Sunday has finally come. It’s the perfect day for me to approach my wife. I’m not going to waste this chance, because today is my only chance. Call me a delusional because I still call her my wife. But she is and will be the only wife I have in my entire life until I die.

Charles have been in my tail since last night. He haven’t stopped calling my cell and my home line, but I always ignored him. Fuck him, I have more important meeting to get to. My one and only chance to redeem the life we had.

I hired a bodyguard just to followed wherever she goes until the day light fall to the night. My plan only work in the night, where her father is not around and her brother is probably somewhere to get drunk. Because I know, it’s a big opportunity when his father aren’t around to tell him what to do.

Ting.

George: Sir, your wife is still in the store. Do you want me to hold her until you get here?

Dave: That would be perfect. I’ll be there quick.

I am ready since an hour ago. I’ve been waiting for him to text me to tell me her whereabouts. I think the store is the perfect place for me to approach her. Because, I can easily blend in with other people who’s in there. Her store is never run out of customers, there is no way that the store has a possibilities to be empty.

“Abbe, we’re going now. To Madam’s store.” I scream out to my driver, so my driver will hear me. Because I’m currently in the living room and he is probably somewhere in the house. I walked out of my house and at the same time Abbe is running to the car.

“I want to get there as fast as possible.” I said once I get in the car.

“Yes, Sir.”

The drive to her store makes my heart beats faster as the minute pass. I lay my head back to the seat, closed my eyes trying to calm my heartbeat. I don’t want to scare my son as this will be the first time I’m seeing him. Just because of my nervousness, I don’t want anything to go wrong. Tonight have to be the right night and time and place.

I wear a casual clothes and not a suit. Because I don’t want to flash an unnecessary attention to the others.

I can do this and I’m going to do this. I told myself in my heart. We are already in her store’s block as I turned my head out to the window. I gulped hardly as I saw her from my car. She’s humbly making a conversation with the customers and our son is in her arms. She never left our son alone even to greet a customer. My heart wrapped with warmth knowing how much she loves our son, but so not to me.

“Don’t stop the car in front of the entrance. Stop the car one store before, I’ll walk there and you have to stay here.” I told my driver. My eyes is locked on her, watching her from my car. I missed her smile so much and seeing her smiling tonight, it’s just completed my whole year.

“Yes, Sir.”

I step out of the car and closed the door behind me. Taking a deep breath, I make my first step. Once I start walking, I am a determined man, so I know I won’t back out. I’ll get there and get it done no matter what will happen. Getting closer to her store, I still see her around the entrance. I saw how she is struggling holding Demyan, because he can’t keep still in her arms.

You are a rebel guy, little man. I smiled to myself, proud of him. I’m so excited to meet him officially and to hold him.

As I’m getting more closer to the entrance, Alyona is almost give up handling Demyan. Because she is still having a conversation with the customer, she won’t just stopped in the middle of a conversation.

My heart skipped a beat seeing Demyan swings away from her mother and almost make them fall. I run so fast, more like sliding to get to them. I catch her back, holding her up, preventing them to fall backwards. The woman whose having a conversation with Alyona gasped seeing that she was about to fall, but couldn’t do anything. Because it was like a lighting speed. The little man is being rebel to her mother.

“I got you, Zhizn moya." I whispered on her ear. Her eyes is closed, welcoming the fall she was about to hit. But like I said, I've got her, always.

"Dada!" Demyan squeal and grabbed me. In that moment, I froze, my eyes stared at her as she slowly opening her eyes. I realised two things. First that I am hypnotized by her and the second thing is that Demyan called me Dada which is a surprised for both of us. This is also his first time meeting me, but how could he knows?

"Dada, ice." He demand. He grabbed my shoulders, wanting me to take him out of her mother's arms. I complied, I can't just reject him, he's my son. I'll do anything for him just as much as I'll do anything for her.

Alyona get back on her feet and she looked at me, just looking without speaking. He looked at me like she couldn’t believe seeing me. At that moment. There is just the three of us now in the circle full of lives.

"Ice, Dada!" Once again, my son demanded me. My attention turned to him now. He looked at me like he is waiting. While on the other hand, I'm just a clueless father. I have no idea what the mother and son have been up to. What is the 'ice' stand for? There's so many thing about ice.

"You're not having ice cream, Demyan. Or you will sleep with your uncle tonight." Alyona sternly said to him. She looked at him, daring him to say something against her. But when I look at his pouty face, my heart just melt all over the place.

"I'll buy him ice cream." I chimed in, probably not in the best time I have interfering in a conversation. Alyona quickly turn to me and give me the deadest stare ever. "He asked me, Al. I don't want to break his little heart. He's pouting and it's the best thing that I've ever seen in my life." I continued. I kissed his head and inhaling his scent. No doubt that he smell so good when his mother is her.

"Why is he so small, but perfect." I says while looking at him. I want to just squeeze him and put him in me.

"He's a kid. That's normal." Alyona muttered. I look up to her and smiled sadly.

"I know." I just wish I could have been there in his life since the day he was born. To watch him grow every step of the way until he is now. I want to stay up all night with them. I wish I can sleep at night with them in my arms. Just if, when I never screwed up my own life.

"Dave, you're not allowed to be around him anywhere." She said.

"I know, that's why I want you to come as well. Please, just give me this one night to be with you and Demyan. For once, I want to experienced to live like a family, a complete family." I begged. Will it be enough to beg her to forgive me and come live with me in our house?

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