CHAPTER 41
Fate was suddenly startled as a loud noise came from outside the room. She quickly sat up on the bed and was about to stand up when Max grabbed her hand.
“Where are you going?” he asked as panic was also written on his face.
“Max, didn’t you hear that? There was a loud noise outside,” she replied.
Max had already gotten up and had already put on his clothes. “You wait here. I will check it out. Make sure to lock the door when I go out,” he uttered.
Fate just nodded and quickly wore the robe next to her bed.
Max was already at the door when it suddenly swung open, revealing an unexpected face.
“Norman,” Fate gasped in horror.
Norman’s eyes immediately focused on Fate, then he quickly turned to Max who was already standing just inches away from him. He angrily gave Max a strong blow to the face that sent him lying on the floor. “She’s mine. You no longer have any right to have her,” he shouted as he continuously hit Max over and over again.
Max just accepted all the blows that Norman gave. He knew that he deserved it and he somehow felt that being beaten to death was nothing compared to the pain and suffering he gave Fate. He was just paying what he owed.
Fate quickly rushed to step in and stop Norman from hitting Max. “Please stop… please stop….” She continuously begged as he tried to pull Norman away from Max. Max already had a cut on the lower side of his lip and it was already swollen. He also had bruises on both his face and blood was continuously flowing from an open wound on his forehead.
Norman looked at Fate more closely. “Please don’t tell me that you’re still on his side?” he uttered with disbelief and hurt visible in his eyes.
Fate didn’t know how to answer Norman’s question. “I… I…” she stuttered.
Norman’s eyes suddenly turned soft. He then took Fate by the hand and started to pull her away. “Come on, we’re going,” he said as he tried to mask the pain he was feeling with a cold facade.
Max hurriedly stood up and tried to block the door. “Please don’t take her away from me. I love her. I’ll die if I lose her again,” he uttered with a trembling voice.
Norman chuckled and then shook his head in disbelief. “Do you really think you have any right to ask her back? You had her but you just used her and threw her away when you no longer needed her. Do you really think I would give her back to you after what you have done?”
Max looked straight at Norman. “I love her and I know she still loves me. Please just let us be together again. I promise I will change and I will take good care of her.”
Norman mockingly laughed at what Max said. “And what makes you think your words would actually mean anything to me? Do you really think I would just easily give her back after you say you want her again? Are you blind? Are you crazy? We’re going to be married and I am not going to back away just because of you.”
“Please… please… I can’t live without her. I’ll die without her,” Max continued.
“Then just die! I really don’t give a damn!” Norman shouted as he shoved Max and pulled Fate out of the door.
Max quickly grabbed Fate’s right arm. “Fate, please don’t go. Don’t leave me,” he uttered as tears appeared in his eyes.
Fate stared at him with tears also streaming down her face. She then shook her head as she tried to . “Max….we already know that this isn’t right from the very beginning. We tried to keep holding on to each other even though we know we’re not right for each other. So please for both our sakes… let go,” she spoke with a clear voice.
Slowly Max’s hand slipped down and finally released Fate’s arm. “Is this really what you want? What about what just happened between us? Doesn’t that have any meaning for you? Don’t I mean anything to you anymore?” he asked with tears filling his eyes.
Fate tried to hold back her own tears as her heart ached after seeing the pain in Max’s eyes. “We already lost everything Max. There’s no us anymore. There’s just you and me with different paths. You have your career and I have my life with Norman now. I’m sorry if I gave you false hope. I just wanted to give you one last memory that’s why I slept with you. But it doesn’t mean I am going back to you. I’m sorry. But you should try to find your own life now. I already have decided and I am taking this path, a life without you… So goodbye Max. I wish you’ll find your own happiness very soon…”
As Fate slowly turned and started to walk away with Norman beside her, she felt like she was dying inside. She wanted to break down and cry. She wanted to scream and ran back to Max’s side but she knew she would be just bringing him more pain. She didn’t deserve him. She could no longer give him happiness.
As tears finally clouded her eyes, she slowly closed her eyes and then her memory suddenly flashed back to the time where she was happy… back in his Max’s arms.
“What do you want most in the world?” she suddenly asked as Max hugged her from behind. They were standing and looking out the window in Fate’s room. They had spent the night together and they had decided to wake up early just to watch the sun rise. Max tightened his embrace. “Hmmm… what I want most in the world… would be you.”
Fate laughed. “Aside from me, silly. What do you want most in the world? I mean your dream, aside from a successful singing career,” she continued.
“Then… my answer would be… one big happy family. Since I was young, I always pictured myself to be surrounded with many kids. I want many children… and a loving wife. But of course I don’t intend to create a basketball team just like some I know” he then started to laugh. “I just want maybe one girl and two boys or two boys and two girls. Yes, three or four kids would be enough… I would make sure to spend equal time with all my children and I promise that I will always make time to play with them and go out with them. We would always have family time during Sundays. And I will always make time for all their school activities,” Max uttered dreamily.
Fate giggled. “We’re talking about dreams and here you are… talking about kids and your future family plans,” she said with light laugh. “But that’s really beautiful Max… I hope that you can have that dream of yours someday…”
Max sighed, then he gave a light kiss on Fate’s head. “One part of my dream is already here. I know with your help… I can achieve everything, especially that dream… I know you will be the perfect wife and mother.”
Fate closed her eyes. “Yes, I am willing to build that dream with you Max… I will try to be the perfect wife… and mother… just for you.”
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As Fate slowly opened her eyes, she was suddenly hit with reality.
She could no longer build that dream with Max. She could no longer give him the children that he dreams of.
As her heart continued to reminisce and ache, her tears also continued to appear, one by one…
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NEWS: “We have received a report that Fate Nakamura has already been found. She is unharmed and already resting with her fiancée. I know all her fans are surely going to be happy with this news. It seems right after the announcement of her disappearance, many fans and volunteers helped in trying to find her, though no formal statement was ever released regarding where she was found. We are all very happy that she is now safe. We are expecting that additional information will be released after her wedding which is scheduled tomorrow. I know many of you are going to ask where the wedding will be held, but sadly no additional detail regarding the wedding except for the date was ever released to the press. The only thing we know is that it will be a private event which will be attended by selected guests and relatives….”
Micky turned off the TV in the middle of the news and slowly turned to his friends. “What do we do now?”
Jaejoong looked at the direction of Max’s room. “What else can we do? He has already done everything to win her back, even to the extent of kidnapping her, but she still chose to leave him,” he sadly answered.
“Well we can’t just sit around and do nothing. It’s obvious that she still loves him or else she wouldn’t have stepped in and acquitted him of all charges. She even admitted to the police that she went with Max on her own free will. I don’t think we should just give up. Max is already devastated and we should help him,” Xiah suddenly said with determination in his eyes.
U-Know sighed and suddenly stood up. “Xiah’s right. I think we should at least make one last try. I have a plan… but we will need Michael’s help.”
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