
A cheerful laughter as an expression of happiness. Unmatched happiness and not being able to be expressed in any sentence. His round and clear eyes were stunned by something new the first time he saw. The outside world that he rarely peed and also visited.
All day long he befriended only mute walls and creeping lizard beasts. His life was stiff, limited to towering high gates. The barrier between his residence and the foreign world he had never known.
His head rolled to the left and to the right, accompanied by a ray of eye amazement at everything he saw. "Mommy what is it?"
Rona looked towards the hand Ezio pointed at. "That's an overpass, baby...."
"If the high building?" ask Ezio again.
Rona shifted her head towards twelve o'clock. "Oh that .. that's the name of the theater building...."
Ezio was so enthusiastic about asking the things he had just seen. And the mother was so patient in answering every question posed by the child.
They enjoy the trip to the zoo, until the time of one hour does not seem to pass. Now all three have reached their intended place, the Sydney Zoo.
"Hore, we're finally here." Ezio prancing with excitement. Shouts of happiness continued to slide from her tiny lips. "Yes... Ezio to the zoo.. hurrah...."
"Is Ezio glad Daddy took you to the zoo?" asked Edward who lowered his body to be level.
"Of course happy, Daddy. Thanks..," Ezio kissed Edward's left and right cheeks in turn.
"Beloved one by one," Edward rubbed the head of his son and carried it.
Ezio moved his body, rebelling. "Ezio's grown up Daddy, Ezio's on foot. Don't want to be carried!"
Edward lowered Ezio from his lap with a knotted smile. "Daddy's son is already big it turns out, no longer want to be carried."
"Well, it's big. Daddy's working on it all the time, when Ezio was a kid," always Ezio who made Edward feel guilty.
"We're going in or not...?" cut Rona upset at the father and son debate.
"I-iya in," said Edward who was afraid that Rona had shown his cruel face. Without any further rebuttal Edward led Ezio through the entrance by handing him three tickets. And now they're ready for an adventure.
"Well, the butterflies are so beautiful, Mommy," said Ezio amazed at the animals that fly here and there. His eyes captured such a beautiful range of colors.
"Ezio likes?" ask Rona softly.
"Very," answered Ezio briefly. "After this we want to see what Mommy is?" asked Ezio who immediately bergidig amused to see a caterpillar on the sleeve of his father's shirt.
"Daddy. It's got caterpillars in Daddy's shirt!" pekik Ezio to his father. Edward immediately ran, because the caterpillar was one of the animals he hated so much.
"Where's the caterpillar?" Edward looked for the whereabouts of the beast on his shirt. "Ah.. caterpillar! Please keep this out of my clothes. That's so ridiculous!" edward shouted with a dead red face.
Rona walked over and plucked a leaf. He plucked the caterpillar, then put it on the palm of his hand. "Uh.. caterpillar, you're so funny...."
Edward laughed blandly. "Lu- funny? You said caterpillar feathers were funny? Quickly throw... ticklish...!"
Rona frowned at the attitude of Edward who looked like a child. "Same caterpillars are afraid! Shame on the body, you know!"
"I'm not scared, but amused!" edward's murmur covered his embarrassment.
The debate about caterpillars makes Edward and Rona forget that they are with Ezio. And the two only realized that their eldest son had disappeared out of reach.
"Where's e-Ezio?" ask Rona to panic. "Where's ezio?" repeat with the head turned.
"Ezio where's Edward? Where's ezio?" reiterate the restless Rona.
"Calm Rona, calm down! We'll find Ezio together." Edward put both hands on his wife's shoulders with a winning look. "If you panic like this, that adds to the problem later. So.. relax!" edward tried to lower his worries.
"We look for Ezio towards the exit, because this area of butterfly tropics has only one path. Okay?" add Edward to convince. Rona nodded her head then regulated her breathing, controlling her own emotions.
"OK... Now we hurry to find Ezio!" rona walk with long steps while holding her lower abdomen that feels pain due to stress.
Meanwhile, the,
"Aunty.. release Ezio! Ezio wants Mommy!" ezio snapped at the stranger who took him. "Aunty let Ezio go! Or else Ezio yells!" threaten Ezio to people he doesn't recognize.
"Can you be quiet, not a child? If you yell, I'll make sure you never see your parents again!" reply to the person to scare.
"Enty bad... Aunty's a bad guy!" Ezio whined while hitting the woman's shoulder.
"Aunty just wants to play a little with your dear Daddy... Aunty's not a bad person," she said with a sly smile. "Aunty will also meet Ezio with Daddy Edward" he said again without shame.
"Did Aunty know my Daddy?" asked Ezio who was currently stopping his crying.
Ezio moved his body to escape from the foreign woman's arms while shouting. "Aunty's gone! Mommy Ezio is just Mommy Rona. Not bad Aunty!"
"Shut up or I'll strangle you little boy?" threaten the person without feeling. He continued to take Ezio towards the parking lot.
Ezio silenced his mouth in fear of the threat the woman posed. He called his parents. "Mommy... Daddy... Ezio scared. Ezio's going home."
"Edward. ah. I can't walk fast anymore!" moo Rona held her stomach. He sat with his legs stretched forward on the asphalt.
"Rome!" peekik Edward who saw the condition of Rona pias. "Bi-let me carry ya?" Edward lowered his body to lift his wife's body.
Rona shook her head and pushed her husband's chest. "Don't think about me. Quickly find Ezio and bring him to me! I'm fine, me and my fetus are strong!"
Edward was worried about having to choose which one, he was distraught himself by the current situation. However, the gentle caress of Rona's hand confirmed her stance.
"Bring Ezio back .. I'm strong, the triplets are strong too. Don't worry about us. Go...!" tell Rona with a soft look but full of emphasis.
Edward pulled his head down and dragged his body away, leaving his wife weakly seated. He ran with all his might with his face constantly turning towards his wife.
"Bring Ezio to me...!" rona yelled at her husband. Edward nodded and continued running following the direction the mind took him. He is currently in the parking lot. Edward spread his foresight around the place looking for the baby. Her ears faintly heard the tiny voice she cherished.
"This is my son's voice! It's Ezio's voice!" Edward dragged his feet in the direction where Ezio's voice rang out. The longer the sound becomes clearer. Edward found a child who was being carried by someone while running fast. He chased after the man and called out his son's name.
"Ezio.. It's Daddy!"
Ezio immediately raised his head and called out to his father. He asked to be released. However, the woman who kidnapped him even increased the speed of his legs.
"Stop you!" edward's word is loud. "Let go of my son! You want to make money? I'll give you whatever you ask!" edward told the kidnapper.
The woman smirked cunningly then twisted her body. He took off the hoody jacket that covered his head and now saw the face of a girl whom Edward knew very well.
"Grace? You?" Edward did not believe what he saw.
"Yes dear Daddy. It's me, Grace! Your beloved student" said Grace in a sigh. "Daddy wants Daddy's favorite son back, right? Easy, as long as one condition...."
"What conditions?" reply Edward growled.
"The condition is... Daddy has to marry me! I don't care if I have to be a second wife, which is important .. I'm your wife!" said Grace embarrassed herself.
"I wouldn't marry a crazy woman like you, Grace!" edward was preparing to beat up the woman before him. However, Grace's fingers are now coiled over Ezio's neck.
"How dare you come near and hurt me, I will hurt your son!" grace threatens to weaken Edward's power.
Edward spread his hands towards Grace and spoke in a low voice. "Please don't do that, Grace. Let me pay you whatever you ask!"
"I don't want your money, Daddy! Wanted you. I want you all to be mine" Grace said with a flirtatious look.
As Grace's attention is drawn to the man of her dreams, the little boy suddenly has an idea. She bit down on Grace's ear lobe so tightly that the mad woman screamed in shock and released her grip on Ezio's body. Grace, who was on the blackboard, pulled out a firearm from her coat pocket and prepared to be directed at the man standing before her.
And...
YONGW!!!
Grace's body was knocked down by a blunt force behind her head. Fresh blood poured down his neck and shoulders.
"Mommy?" ezio strangles after realizing who is standing behind the kidnapper. Ezio ran to get to his mother and hugged her. "Ezio scared Mommy... Ezio was afraid that he would never see Mommy again...."
"Relax baby. You're with Mommy." Rona showered her eldest son with a kiss despite her own body shaking violently.
Not long after, two security guards came and took Grace to be held accountable before the law.
"Please secure this woman and drag her to the police station!" edward growled at the woman who was sounding unconscious.
"Ready Mister!" the security officer replied, saluting.
"Thank you very much" Edward said to the two men.
Edward approached his son and wife, then grabbed the bodies of the two very tightly. "Thank God we can still be together. I was really scared!"
"Everything will be fine if we stay together" Rona replied with a sense of relief. The pain in his stomach suddenly disappeared.
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