SOLEDADS

Epilogues

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Everything's ending. Sara sobbed a little in Max's arms, shaking, squeezing the strong white shirt the man was wearing.

"When did you catch him?"

Sara asked softly, glancing at the thin body that was stretched stiff. Thompson's foot wears a connector. Sara only realized it when she touched the old man's body.

"She's planning to lock Alex up and kill him last night."

"Love Alex?" ask Sara to make sure.

"Yes, your friend. I forgot his name."

Sara chuckled and looked at Max. "Are they really dating?"

"Alex didn't say it, but it looks like your guess is right."

"Why?"

"The fool was almost crazy when he called me last night" Max explained with a chuckle. He rubbed Sara's back which was still shaking.

Sara smiles. He drowned his head in Max's chest. "Claire actually managed to catch up to Alex."

In silence, Sara felt her heart uneasy. Trying to dispel all feelings of regret, Sara shook her head strongly. That made Max shake his head.

"Are you sorry?"

"My hate goes beyond that."

His feeling floated as he said that sentence. Sara did not understand, but something made her want to cry again.

"I hate him, I hate him beating and killing Mama" Sara said, shaking her head.

Max understood. As a child who killed a biological father with her own hands, Sara must have felt regret. It was just that his mouth and heart said something else.

"I hate it, Max. I hate ...," Sara shrieked with a stifled sobbing.

Max closed his eyes hearing Sara's every complaint. His wife's tiny lips continued to mutter hatred, but her tears kept flowing.

He let Sara hit his chest, venting the woman's pain. For a while they held on in a squatting position in that dark room.

Until Sara's mood completely improved, Max asked, "Do you want to send it to Naples?"

For a second only silence answered. Sara looked at the husband's face with a questioning look.

"All right, I get it" said Max.

He pulled Sara to stand up. They step outside and find Alex and Gerald there.

"Prepare everything, Alex."

"Si, Senor."

"What are you doing here, G?"

The emerald-mannered young man looked clumsy. He scratched his non-itchy and scowling head without sin. "Sorry, Brother. I brought brother-in-law here."

Max stared intently at Gerald.

"Come, Brother. Brother-in-law threatened to kill me if I didn't tell you where you were." Gerald looked fearfully at Max.

"Maybe it's time for you to get married, G," Max threatens the scared young man.

Gerald's reflexes kneeled down and pleaded with Max. "Come, Brother. Don't marry me to anyone. I definitely won't be able to tease a beautiful woman again later" said Gerald.

"You're just playing around with that girl?"

"I can't support him yet" he admitted.

Sara giggled amusedly at the half-begging face of Gerald. He forgot for a moment the event that had just happened.

"You must marry her!"

"No!"

"Gerald!"

"No, don't force me, brother."

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The days pass so quickly. Max and Sara return to their usual lives without any anxiety. Sara also followed the advice of doctors to undergo therapy, for the content that is said to be difficult to get pregnant.

Max always accompanies if the man is not busy in his work. Sara was grateful for the many things she got after the storm hit.

Deborah and Iglesias always gave her support. Helping her psychic to think positively and lean on God.

A little tiring indeed, but said Deborah, effort will never betray results. Sara believed that.

A smile rose on her lips as Sara finished the healthy food the doctor recommended for her.

"Are you in a good mood, Mum?"

A boy looked into his brown eyes with a questioning look.

Kladius, the boy who was about to reach his teenage years, smiled. He is taken in by Max at a critical moment due to Luci's death, and Sara requests the right to adopt the child.

The first time Cladius called her 'Mum' made Sara cry. Remembering that Sara's heart warms up again.

"Maybe we should go shopping today and spend the money Papa raised," Sara explained with a smile.

"Don't we have to go to Uncle Red's shop, Mum?"

The round face with the hazel eyes of the little boy made Sara eager to pinch and bite her cheek. It's really adorable if Sara can have a baby of her own.

"Ah, yes, I almost forgot about it. But before that, we have to go to the bookstore."

"Bookstore?" para Cladius.

"For your school supplies, dear."

Kladius. Max insists on sending her to school even though Cladius does not want to set foot in school.

"Can I help Uncle Red alone at the store, Mum? It's very awkward with my eight-year-old, but I'm just starting school."

Sara shakes. "can't. You have to catch up and spend your youth studying."

"My wife is right, Kladius," said Max, who suddenly surprised the two.

Her disheveled clothes made Sara shake. Every day Max always works and sometimes comes home during the day for lunch only. That 'heavy' work is really draining energy and mind.

"But ...."

"Next week you have to go to school," Max dropped out and then got no further objection.

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A pair of parents and children join forces to the capital's largest shopping center. Max does not return to the office and chooses to accompany his wife and adopted son to buy the equipment Sara mentioned.

Despite wearing sunglasses and jackets and all-black clothes to cover himself from the eyes of the lotus flowers, still the aura of good looks radiate.

That made Sara even more hugs on Max's arm. "It turns out this is what it's like to have a very handsome husband" murmured Sara who could be heard Max.

Makes Max chuckle slowly. "You jealous?"

"Just feeling upset" said Sara who still raised her ego when talking about her heart.

Max shook his head with a stiff grin. Human nature cannot be changed.

"Can you be smarter about lying?"

Sara was upset. "You want a lie?"

"You can say it like that."

"I'm jealous" said Sara.

Back Max chuckles. He stopped his steps and blocked Sara's path. A demon sneer was imprinted on her lips and it made Sara wary.

And as he expected, Max kissed his lips after closing Cladius' eyes.

"W-what are you doing?!"

"Showing my love in public" whispered Max then stepped first.

Sara pursed with a flushed cheek. It received attention from Cladius.

"What did Mum and Dad do? Why are my eyes closed?"

Oh, Sara forgot there was a boy who realized this. He shook his head slowly and smiled faintly.

"Mum's eyes glisten, dear."

But the smile on Cladius' lips gave Sara goosebumps. "You?!"

"I understand without you explaining, Mum. I've seen adults do that before. In Naples many cases are the same," explained Cladius with a grin on his lips.

"Then why are you still asking?"

"Just make sure," answered Cladius while raising his shoulders indifferently.

And that made Sara growl. "Damn."

The oddity from the side shocked Sara. "When are you here, Max?"

"I've been here since. You're the one who's been too serious about explaining this boy."

Sara's face is heating up. It was so bad he hit Max on the head that he kissed his lips in public.

"Not to be ashamed, my dear. I've touched more than this" whispered Max again.

"Basic lewd," said Sara.

Max was laughing. He hugged his wife who was still upset and carried her through the crowd at that place. The three stepped up compactly, and smiles of happiness radiated from their faces.

Complementing each other in every shortcoming, that is love. Max loves Sara with all her advantages and completes all her shortcomings, also accepting Cladius who is only an outcast from both her parents.

So did Sara who received all the dark and light sides in Max. Loving the man is bigger than Max's love for him. Because only love can he give to the man who loves him with his body and soul.

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