
When he heard Leana's cry, Steve continued to gently stroke the girl, as if to feel the heavy burden that was carried by Richard's daughter.
A quarter of an hour later, Leana was finally able to control herself until she immediately broke free from Steve's embrace. "I'm sorry, Uncle." Leana immediately wiped her tears, although after removing the tears continued to reminisce, wet her cheeks.
"Okay, it's okay. It must have been very heavy for you," said Steve, he stroked Leana's hair, making Leana's cries tighten again.
"It's really hard because it has to do with my mom." Leana's face looked very sad, the teenage girl seemed to be nostalgic for her pain.
"Your mother?" Rework Stev.
"My mother's death was tragic, and I was there hearing everything, and so was ...." Leana hung up her words because she was unable to continue. The girl's voice sank with her own cries.
At that time, he was only nine years old, but he understood very well what had happened.
"Yes, if it's heavy, tell Uncle if you're ready" said Steve. He helped wipe away Leana's tears.
"You just rest. If you still want to stay here reluctantly to meet your father, please. Uncle won't ban you" said Steve, who understood that Leana was indeed avoiding Richard.
Leana nodded, the girl directly laid her body and pulled the blanket. At that moment, Steve walked out of the room occupied by Leana.
"Yes God! You just surprised Daddy," Steve told Geo, who was waiting outside.
"It looks like he's having a problem with Uncle Richard," Geo said again, he was suddenly curious about what happened.
Steve nodded. "But it's none of our business, let's go" he asked Geo.
***
"Richard, is there something you're thinking?" maudy asked when she saw Richard daydreaming.
Maudy sat down next to Richard and by reflex, the man shifted away. But before long, he regained his senses and returned to his original position.
"Is there a problem?" ask Maudy who skipped the discussion about what Richard just did.
"Let's know, it looks like Leana is moving away from me," Richard replied with a wistful face.
"away?" reset Maudy.
Richard's eyes are rounded when he accidentally tells his feelings, at a time when he can't possibly explain that Leana is deliberately away.
"Distant why?" ask Maudy.
"Because of Lean—"
"Oh maybe he's just tired." Suddenly Maudy cut off Richard's words, as if understanding what the man was feeling, Maudy understood it might be hard for Ricard to tell him.
Richard was now frowning. He only realized that all this time, Maudy had never meddled in his affairs. He never asked her too much about personal matters like this.
"Why?" maudy asked as Richard looked at her with a different look.
Richard shakes. "It's okay" he said, patting her on the thigh, causing Maudy to immediately lay her head there.
"Richard," call Maudy. The man looked down with his hands stroking the woman's hair.
"Lately I haven't seen Matteo, where is he?" ask Maudy.
"Ohuk!" Richard was immediately paused to hear Maudy's question.
"Why are you asking Matteo?" ask Richard nervously.
"No, he's always been around, but I haven't seen him in days. Where the hell is he?"
"Oh, he's out of town" Richard replied.
Maudy nodded her head.
"Do you want a new house after we get married?" asked Richard who suddenly discussed other things because he did not want Maudy to talk about Matteo again.
"Do you want to move house?" Maudy asked again.
"No, I think you want a new atmosphere."
"I can stay anywhere" Maudy replied as if closing the conversation. His gaze was now straight ahead, and at that moment he recalled the incident earlier that afternoon.
But before long, Maudy shook her head forbidding herself to remember that.
***
Richard exited Maudy's house after the woman fell asleep. Then now, she intends to meet Leana because she has to bring the child home. She did not want her daughter to keep thinking about the past, let alone make their relationship worse.
Incidentally, when Richard entered the house, he saw Leana was with Geo, both of them were playing fireworks in the yard.
At first Leana wanted to sleep, but she did not go to sleep, so she went out of the room and invited Geo to play fireworks. He thought Richard had come home, but he didn't and was watching them.
"Leana," call Richard when he comes in.
Leana was silent. His smile faded as he looked at Richard who was now walking towards them.
"Let's go home with Daddy" Richard asked, hoping Leana would go home with him.
Leana was silent. "I want to stay here." He spoke curtly, looking at his father with an angry look.
"Leana," called Richard in a suppressive tone that Leana could not resist, and he nodded.
"We're playing again tomorrow, Geo," said Leana, who now walks into the house to pick up a bag. Soon, he went back out to see Richard.
***
Silent, no one spoke because neither Richard nor Leana, both of them were silent.
Richard focused on driving, while Leana, who was sitting in the back, pretended to be busy playing the phone because she did not want to hear anything her father said. That was the reason why he chose to sit back and tinker with his phone.
"Leana," called Richard, half a long silence, finally Ricard ventured to call Leana.
"I don't want to hear anything" replied Leana, she preceded her father to forbid him from speaking.
"Why did you meet him?" Despite hearing the ultimatum from Leana, who did not want to hear Richard's words, Richard continued to talk to his daughter.
Leana stopped her movement who was playing mobile phone. The girl's eyes started to get wet when she suddenly recalled what the person had said.
"That's my right to see anyone" Leana replied.
"Leanna!" Ricard raised his voice when he heard Leana's reply.
"What?!" sahut Leana who this time shouted made Richard immediately park his car to the side of the road and then turned to his daughter.
"Why did you meet him?" asked Richard who had been trying patiently to deal with Leana, because he knew that the girl was at her highest emotional point.
"I don't want to answer, because without it you know the answer."
"Please don't make it harder on Daddy."
"You complicate the position of all of us," said Leana, "what need I unload all that Daddy ...."
Leana hung forward her words. She shook her head. "I don't want to talk about this."
Because if Leana forced herself to talk and discuss this, then she would definitely feel tremendous pain from remembering the mother. Richard starts the engine and runs the car knowing that Leana's emotions are exploding.
***
After a long journey, finally the car driven by Richard arrived at his luxurious residence. Leana got out of the car and entered without waiting for her father.
Richard shook his head, leaning back as he looked at his walking daughter. "Lord, I don't want it to be like this, but why doesn't the universe support me?"
A clear thread immediately fell from Richard's eye patch. He was really confused how to deal with all the pressure that hit until he felt lost his own identity.
Richard rubbed rough, however this was what he had to go through
After pondering, Richard got out of the car. The man walked quickly in there.
***
Then from yesterday, Steve locked himself in a room. The man even pretended to have a fever because he did not want to see Maudy who made him sick.
"Steve," call Elsa from the outside. Apparently, his father and mother had come to Germany to see his ex-daughter-in-law's engagement, and Elsa also knew Stev's feelings because she heard from Geo that her son still loved Maudy.
At first Elsa and Nauder were happy to hear that, but the feeling did not last long when they found out that Maudy had chosen Richard.
Steve sighed when he heard his mother's voice. He got up and opened the door for Elsa.
"You okay?" ask Elsa. He looked at Stev with a worried look.
"What am I really doing?" ask Steve back and give a chuckle. However, Elsa could still see the sadness tucked in her son's face.
"Let's eat, Mommy's already making porridge."
"Later on, I still want to rest" said Steve again.
Elsa nodded and Steve closed the door again and walked towards the bed. He laid his body there again.
Steve opens the phone and sees a picture of Maudy taken in secret. He now rubbed the screen until it was not felt, a clear circle fell from his eye peluk.
***
Time showed at seven o'clock in the night, Steve was staring at himself in the mirror. Had she not respected Maudy and Richard, she was reluctant to come to their engagement. Of course he'll see something very painful.
"Steve, are you done?" ask Nauder from the outside.
Steve regained his senses and normalized his expression. "Already, Dad."
Steve came out of the room and it turned out, Nauder looked ready.
"Let's go," Nauder asked. Steve nodded and they left the house to go to Maudy and Richard's engagement.
***
The car is traveling at medium speed. From then on, Steve kept daydreaming. The second by second he went through was filled with uneasiness.
After a long journey, they finally arrived at the hotel where Maudy and Richard's engagement was held. The party was held so luxurious, luxury cars lined up neatly in front made Steve now smile bitterly.
'Maudy must be really happy with Richard, ' Steve's inner self.
"Come on," Nauder asked.
After that, they went inside. When we went inside, Richard and Maudy were on the podium. Both are giving a welcome to the guests.
When Elsa Nauder and Geo were sitting in the guest chair, Steve was still standing. He kept staring at Maudy who was holding Richard's hand. Not long after, the woman looked at him.
The eyes of the ex-husband-wife couple were locked together. Maudy looked at Steve with an indecipherable look, until she finally smiled faintly.
Steve realized, Steve returned Maudy's smile and then he sat in the waiting chair.
Event after event went smoothly, until now the painful moments for Steve began when Maudy and Richard would put the ring on each other.
Steve now gets up from his seat and decides to get out of the hotel, feeling he will not be able to see Maudy pin the ring on Richard.
Just as Steve was about to step up, the lights suddenly went out followed by a screaming voice that he knew was Maudy. As fast as lightning, he pulled out the phone and then turned on the flashlight.
Steve could now see Richard frantically looking for Maudy because the woman was not on the podium. Instantly, the atmosphere was so noisy.
Richard yelled out to his men to look for Maudy. He also went straight down and ran here and there looking for his future wife full of worries.
Steve now runs out in pursuit of a car that just left the hotel area, and it was the first one to come out after the blackout, leading Stev to suspect that Maudy was there.
"Damn!" steve shouted as he unsuccessfully chased after the car carrying Maudy. However, it was fortunate that he managed to memorize the license plate of the car.
Steve turns around and runs to his car to chase after Maudy.
Steve drives a car at a very fast speed. Many times he saw the end of the car, but repeatedly also another car overtaking before him until Steve was a little overwhelmed.
Steve screams when he loses the car he was chasing. Then after that, he turned left as the car carrying Maudy turned right.
***
Time showed at four in the morning when Richard got out of the car with a messy look. Maudy was never found after she went there.
Ricard had sent all his men to find Maudy, he had also told the entire police force to close the road, but until now the police had not managed to find Maudy
Ricard sat himself on the couch, leaning his body back to try to guess who kidnapped Maudy. Because, there's no way Mateo because he's locked up Mateo and robbed the man's phone until he's sure Mateo can't call anyone
“Maudy where are you,"; richard said, a clear feather fell straight from his eye when he remembered Maudy, he was afraid of anything happening with her.
Stev out of the car, he's been looking around, but Maudy's not anywhere. Even he was already looking into the corners of the small box but, Maudy was not there either.
“Stev, have you found Maudy yet?"!asked Nauder when Stev masu.
“Daddy hasn't slept?‘ ask Stev again.
“How can Daddy sleep, when Maudy has not been found.”Suddenly, Stev's body collapses on the floor, as if his body is squeezing, imagining what will happen to Maudy.
“Stev, are you okay?" ask Nauder, who's been bending her legs.
“Dad, what if something happens to Maudy. What if someone hurt Maudy, what if ..." Bad thoughts had surrounded Steve, bad prejudices continued to hit the man's brain, he was really afraid of something happening with his ex-wife.
Nauder helped Stev to get up, then took Stev to the couch, and he walked straight to the kitchen to get a drink.
“Please, let Daddy look for it now.”
“Dad, please find Maudy, don't let her do anything" Stev said.
“Hmm, Daddy will look for it. Now, rest.” A tired Stev decided to look for Maudy the next day. After Stev finished drinking, Nauder carried Steve's body into the room, knowing that his son was devastated and that Nauder had laid Steve's body down and opened his watch. After that, it covered Stev's body.
After his son closed his eyes, Nauder came out of Stev's room, he walked into his room and went into the room, Because Nauder decided to go back to sleep, let alone it was still early morning.
***
“Help me Steve, help me!"
“Maudy ...." Steve shouted, he immediately woke up from his sleep. Apparently he had a nightmare just now, where Maudy was dragged using a rope.
Stev looked at the clock, but the time was 07:00 in the morning. No, he can't just shut up he has to find Maudy. Quickly, the man got off the bed and pulled a towel and then walked into the bathroom.
Half an hour later, Stev came out with a fresh body, he was already wearing clothes. Then after that he went out
“Dad, How. Is there any progress?” stev asked as Nauder was having breakfast.
“ Didn't Daddy move this morning?” then is there no result?” ask Stev again.
“Hmm, Daddy already told Daddy's men who are here to spread around the corner of the city, but Maudy isn't around, and Daddy is sure that maybe Maudy won't go far, he must still be around here somewhere. Let's have breakfast before you look for Maudy.” .
“Daddy thought I could have breakfast when I hadn't found Maudy,” Stev said.
“Yes, just go there," Nauder said. Stev went straight away.
Stev drives his car at full speed, for whatever reason he will never forgive the man who kidnapped Maudy let alone get Maudy hurt.
And this is where Stev's car was parked, he parked Maudy's car at the hotel where Maudy and Richard's engagement took place.
Quickly when he came down, it turned out Richard was also down. “You've found Maudy asked Steve?" Ricard.
“Not yet, I want to check the whole tv first.”
“Yes, let's find Maudy together,” replied Steve.
While on the other hand, Maudy awakens from her sleep, she sees the clock turn out to be the time showing at 09.00 am.
Maudy got off the bed and the woman opened the curtain, smiling at the beautiful sight in front of her. Before long he remembered the incident last night, where he ....