Picture perfect memories
Scattered all around the floor
Reaching for the phone cause
I can't fight it anymore
… And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time
… It's a quarter after one
I'm all alone and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call, but I lost all control
And I need you now
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Inside an apartment in Jakarta…
Wina smiled in satisfaction while she set the table for a romantic candlelight dinner that she had planned for a while. Today is precisely hit a year that she finally has a serious relationship with a man. A gorgeous and amazing lover. The one who always fluttered her tummy with thousands of butterflies every time they met. His name is Mario Jonathan.
Hmm….
How did they meet for the first time?
She didn't know. She barely remembered to be honest. Or, was their encounter predetermined by fate? Or, can it be called a coincidence? An opportunity to open her heart again to what she once called…
Love.
She met Mario at a birthday party at one of her graduates' reunions when she was a high school student back then. A coincidental meeting then turned into another encounter and it was continued into a series of private and intimate sessions. Then, just like that….
They started their relationship. From a pure stranger to an ordinary friend, then a close friend who always chatted and texted endlessly day and night. Then, they had dinner together and other occasional moments of laughing together and sharing their similarities in common. Afterward, they became a couple now. This evening, Vienna intends to celebrate it together in her apartment. Only the two of them. She and Mario. To be intimate. So close and personal.
CLICK!
Stunned, she heard a noise and she halted her position, the door was opened from the outside. Spontaneously, Wine smiled broadly and turned her head, greeting a handsome, well-dressed man who was entering the room with a large bouquet of red roses in his hand.
"Happy anniversary for us, baby…"
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In the next hour and a half…
A pair of men and women were struggling and moaning erotically on the bed. Their naked bodies were drenched in sweat while both of them are kissing and pumping wildly on the bed. Sucking and screaming each other's names. Keep racing in sinful pleasure to the peak of heaven that they have climbed tirelessly for god-sake-knows how many times. Wine is on top of her man now. Giggling while she looked at him lying beneath her. Sitting up straight, letting his manhood inside her. Stabbed her G-spot with another rush of intense pleasure. Sensually, bouncing her round breasts and showing her perfect curves.
Mario, who was enjoying the view, smiled like an idiot while his hands were playing and squeezing it and gently, massaging the peaks.
Let another moan escape from the girl's lip when her nipples are touched and kissed by Mario's fingers. Before long, not only his fingers move, along with the pumping of her hips that became more lustful and fiercer, but Mario's tongue and mouth also took another action. Tasted those nice, sweet pink nipples inside his mouth. Played them with his tongue. Dancing wildly and let them harden. Sending another intense of electricity through it. Fly Wina to seventh heaven.
Warm. Wet. Hot. Both of their bodies kept wanting more and more until, at one point, they both screamed out their names as they both cumming. The bodies of the two stiffened as their liquid seeds wetted the bed. But Mario did not stop there. In one jolt, he slammed her body onto the bed and changed positions into missionary. Ready for giving Wina another rush of pleasure.
"Ah!!" Wina screamed in surprise because of the unexpected action of her lover. Without further ado, Mario crushed her luscious lips while pushing his manhood deeper once more. His dick still wanted for more, even though, the two of them already had come several times. It was the effect of the aphrodisiac that he drank after the two of them had a romantic dinner earlier. When Wina deliberately wore sexy, kinky lingerie that shows off all her curves perfectly behind the sheer fabric that she wears. Seducing the primal instincts of the man in front of her. Right on their anniversary.
And tonight, the two of them completed all the thirst and desires that had been buried so damn hard before the dinner. The sheer, kinky lingerie that was worn quickly turned into a rag in the next minute and was thrown out to the corner. While Wina quickly stripped all of her partner's clothes deftly. As if she had done these dozens of times before. Then, their lips crushed passionately once again.
At first, the tender caress turned more and more demanding without a doubt. Their tongues danced wildly inside each other while Mario's hands started to caress her body and finally, brought her to bed and made love to her once again.
Shortly, they both fell asleep after a happy, tiring bed exercise. Sated and satisfied.
"I love you, Mario Jonathan ..." Wina whispered with a spoiled sigh while she leaned on her man's broad chest.
"I love you more, Lidwina Andrea ..." Mario landed a soft, gentle kiss on the top of his lover's head that was so clingy to him. That night, Wina drift into a deep slumber like a baby.
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Johan Alvaro's Residence, Jakarta
A pair of old eyes stared sadly at a family photo that hung in the dining room. There were three people posing in there, smiling happily. He, his wife, and their only child and son, Johan Alvaro. The photo was taken shortly after the three of them return home and live in the house where they used to lived for decades before. After Gustav Accardi returned to their company and put Johan back into his previous position as the CEO, but still, the highest authority in the company was held by Renata Maria, Johan's ex-wife and now, Mrs. Accardi.
The old man exhaled a long sigh.
It's okay, he said to himself. At least their life is much better than two years before when they were stranded in a modest, rented house and Johan had to work hard as a security guard in a factory. His wife's condition was so pathetic at that time. Mama Sharren even looked much older than her actual age and often blabbering wildly at that time. However, ever since the three of them returned to this house, his wife's condition had gotten much better.
Contrary to his situation. This old and frail body was already too fragile to be able to hold on. Even just standing and walking is exhaustedly tiring. The cancer cells have spread everywhere inside his body. Eating him inside out. Almost every organ in his body was severely damaged. All the doctors that they visited, including those in Singapore, had given up and raised their hands. When they looked at his medical records, they took a deep breath heavily and shook their heads. There is no more hope for him.
Please…
Go home…
It was a word they told him eloquently every time his eyes met the sympathetic gazes of the medics.
Live well. Treasured every single moment that you could with your dear ones.
It's a terminal disease with zero hope of a slightest recovery. It's incurable.
Live your remaining life and spend more time with your wife and children.
And, whenever Benito did the examination, he never wanted a company. He knew that if his wife and children heard this news, they would both be very sad. It would burden them even deeper. Especially for Johan, his son. He has just started moving on with his new life. And, Benito knows…
It is time for him to go…
The treatment would cost a huge fortune and it would be unfair for Johan if he insisted to continue it. Johan should have a life for himself and not cost it for his sake. As a man and father, he knew it well.
It's enough…
It was enough that he had caused all kinds of problems to make his own family slump like this. If death is the only way to get rid of his suffering from the miseries of this disease. If death is the door to his liberation so that he no longer becomes a burden to everyone that he cares for and loves, then, Benito is willing to...
Pay the price and willingly, sacrifice himself…
Afterward, he will go in peace...
"Sir, it is getting colder outside. It's not good for you to stay here for long…" Martha told him gently. She is a personal nurse that specially hired to take care of him by Johan while his son had to go to work.
Benito nodded and closed his eyes slowly.
Oh, today…
Why is he so sleepy?
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The next morning…
Wina blinked her eyes lazily. Her whole body felt so weak and powerless. Especially in her lower area.
Hmm…
Unknowingly, a broad smile appeared on her lips when she remembered the scene that she did last night with her boyfriend, Mario Jonathan. The man who has been filling her heart for the past year. And last night, during their anniversary, they finally did it. And, it was the best night of her life!! It was so memorable!! The way he touched her and treated her like a princess in bed….
It was unforgettable….
"Babe..."
Wina called him affectionately because she realized that her boyfriend was no longer lying next to her. Made her brows furrowed in confusion.
Where is he?
Slowly, she yawned and got up from bed. She also put on a nightgown to cover her nakedness.
"Baby?" Wina called him out one more time. But, no answer at all. Strangely, the man's whereabouts could not be found anywhere. Hurriedly, Wina checked all the rooms in her apartment. Starting from the kitchen, living room, bathroom, dining room.
Looking for her lover. And, the result is…
Nothing. Zilch. Nada.
Mario had completely disappeared without any single trace of him.
Okay, that's weird…
Wina thought of it confusedly. She took out her cell phone and called Mario. Hoping that her boyfriend would answer her call.
"The number you dialed is no longer active…"
The telephone operator's flat voice answered the call. Spontaneously, Wina snorted and squealed in annoyance. Fuck!!! Damn it! Where is he??
But, when she went back into her bedroom and checked her wallet, her eyes suddenly widened in shock! All of her cash, debit, and credit cards had gone!! Even the safe deposit where she put all her jewelry that was worth hundreds of millions also disappeared!!
Shit!!!
Wina cursed and swore harshly inwardly. She was robbed!!!
Angrily, she slammed her wallet on the bed with tears streaming down her cheeks. She felt betrayed and utterly annoyed with this fact. A huge disappointment filled her chest. Suffocated her in deep regret. In the next minute, she burst into tears. Sobbing and wailing. Crying out loud of her stupidity.
Son of a bitch!!! ***!!! Fuck!!! Damn!!!
Next, in one single breath, a line of curses and harsh words spewed out continuously from her mouth.
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Hospital, last night…..
"Papa!!!!" Johan shouted loudly while he was hugging and shaking his father's lifeless body that no longer move on the hospital bed. Tears streamed down his cheeks while Martha, the homecare nurse, is taking care of Mrs. Sharren that fainted right after the doctor told Johan that Papa Benito had gone already.
This afternoon, when Johan came home, Papa Benito greeted him with a warm fatherly smile. Johan also had bought his favorite meal, Soto Bandung and he was preparing it on the dining table for a family dinner with Mama Sharren when suddenly, he heard Martha scream hysterically from their backyard. Calling out his father's name loudly in panic.
With alacrity, Johan rushed his father to the hospital. Right into the emergency unit for an immediate checkup on his father. But it was too late.
His father had gone. The doctor shook his head weakly. Told Johan and his mom verbally that their beloved father and husband had passed away. The last string of hope that they hold onto, was broken. For now, he only could say his final goodbyes silently with tears in their eyes. Letting go of his father sincerely even though his heart still denied the fact.
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Two days later, the coffin began to be lowered into the grave. Johan's eyes still shed tears but what could he do?
And after his father's death, he also found out the fact that his father had been hiding his terminal illness which was no longer curable. Johan finally understood why his father always insisted to be alone whenever they visited lots of, different doctors and they were explaining Papa Benito's medical history.
This is the real reason….
Because his father already knew that his illness is incurable and he wanted to rest in peace.
His hope…
It has been done…
Goodbye, Pa...
Thank you for all the merciful and kindness that you had showed me so far...
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On the same day, a young woman dragged three large suitcases and left the apartment where she had been living in. Her head was dazed and her legs felt so heavy. Like someone had put a chain on her feet.
Where should she go after this?
Who knows…
She doesn't even know the answer...
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Guess I rather hurt than feel nothing at all
It's a quarter after one
I'm all alone and I need you now
And I said I wouldn't call
But I'm a little drunk and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now
(I Need You Now – Lady Antebellum)