THE OUT OF MY LEAGUE

21

“Daddy lied! A lie! Where's Mommy, Dad?!!”

Mary raved, she raged as soon as she woke up from her sleep. From last night until this morning, despite his fever that did not also go down, he was still strong to scream and cry.

Darren looked at meu, only able to hug Mary who was tugging at her clothes.

What's he supposed to do?

“Searching for her Mommy again?” The question suddenly came from the direction of the child's VIP room door.

When Darren turned around, there was Ophelia there. Ah, of course you are. Diana must have told me about what happened last night, and now Ophelia is also visiting.

Darren sighed, then nodded. Ophelia stepped inside with a fruit basket in her left hand.

“How is the condition? Still feverish?”

“Hm.”

Ophelia sat herself on the sofa. “Why not contact her Mommy? Give her what she asks, maybe that way Mary can get back to healing.”

“We are not in a good relationship. Her mommy left home and didn't bring her phone.”

Hearing that, Ophelia could only frown.

“Mmm .. is there no other way to contact him?”

There actually is, and it's through Mike.

Seeing Darren being silent for so long, Ophelia spoke again, “You sure there isn't? Then Mary will definitely continue like this. Do you want your daughter to go crazy?”

Darren. Yes of course not!

Grunting, Darren tells his daughter that he has to go out for a while and promises to bring Lily back to him, only then does Mary wipe away her rough tears and try to play around with Ophelia.

As soon as he exited the cafe on the second floor, Darren tried to dial Mike's number while waiting for his coffee order to be ready.

At the same time ....

Mike was having breakfast with Lily when his phone suddenly rang in his pants pocket. Stopping his meal for a moment, Mike grabbed his phone and saw what the name of the caller was. Immediately Mike's facial water turned stiff, he looked unhappy and upset.

Lily obviously took notice of it so she had to ask, “What's wrong?”

Mike looked up, then smiled, “Ah, not nothing.” He then turned off his phone and placed it on the dining table.

Mike again enjoyed his breakfast with this beautiful woman in front of him.

Kriying~

However, again his phone rang as if it did not allow Mike to enjoy the goods for a second this moment.

Mike snorted and checked his phone.

“Thank you first if it matters,” suggested Lily.

Mike seemed to weigh in, and with a heavy heart he lifted the call.

“Halo?”

“Is Lily still with you?”

Mike's eyebrows cringed. “Why?”

“I ... I'd like to ask you to tell Lily that Mary is sick and is in a pediatric hospital right now.”

Mike smiled bitterly. “Is that the only way you can get his attention?”

Across there Darren also knitted his eyebrows, a little offended. “What do you mean? I'm telling the truth. Mary's in the hospital right now because of her high fever last night, and she's constantly looking for Lily. Please, it's for Mary's sake, even if it's just once, let her meet him.”

Mike kept staring fixedly at every inch of Lily's face across the street, watching the curious expression of the woman who was certainly wondering who Mike was really talking to.

“I'll ask, but if he refuses, don't ask me to do it again.”

Darren breathed a sigh of relief across the connection. “Alright, thank you.”

“Hm.” After that the phone is closed and Mike keeps his phone in his briefcase.

“What is it?” Lily asked as soon as she had the chance.

Mike sighed before replying, “Mary is sick, Darren wants you to visit her at the children's hospital. If you want to go, I'll take you there, but if you don't want to, then I'll follow you.”

Just at that moment, Lily's world stopped. He did not dwell in his seat, too surprised to blink. No matter how much he wishes not to see Darren, that feeling must be outweighed by his concern for Mary. So when he finally blinked to wake up, Lily immediately moved as fast as lightning from her chair, making the chair shift away from its original place.

Lily doesn't know since when the tears hang in her eyes, but when she leaves Mike at the dinner table to the apartment door, a crystal-clear droplet falls on her cheek.

Lily screwed up, she didn't even heed the call of Joss behind her who was now chasing after the woman.

“Lily ... wait! Let me take you there.”

Only then did Lily look back. He was too panicked until his logic didn't work. Obviously he won't get there by running.

So, with a restless feeling Lily got into the car as soon as she arrived at the parking lot. Mike was running it fast, overtaking heavy vehicles this morning.

Decades of minutes they finally arrived at the children's hospital whose info Mike got from asking via SMS. Even when the car had not been fully parked, Lily had already opened the door and went down to run into it.

Mike could only sigh as he followed from behind. And despite the rush, Lily stops in the lobby as a lost child to wait for Mike who knows better where Mary's room is. The two then went up to the 3rd floor and arrived at the most corner VIP room where tranquility could be obtained there.

Opening the door violently, Lily observed the room in the doorway and finally ran up to Mary as soon as she saw her who was quite surprised by the woman's presence.

“Mommy!!!”

Mary opened her arms wide, her legs kicking the blanket so enthusiastically. Then, with all her longing, Mary wept again, this time in the warmest embrace she had ever had.

Darren who was more shocked at this incident could only be stunned in his seat. He then glanced at Mike who was still standing in the doorway without intending to go inside. Then, on his own initiative, Darren got up from the chair, stepped towards the door and stopped in front of Mike.

“Let's let them talk for a while,” his advice which Mike later took.

Inside there, after a long hug, Lily finally chose to look at the face of the little princess she had longed for these few days. How painful he was to have a high fever.

“I'm sorry Lily, huh? Mary must have been very sick, Lily felt guilty.”

Lily tried to hold back her cries while cupping the tiny face. However, instead of agreeing with Lily's apology, Tamtam tilted her head and raised a questioning gaze.

“Mommy ... don't say it like that,” he said so gently. “Don't make Mary call Lily again, Mommy ya keep Mommy.”

Both of Lily's eyebrows swooped in inches. He almost gave a laugh because he was so anxious. Until finally the oddity subsides when he thinks that there is no way Mary continues to call him with the call again while Lily alone is not her rightful mother in the eyes of the law and her plan that used to be with Darren has been be over.

But, for the sake of pleasing the baby, Lily answered while gently rubbing the top of Mary's head, “Iya, yes ... Mommy stays Mommy, right?”

Mary finally gave a thumbs up and smiled until her eyes narrowed. Lily was so happy to see the boy was back.

...----------------...

For hours in the room with Mary until the little elf fell asleep while holding Lily's hand as if she did not want him to leave, Darren finally decided to enter. A calmness among her raging thoughts, Lily finally jumped as soon as she felt the rush of steps approaching the bed.

“Has she slept?” Rhetorical questions were raised by the owner of the tall body.

“Thank you,” so sat on the edge of the bed near Mary's feet.

But Lily shook her head, in her seat she just looked down, too late ogah-ogahan responded to the tall figure despite the strand of the word.

Getting such a response, Darren could only beat awkwardly. Until he finally ventured to open the topic, “Lily ... Can we talk?” Her question was so gentle, as if there was a faint longing behind it.

Lily's gaze turned frantic. “I ... I have to leave.”

The grip on the little fingers loosened and slipped off with its emblem as the owner stood up from his chair quickly. Making Darren inevitably have to stop him first.

“Lily ... don't run again, please.”

Lily stopped when her hand was clamped, she turned her head and looked at the horror at the owner of the burly hand.

“I ... I don't want to talk about anything anymore. Let go of me!”

Lily forced, her left hand trying to release Darren's grip so strong.

“No. Don't go like this. There's something we need to finish. All these misunderstandings ... I want to finish it with you. Just the two of us.”

Lily quivered. He spontaneously stopped his activity and ended up staring at the owner of the sharp and dark eyes. He even noticed dark circles that were clearly visible in both of Darren's eyes. This guy's really fucked up.

“Please ... don't drive me crazy like this.” Whether since when there was a sadness in his gaze, there was a sincerity in each of his words, which made Lily moved not to fight anymore, making her speechless to listen. “Stop acting like this. I know I was wrong, I'm a jerk, I'm inexcusable. But Lily ... No matter how sorry I am, I know you are more tormented than I am. I understand when you're angry, you're disappointed, you're sad, I get it, very, very well, but at least let's talk about it. Put aside all your selfishness and be open to me so that I know that there is no misunderstanding between us anymore.”

Like leaves being carried flying with the wind, Lily's focus seemed to drift without direction. All this time not a little he had heard his employer as expressive now. It was as if again, the wall that separated them because of the status of these masters-nurturers simply crumbled because of a confession that came from the bottom of the heart.

“Lily ..” The gentle call again adorned Lily's hearing. “Let's talk about us.”

And like a powerful magic, Lily according to when she was invited to sit on a sofa in the room. In silence he looked at every inch of Darren's face, listening in silence to every detail of the explanation that really melted his heart; how Darren felt guilty about the actions he did not want to do, how he had bad days without her, how he felt bad when he was not present in his days. And at just the right moment, Mew revealed his true heart.

“Tanpamu ... The house did not feel like a place to live and settle down. You're home to us, Lily. Let's start as before. This time, without an employer and caregiver status. But as a family. Will you?”

Lily looked at meu, looking at Darren's hand on her fingers. He looked up, his gaze still filled with worry. “What do you mean?”

Darren smiled sincerely, so sincere as the morning air in the soothing spring. “Marry me.”