs, heading straight for the kitchen. Zenia smiled again to see Steve who looked very serious was cooking. The man also wore an apron on his body.

Zinia deliberately cleared her throat, but Steve did not turn his head towards her.

"I have fantasies in the kitchen."

Zenia bit her lips upon hearing the man's cry.

"You want to know my fantasy?" Steve asked, still looking at him.

"I think I know what your fantasies are," Zinia timidly replied.

"Oh, huh? Do it, I wait. It's like it's your fantasy too."

Zinia nodded even though Steve did not look at her. Slowly he stepped his bare feet until it made no noise on the wooden floor.

Right behind Steve, Zinia took a slow breath. He desperately prayed in his heart that what he would do was also Steve's fantasy.

Zinia stretched out her two hands, then wrapped them around Steve's stomach. He buried his face in a wide back that gave off the scent of perfume remnants mixed with sweat. Zinia.

"I hope it's your fantasy so I don't get embarrassed" she said from behind her back.

Steve chuckled, "You know me very well," Steve reached out his hand over his shoulder to shake Zenia's trembling head.

"This is my fantasy too. Ah, cozy. I could be crazy. How to stop time from staying this way."