Diana

The next day, at noon.

Hearing the sound of plane landing on the island, Ethan asked the nurse to look after her for a bit, while he head out to receive them.

He got outside the main house and halted his steps, as he saw his parents coming as well. They've stepped down from the plane and was coming towards him, with Chris taking the lead.

He dragged his legs and moved closer to them, with his heart beating against his chest. Tony and Melanie frown as they were now standing in front of him.

Chris is not an exception, "dude… " he couldn't help but called.

Mel moved closer and held him, tears welling up in her eyes. She couldn't believe this is her son.

His beards are bushy, barely showing his facial feature. He look like someone else entirely. The dark circles under his eye bags were too obvious to be real. It seem like it was drawn there, but they knew it's real, as he wouldn't draw such.

He look so lean, like he hasn't been eating, while his irises were beat red, with tiny veins visible, if one look into his eyes.

His well built shoulders now look sag. He doesn't look the same at all.

Melanie shook him with her tears dropping, while Tony frown hard. "what happened to you?" Melanie asked, while Ethan only shook his head and asked that they should go inside.

Stella and Alex remained still, also feeling scared, because they could tell Diana condition must be the reason why Ethan is like this. They had no idea how he look like before, so they couldn't fathom how much changes, but he did look terrible.

Terrible enough for Alex to not be able to detect the resemblance in him and Nathan. That's how much he's changed.

Melanie refused to leave him and kept shaking him, "what's going on?" she asked again.

"I'm fine mom." Ethan said.

"you're not fine, you're not fine…." she said repeatedly, which breaking down in tears more heavily, whimpering like a little kid.

Even Chris still couldn't break his gaze from him. He blame himself from leaving him. He should have stay and make sure he's taking care of his health.

"Mom please, I'm okay." he said and held her by her shoulder. He began walking inside, while the others followed.

Chris was walking in when he halted his steps and saw Tony rooted at the spot. "uncle, let's go inside." he said.

"What happened to him?" Tony asked, looking up to meet Chris's eyes.

Chris took a deep breath, "he blamed himself for not saving his woman and his unborn child and make them got hurt." Chris said and watch Tony's eyes widened.

"Child?" he asked.

"Diana is carrying a child when the accident occurred. She nearly lost the baby, but it managed to survive..." Chris summarize the situation, but didn't mention what the accident was, just like Ethan.

After listening to everything, Tony finally understood why his son suddenly look like that, but was still shocked with the pregnancy news.

He thanked him and they began walking in after.

Immediately they got inside the room where Diana and the nurse were, they all pursed in their steps.

Stella, Alex and Melanie's eyes traced Diana figure from head to toes. Her bangs were neatly arranged on her forehead, with beautiful hairpin adorning them, while her hair were combed all the way, and resting on the left part of her chest, reaching down to her stomach area.

Their eyes lingered on her tummy, before Melanie broke the silence, "she… .she's… pregnant." she stammered, now understanding why Ethan look like he has lost his mind.

Stella and Alex look at Ethan's finger, where a matching ring with the one on Diana's finger, but in bigger size beautifully circled around his finger.

Aside from that, they were putting on the same outfit. If they haven't heard about what happened, they will never agree that their daughter that's lying right there is sick.

Except her pale skin, she look like she's sleeping. Her pregnancy has improved her lean figure, which made her not so thin like before.

Ethan was looking down at his feet, when Stella spoke up, "you two are married?" she asked.

"Y.. yes." Ethan stammered.

Stella took a deep breath and began walking towards Diana, same with Melanie, who still couldn't believe she's going to be a grandma soon.

Alex asked Ethan to let them have a chat, which they did. Just like Tony maturely inquired. Alex also demanded that Ethan should tell him the whole story.

Ethan explained everything to him, because he recalled that Diana told him her father knew about her involvement in the organization and all.

Ethan apologize for being incompetent and all, but Alex said he should be the one thanking him for loving his daughter unconditionally and was there for her, when they are not.

He told him not to feel bad, and even use himself as an example to calm him. He told him that if someone should feel bad and commit suicide, it should be him.

He asked him if he had heard his story with Shane and Ethan nodded his head. Like a father, he pet him and let him know that the best way to make up for one's incompetent is to do ones best to make the person happy.

He made him realize that Diana won't be happy if he sees him this way, so it's better to make her wake up into a beautiful world, instead of a sad one….

Ethan wasn't expecting this at all. His neck remained sag in front of him, as his tears dropped, while Alex pat his shoulder.

Tony who has gotten to the scene after speaking with Chris and was told Ethan and Alex went to talk, has went after them and managed to hear almost all they discussed.

"Thank you so much Alex." Tony said from behind, making the duo's head snapped towards his direction.

Alex smiled softly, "it's fine." he said and pat Ethan's shoulder, "congratulations by the way." he said to Ethan and excuse the father and son.