Bang! The beating now didn't even have feeling to Harty now. He was used to it. His father's leather belt was just like one of his own now. Every lash that used to make him cry out in pain now felt like a pain that would eventually go away. He endured some more of the lashes. Not really paying attention how many they were. His father Oscar Declan was upset because yet another wife left him. Now he was unleashing all his frustrations on his son like always. "It is your fault! It has always been your fault!" He threw out insults like this all the time. "If you hadn't killed your mother I would be happy now!"Harty's mother died during childbirth. His father has always blamed him for it. As if he was at fault. As if he had something to do with his birth. It was not his fault his mother couldn't live longer than a few hours after his birth. It is not his fault that his father had to raise him himself. It's not his fault that every marriage after that has been nothing but a n

Justin watched Harty as he slept. He seemed so peaceful even though he was sleeping on the floor. The cold floor that Justin wished he could replace with a bed. But he couldn't change anything now. It was already done.They had already joined. United in every way possible. Justin kissed Harty's sleeping forehead. "I love you so much." He wasn't kidding about not wanting him to go away from him. He wanted to keep Harty safe. With him. Forever. He wanted Oscar Declan to be permanently out of the picture. He wanted Harty to never be hurt by that man whether physically or emotionally. But of course Harty is stubborn. Justin does not know how many times he had asked him to just finally agree to live with him only for a little while. Every time he refused. Telling Justin that his father would always be his father no matter what. It infuriated Justin because every time Harty said that he looked like he had given up. As if he was believing his father's words more and

A baby. A small bundle wrapped in a blue blanket was in Harty's arms. Harty looked at the baby. Smiling from ear to ear. He could feel himself so overjoyed. "My baby" he kissed the baby's forehead. Only to feel a warm touch on his face. A kiss on his cheek. A kiss he found out he was given by the one he loved. Justin who was equally smiling looking at both the baby and Harty. "Our baby love"Harty was about to say something. To reply to Justin but he couldn't because everything disappeared. Going back to the darkness of sleep. It was a dream. Again! Harty groaned angry. As he opened his eyes sitting up on his bed. He didn't understand why his mind could be so cruel to him. Showing him such things. Oh why?He knew this could never happen. He could never conceive. Never have a baby. Never with his Justin.Yes they might have been in love. Yes they might have been in love for a while now but that didn't mean anything.Justin still was married. To a woman that Harty k

.Mona smiled at her cute grandchild. Garry was just starting to walk. His little unsteady steps made Mona delighted. "You know you could walk so good at that age" she told her son who rolled his eyes at her. "You were such a smart baby. Sometimes you shocked me so very much. But you made people so envious of me that I couldn't complain""Mother" Michael stopped her from talking about his exaggerated childhood. "Mother what about what I asked you?"Mona's expression changed. "Why do you want to help that boy?""That 'boy' is your sister's son. Your nephew and my cousin. Family is supposed to help one another."Mona disagreed. "I don't like that boy. Always so cheeky. Even when he was a child I tried so hard to be an aunt to him but he was always so stubborn. Rejected my every try. And then he had the guts to be my son's competition." She wrinkled her nose. "Why does he even want to get pregnant?"Michael licked his lips. "He is in love. Just like me. He wants to h

While all was fine and well in Emerald it wasn't all sunshine and roses deep in the seas. One part of the sea world was in chaos. A certain sea witch who had some plans for world domination was very unhappy with how things had ended up. She didn't like that she wasn't in control anymore. And that all her years of hard work had become undone. "You should come in instead of looking at me from the outside." She said suddenly seemingly at no one because she was in an empty room by herself. "One more sneaky glance from you and I'll punish you!" She screamed now causing her son to come inside of the room. "Mother." Xachary was inside of the room right now. He looked at his mother who was disturbed by the way things had gone so wrong. "Well if I am allowed to say I'll say I did tell you both that I should have been part of the mission. Riya is too hot headed to be left to her own devices." "You say your mother has lack of judgement?" "I didn't say so. I'm just statin