
"Well! Huh .. hah!"
Dareen's breathing is almost irregular. He tried to take a deep breath to calm his surprise. What was in front of his eyes was the front of his car hitting a tree. The front of the car has a big dent, due to the hard impact that occurred. Some road users appeared to stop and approach Dareen's car.
Geck! Geck! Geck!
"Miss! Are you okay?" The voice made Dareen interested in his full consciousness.
His hand grabbed the car door and opened it with a slight trembling that was seen in his hand, after he removed the seatbelt he was wearing. His face was a little pale, but Dareen immediately looked around to find a vehicle that could take him to the zoo.
"Miss? Are you okay?!" Someone knocking on the car door again asked, confirming Dareen's state.
The young lady turned her head and nodded her head before thanking and apologizing sincerely. "I'm doing fine. Sorry for the mess."
"Reen?!"
Looking at him quickly, Dareen saw Lyonne approaching him with a worried face. "What's going on, Reen?! Jesus, car! Are you okay?!"
Dareen looked at Lyonne as if the man was her savior. Dareen answered Lyonne, and immediately said to Lyonne. "I'm doing fine. Please, please take me to the Four Zoo right now, Lyonne."
"Jullian told me that Aileen's missing. I have to get there!" Dareen.
Lyonne stared at Dareen in silence for some time before firmly jerking Dareen's hand and clutching his shoulder amidst the crowd that was slowly dispersing themselves. Until they both are there. Dareen was about to say something before being stunned to see Lyonne's gaze.
"Reen, listen to me. Look what just happened." Lyonne pointed at Dareen's car, which was not moved by the tree he hit. "Stay calm and set your mind to be better! I'm sure Aileen will be fine. With your state of panic like this, don't you think you can endanger yourself? What will be the fate of Aileen if you get hurt?!"
How did Lyonne not get out of control?
He, who was on his way to a Manhattan zoo, accidentally saw Dareen coming out of a car that hit a tree on the side of the road. Seeing how Dareen's pale face might have been created from shock after hitting a tree, but the woman seemed to be unconcerned about her own safety upset Lyonne.
Aileen is important. But that does not mean Dareen can not care for his own safety by driving at speeds above average on a stretch of road.
"Listen, Reen. I know you're anxious, I know you're panicking. But believe me if the zoo is also trying its best to find Aileen. They're definitely not going to stay silent seeing a kid disappear in their animal garden." Lyonne tried to calm Dareen down. "So now, get in my car and I'll take you to the Four Zoo. Your car business, let my subordinates take care of it later."
Dareen took a deep breath, before nodding. Lyonne was right, he should have been more calm and cautious. "You're right. I'm a little impulsive right now."
Seeing that Dareen already looked calmer, Lyonne said, "Right. Then come with me. Let's find Aileen together."
"Yes." Yeah."
...***...
"How sir? Has anyone reported finding my son?" Azrell asked the zoo staff with his flat face.
Although his face was always flat, but from the look of his eyes it was seen that Azrael was really worried about Aileen. How not? That little boy disappeared into an animal garden under his watch.
Azraell couldn't even imagine how Dareen would respond if he knew his son was missing.
"Sorry, Sir! We have announced it three times. But there is no answer. Now our staff is checking the CCTV footage." The officer's answer made Azraell less satisfied, but at least maybe Aileen's whereabouts will be tracked from CCTV.
"Good sir!" the zoo staff's final before turning away.
Eri approached Azrell. Still with the mask and sunglasses perched over her pair of manics, Eri crossed her arms and looked at Azraell. "Little children are really troublesome. That's why I don't like kids."
"Who knows if he wasn't eaten by a tiger or scratched by a bear here?" His lips made Azraell rebuke him. "Eri!"
"Huh?!" He grunts and throws his face away. "Am I wrong?"
This is what makes his parents disagree over the relationship of love between the two. One year ago, long before Azraell married Dareen, Azraell had brought Eri before her parents. At first both her parents still welcomed Eri kindly. But after talking for a long time, his parents immediately told him to decide on Eri.
"Decide your lover, Zra." The father's word made Azraell who had just returned after escorting Eri by surprise.
"Why pa? What's wrong with her?"
Lasniel. "He's no good to you, Zra."
Azraell shook his head, "I love him pa. I won't decide."
"Didn't you understand? Her job is a model! He is required to be ready whenever he is called. Do you think she can give birth to your offspring? Give papa and mama a descent?" Hardik Lasnel's.
"We can talk about it. We are still young. We can think of the issue of heredity in the future." Azraell argued.
Lasniel looked at Azraell. "Your aunt is a former Zra model. Haven't you heard the dark story? Or do you close your eyes and ears?!"
"I believe it, pa! Not all models are like that!" azrell defended. He was sure that his lover Eri, would never do such a bad thing behind his back.
Her father had only had bad thoughts in his head about the model. "Indeed not all models do that Zra. But, are you sure if that woman isn't?"
Amidst the tension, Veryana gently said. But his words did not relieve the tension, but instead made Azraell cornered. "Ma!"
"We're just asking you to vote, Zra. Us, your family. Or her, your lover." After saying so with a deep look, Veryana turned around followed by Lasniel.
Ignoring Azraell's frustrating calls. "Mama! Papa!"
"Don't do this, ma!"
Azraell had no other choice. She was forced to lie to her parents that she had decided on Eri after talking things over to her lover. Finally after a few weeks passed, his parents introduced him to Dareen.
He was wearing a light blue shirt with white trousers. Her long blonde hair was left untouched with small ties decorated with white flowers behind her head. With a thin makeup that was almost invisible, she was inversely proportional to Eri's appearance. Although both look mature, the atmosphere between the two is very different.
"Hello, nice to meet you," he paused the words he made from his lips. And continued while staring right at the pair of Azraell irises. "Azraell's."
It was also the day that the two made a marriage contract, which would only last for two years.