Shattering Hearts

Sergei's guilt

It had been a month since Aleandra disappeared, Anastasia returned to Moscow. The atmosphere of the apartment looks quiet. A sad voice emanated from his face. She opened Aleandra's room and kept all her clothes and her baby.’’

Aleandra where are you now?’’

Anastasia began to cry thinking about her sister's fate. He sat down at the door and cried while closing his mouth.

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Sergei was sitting pensively in his window. He thought about Aleandra's whereabouts. Until now his man has not been able to find him.

"Aleandra, where are you? I hope you're okay wherever you are."

She took her diary in the desk drawer and wrote something there.

Lizzie was sleeping in her room after Esther's aunt gave her milk. She is Lizzie's nanny who is hired by Dimitri to take care of her son since Sofia doesn't care about the child.

It was late in the afternoon that Dimitri returned home and immediately met Lizzie in his room. His face softened and warmed, in his face and kissed his fat cheek with anxiety. Lizzie squirmed, and Dimitri patted her gently.

‘’Ah mr. Dimitri apparently you have come,’’said aunt Ester brought Lizzie's clothes into the room.

"Where is Shiori?’’

"Oh lady Sofia left this morning and hasn't come home until now."

"Lately he's been getting more and more upsetting. He never cared about and paid attention to Lizzie again. Please take care of him for me."

"Well Mr. Masumi Dimitri."

Dimitri went inside his room and he opened his suit and threw it in annoyance to the bed, then he sat on his bed cupping both hands on his face.

’’What is that woman doing out there? Ignoring Lizzie just like that. It was not he who agreed to adopt her. Now he doesn't even care about the boy,’’ he lamented with annoyance.

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Sofia finally returns to her family home. She did not want to go home to her husband, because she did not want to get close to Lizzie or her husband.She then went to a bar and drank until drunk and the night she just returned to Hendrikova's house.

"Hello dad!"

"Sofia, what are you doing here? You're drunk.You should be at your husband's house, surely he's worried you haven't come home."

"Dad just calm down. Dimitri won't worry about me, because he doesn't care about me. Maybe right now she wants me to leave her side. That's what she wanted from me, but I never took Dimitri off and handed him over to Aleandra , Lizzie's mother,’’raca, and of course that took her father by surprise.

"What do you mean Sofia? Aleandra is the mother of the child you adopted now?’’

"really. "

"Where do you know?’’

"Dimitri's father told me that if the child was the girl's child and what I couldn't accept was that Dimitri was her father."

"Whataaa? ‘’

Sofua was immediately lying on the sofa.

"Hey Sofia, don't sleep yet, I haven't finished talking."

"What else do you want to talk to me about?’’

Sofia felt her head very dizzy and immediately fell asleep on the sofa.Suddenly she woke up again.

"Dad should keep this a secret to Dimitri. I don't want him to know that the child is his own, if he finds out, he'll divorce me and marry Aleandra. I don't want that."

After saying that Sofia went back to sleep.

"Just calm down, I won't tell anyone. It'll be both of us's secrets."

father looks furious and he is eager to scold Dimitri who has made Sofia not feel happy in her married life.

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Dimitri who had finished bathing he sat down on the sofa while checking some documents that he had not had time to check. From the baby speaker, Dimitri heard Lizzie's whining, he quickly went to his room.

"Hello baby! You why? Dad, don't cry here anymore, okay? Are you hungry? Let's make some milk first."

Dimitri deftly made milk for Lizzie and brought her to the room. For a while he kept looking at her, after a good look Lizzie was similar to him, but it was her tepis, because of which Lizzie might be his own son, but the origin of Lizzie does look mysterious, he has tried to ask her many times to his father, but his father always said that his biological parents are dead and he was forced to believe his father's words.

But there was a strange feeling that slipped within him, he felt very affectionate towards this child the first time he saw it as if he had known him for so long. The bottle is empty. After her stomach was full Lizzie smiled and laughed. Dimitri then kissed her cheek, even Lizzie invited Dimitri to talk and he responded to Lizzie's babble with pleasure.

Sergei who saw that was happy, because the father and son can be reunited, but his mother separated from the two of them. In Sergei's heart there was guilt for separating the boy from his mother. He also could not imagine what Dimitri would have reacted to if he had known that Lizzie was his son and Aleandra slowly went from the front of Dimitri's room.

"You okay sir?’’ask Nester.

"I'm fine. I just feel happy and sad to see the fate of Dimitri, Lizzie, and her mother."

"So until now Miss Aleandra has not been known whereabouts?’’

"Yet. Dimitri, he doesn't know anything about Aleandra's disappearance."

"You should be honest with Mr. Dimitri that Lizzie is his own son and his mother is Miss Aleandra."

"Good sir."

Aunt Esther who had accidentally heard their conversation felt shocked. He then returned to his room to calm down.

"Mr Dimitri is Miss Lizzie's real father I don't think I can,’’.

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Anastasia awoke the next morning with tearful eyes to cry for Aleandra who did not know what her fate was now. He coats his puffy eyes with a thick powder. Then his eyes were distracted by a photo embedded in the mirror glass and his fingers traced the photo.

"Aleandra, Lizzie, where are you?’’

Anastasia saw her watch.’’I gotta go soon."

Meanwhile Dimitri and Sergei had breakfast with a stiff and unpleasant atmosphere.

" Where's sofia?’’

"He didn't come home from yesterday?’’

"Whataa? You know where he went?’’

"He's at his house. Last night her father sent me a message that Sofia would sleep there."

"Oh so. Dimitri wants to see when you're going to treat Sofia like this? Remember that you both have kids now. The boy needs affection from both of you."

"I don't know dad. Regarding Lizzie father don't worry, because I will take care and take care of her without Sofia, because it seems like she hasn't noticed her lately, when Lizzie came to this house she noticed, I don't know what makes her attitude suddenly change on Lizzie.’’

Sergei was silent for a while, he knew why Sofia's attitude had changed for the boy.

"Today I'm going to take Lizzie to the office, because today Esther's aunt has a sudden cold, I don't want Lizzie to catch it."

"Hopefully the kid doesn't bother you at work."

"I'll go first."

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Dimitri had arrived at his office by pushing his pram. Passing officers set their eyes on the baby carriage. They were curious about what the baby Dimitri looked like, because since Lizzie was brought home, Dimitri forbade reporters to take pictures of the baby, making some curious. The baby kept moving in the baby car.

"For Sabrina!’’

"Morning! You brought Lizzie here? ‘’

"really. My babysitter is sick, so no one is looking after her at all times. The servants in the house were busy with their respective work, besides my work today was not too crowded as usual."

  Sabrina stroking cheek Lizzie.’’Beautiful baby’’.

"Thank you Sabrina."

Dimitri was then preoccupied with calming Lizzie who suddenly cried and her cries grew louder making Dimitri very worried. Sabrina suddenly entered, hearing Lizzie's loud cries.

"Sir Romanov, if I don't mind, I'll take him for a walk. Maybe he's bored."

"Alright, but just walk around the office and don't let the reporters get near it."

"I understand."

Sabrina came out with Lizzie and took her around the building. Lizzie finally fell silent after being taken for a walk.

Anastasia arrives at Dimitri's office intending to tell him about Aleandra's disappearance and maybe the man can help look for her.

Anastasia watched Sabrina who was babysitting Mr Romanov. He felt sad to see the baby Dimitri and Sofia, then imagined Aleandra who had to lose Lizzie.’’

Had Mr. Romanov known that Aleandra had given him a child,’’he whispered inwardly.

"Ah Anastasia, how are you?’’greet Sabrina.

"I'm good and you miss Sabrina?’’

"I'm fine too."

"What is baby sir Romanov and mistress Sofia?’’

"really. Can I see it?’’

"certain."

Anastasia slowly looked at the baby carriage, but suddenly Sofia came and brought the baby's attendant from the presence of Sabrina and Anastasia.

"Mrs Romanov,’’said Sabrina surprised.

"You can't see my son, Anastasia,i’’ Sofia said in an angry tone.

Anastasia who saw her attitude became shocked and she did not know why the woman would not allow herself to see the baby.She thought about leaving from Sofia's presence immediately, because she did not want to make trouble with him. [ ]