IN THE CAGE

77. DISINTEGRATED

...NORMAL pov...

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Fawnia Alder - a woman wearing a red training jacket and matching colored short training pants standing on the balcony, enjoying the morning sunlight spilling over her. He stretched his arms and did some warm-up movements.

While Fawn focused on her morning ritual, the Hunter family bodyguards began their activities down there. Some of the bodyguards looked up at him sometimes, but it did not last long. They were used to seeing Fawn there, and it was common to get a rebuke for not looking at Fawn. The ban has spread to all bodyguards in charge of guarding this house.

Too bad, they thought. Though the sight of Fawn stretching like a vitamin that refreshes the eyes.

That day, on a sunny Saturday, Fawnia decided to finish with her warm-up and went into the room. Sweat ran down his forehead, falling into the temple and down to his chin. Ace who had just returned from the kitchen saw Fawn with a grin playing on his handsome face.

"Good morning" said Ace.

"Morning," Fawn was somewhat surprised to see Ace near the closet. Fawn approached Ace and sniffed the man who would make Fawn laugh every morning. Yes, Fawn tau Ace is doing something with the aroma of spices attached to his body. Something I don't know, Fawn pretends not to know.

"Is it not ready yet?" fawn's question is ambiguous.

"What's that?"

"You.." said Fawn again. "Aren't you ready to go to work?"

Fawn leaned against the two-door closet, she was in the closed section while Ace stood in front of the open closet door. Ace sorted out a suit and shirt from the closet before taking a shower.

"I'm choosing my clothes. Would you like to choose clothes that fit me?"

"Am I your wife?"

"You can practice now."

Fawn sneering. "Because I'm being kind and bored, here." Fawn peeked into the closet. Ace stood behind him, arms coiled around Fawn's waist while his chin was anchored on Fawn's shoulder which was scented like apple fragrance. Due to their contrasting height differences, Ace needed to bend deeply in order to be able to anchor his chin on Fawn's shoulder.

"Blue seems so good.., what do you think?" Fawn pulled one aquamarine-colored satin shirt from the closet. Ace didn't really care what clothes he was wearing, so he didn't mind at all when Fawn picked him out of his closet.

"That's good," Ace said. "Do you like blue?"

"Mmmm, I like blue." Fawn nodded. He glanced at Ace and immediately regretted when his cheek hit the man's lip. "Can you stop being a baby koala?"

"I can be your baby."

"Dirty. Stop joking and take a shower!" Fawn released herself from Ace's embrace before throwing the man in a towel.

"Okey, okay..." Ace tumbennya resigned. "I'll take a shower and after that-you'll have breakfast with me, okay?"

"Hmmm.., I won't mind." Fawn responded to Ace without a second thought. Ace who got approval from Fawn immediately grinned happily. "See you" Ace said before leaving.

One more kiss landed lightly on Fawn's lips. Come and go as fast as lightning.

Basic cheater!

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Today is Felix's happiest day at work. He never got very excited when he opened his eyes and started serving food on the table. Because of Felix's enthusiasm, he did not even allow others to interfere in his work. This morning-Felix wants all the food arranged on the table, arranged by himself.

Oh, Felix also provides a vase containing daffodils. His Ace boss breakfast this morning must have been perfect. It's amazing and it deserves to be captured on camera.

"I'm horrified to see you smile that wide Felix." Haru who just finished baking bread for his own breakfast, said. He looked at the butler who was now circling the table while taking pictures of the food with each different angle. Like a selebgram.

"Whisper," Felix commented. "It's important business."

Important business? Haru. What is important about two bowls of curry? The food should not be on the table. Not on the dining table of the famous Hunter family is very exclusive. Their Ace Boss usually only eats foods with high levels of protein in the morning, and is definitely low in fat. Healthy and expensive food.

Kare is not a common food for the Hunter family. Haru thought like this not because he looked down on it too, this was because he had used to eat leftovers in this house that were often wasted.

"Is it okay to let Ace's boss eat kare?" Haru spoke again thinking that today there is a possibility that he will finish the work later.

"Haru, why don't you work? Stop taking care of my business." Felix scowled.

"If you eat, eat quietly and ugh..., can you? How about your breadcrumbs mess up the dinner table?"

"Yes, yeah. Onion." Haru rolled her eyes. He eventually retreated from Felix's side and exited through the side door.

After Haru's departure, Felix breathed a sigh of relief. He stared once again at his masterpiece and layout on the table. Glassy eyes. It's not just an ordinary car, Haru. This was the result of his boss's hard work over the past five days. With sweat and strong perseverance, his Ace boss managed to create a curry with the same taste as the kare made by the world's experts.

"It's so beautiful" murmured Felix. His heart was full of joy.

"Felix," said Ozan. The man with the sideburns looked at Felix in surprise before returning to talk. "Where's Ace's boss?"

"In his room, where else is he?"

"Oh, I think he's still here." Ozan is one of the few people who know Ace's recent activities. Thanks to Ace and Felix's riot at dawn, Ozan wakes up with a gun in hand.

"Is this the food?" Ozan stopped looking for Ace and stared at the curry menu on the table. "Do you think Ace's boss is going to propose to Fawn here?"

"Don't talk nonsense. That's not gonna happen." Felix shook his hands, but his face showed an air of enthusiasm.

"It's romantic."

"So, why are you looking for Ace's boss." Felix defuses his enthusiasm and returns to calm and resolute mode.

"Oh, here. Assistant Mr. Jem handed this to me. Old files are not that important he said."

"If it doesn't matter, put it here first. I'll give it to Ace's boss later."

"All right."

Ozan put the brown envelope on the dinner table and resigned. Felix escorted Ozan away with a calm look in his eyes.

A few minutes later, Ace and Fawn came side by side from the direction of Ozan's departure. Felix who saw their arrival spontaneously developed a wide smile. Fawn who was staring at the strangeness of Felix's behavior-furled her nose in wonder. Did that guy eat something wrong? Not usually Felix showed a big smile to him.

"Good morning boss Ace, Miss Fawn." Felix bowed deeply.

"Good morning." said Ace, though his eyes showed cheerfulness.

"What's this?" the word Ace-refers to an envelope lying near his plate.

"Oh, it's from Mr. Jem. It's not that important. Let me take it." Just as Felix was about to reach him, Ace first opened the contents. Take a photo paper inside the brown envelope and look at it under the light. Under the eyes of Fawn who was also peeking at him with a hint of curiosity.

"..."

"..."

"Mother?" Fawn gulped his saliva as a glimpse of the image in Ace's hand was familiar in his eyes. "That's.., is that my mom?"

"No, Fawn." Ace immediately gripped the picture in his fist. But, that didn't lay off Fawn at all. With a flash motion, he snatched the envelope from Ace's hand and scattered it on the floor. On the white marble, the photos containing pictures of his mother with breathing equipment, lying unconscious - scattered to make his heart feel very painful.

"Fawn," Ace was gloomy. His eyes stared at Fawn in fear.

Fawn curled up and touched the image like it was touching a broken piece of glass. His heart ached wonderfully as the image grew clearer in his eyes, extremely painful in his heart.

Fawn's eyes glazed over. He looked up and looked at the pair of Ace eyes that were now staring at him, breathing blocked and expression darkened.

"Do you know..., this?"

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A/N :

Yeay, finally get to this chapter as well. ^______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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