10- Away from home

Antonio waiting for Sadie's response, when she didn't respond, he tried again. "I'd really like it if you could join us, all expenses paid." he says, with a smile.

"Of course, I will, someone has to help watch the girls, and I wouldn't miss their birthday for anything." she happily accepted.

"Great, I'm just hoping that Harlow will be able to handle it, she's pretty weak right now." he sighed, trying to picture her having fun.

"Where do you plan on taking them?"

Antonio looked over at the girls, and smiled "Walt Disney World."

When the girls heard where he said he will be taking them, they got even more excited, and started jumping up and down.

"Oh, how fun!" Sadie said excitedly, while looking at the girls. She knew they would have a blast there, and couldn't wait to see their smiling faces when they get to meet their favorite characters.

"The girls have been wanting to go for a while now, and every time they see a commercial for it, they beg to go. I thought it would be nice for Harlow to see the girls enjoy it, and have their dreams come true before...." He realized what he was about to say, and didn't want to say it in front of his little girls "I just want Harlow to be a part of it, the girls experiencing Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, etcetera."

"I'm sure she would like that, if anything I know they rent out wheelchairs, if she needed one.... it's just a thought."

"Yes, I'm sure she will probably want to use one while we're there, she may feel a little embarrassed by it, but who cares. It wouldn't be a bad idea, and easier for her to enjoy."

"Well, I'm going to go set everything up, and let Harlow know." he says sounding happy.

Sadie turned around and stared at the piano, she's always wanted a Grand piano, and here she was playing one. She started remembering when she first started playing, and was thinking that she could start teaching the girl how to play.

"Sadie, can you play us another song?" Gabriella asked politely.

"Sure." she smiled. Gabriella sat down next to her, and started playing her favorite song, one she always liked to play, Canon in D.

As she was playing the piano, Antonio stopped in the hallway, listening to her play. He thought she was playing the song perfectly, and was still surprised to see she knew how to play. He turned around to go back and watch her, and stood in the doorway, not wanting her to know he was there, watching and listening to her play. He leaned the back of his head against the wall and closed his eyes, while listening to the music, and couldn't help but smile.

He began to clap, when she finished, causing her to turn around quickly. "I thought you were getting things done?"

"I was, until I heard you play that song, and had to watch you play. You played it so beautifully, elegantly and perfect." he said in amazement. "I'm just so amazed that you can play, and play so well."

"Do you play?" Sadie asked.

"I do." he smiled. "I haven't played in a while with everything going on lately. Maybe I should start playing again, it might help take my mind off things, at least for a little bit."

She grinned. "You'll have to play for me sometime."

He nodded his head "I can do that." he says, giving her a wink. He turned around and walked away, and walked into his office to log into his laptop. He booked the hotel, and called his pilot letting him know the details and to have the plane ready, then called his personal limo driver giving him the details.

******

A few days have gone by, it's now Sunday and the girls couldn't help but be excited to leave for Disney World, Sadie was getting the girls ready to leave, when she heard a loud bang. "I'll be right back." She tells the girls, as she stood up to walk out of the room. She walked around the upper level, checking the rooms out. When she got to Harlow and Antonio's room, she saw Harlow laying on the ground.

Sadie ran over to her "Oh my, are you OK?" she asked worried, trying to pick her up. She yelled for the girls, and Isabella came into the room. "Can you get your dad please?" Sadie asked her, she took off running and called out for her dad.

Isabella found Antonio in his office, and was busy talking on the phone. She walked over to him, saying his name over and over. "Daddy." she says again softly. Antonio held his hand up, wanting her to be quiet. Isabella looked at him with big eyes, and walked closer to him, tugging on his pants. "Daddy... mommy fell and Sadie needs you." she says, holding her finger in her mouth.

Antonio eyes widened and told the man on the other end of the phone that he had to go, and that he would call him back later.

"Where is she?" he asked, picking her up.

"Your room."

Antonio set Isabella down, and sprinted up the stairs to see what was going on, he walked into the room and saw Harlow laying on the ground, and ran over to Harlow, while Sadie was trying to help her up.

"What happened?" he asked worried, while lifting Harlow up off the ground, and laying her back on the bed.

"I heard a noise, and when I came in here, she was on the ground." Sadie says, trying to catch her breath, trying to calm her nerves.

Antonio looked at Harlow, sliding some of her hair out of her face "What happened?" he asked her.

"I was trying to get out of bed, and next thing I know I'm on the ground. I opened my eyes and saw Sadie, trying to help me up. I don't remember what happened."

"Should we not fly out today?" Antonio asked Harlow, looking at her worried.

"No, we have to go, those girls are too excited about going, and I don't want to be the one to take that away from them." Harlow says quietly. "I'll be fine."

Antonio sat down on the bed, and lifted her up to hold her in his arms. "You need to eat something, I noticed that you're not eating very much, and that could be why you feel so weak."

"I've been trying to, it's just that nothing tastes good, and I just don't feel hungry." Harlow says running her fingers along Antonio's cheek.

Sadie looked at Harlow and Antonio, feeling as if she shouldn't be in the room at the moment. "I'm going to go finish getting the girls ready, I'm glad you're OK." Sadie left the room, and gathered the kid's bags, bringing them down the stairs, and setting them by the door.

Antonio carried Harlow down the stairs and set her on the couch, while Sadie and Antonio started carrying the luggage out to the limo.

"Why would you hire a limo to take us to the airport?" Sadie asked.

He laughed "I own this, I just call him when we need a ride somewhere special."

"Oh." She was surprised, and began wondering how he got all his money. He was so young, and yet he had so much money.

Sadie grabbed the kids while Antonio helped Harlow to the car, placing her inside. On the way to the airport, the girls couldn't stop talking to Sadie about Disney World, and how they wanted to see Elsa and Anna from Frozen. Harlow sat and watched how Sadie was talking with the girls, and smiled while wiping a tear away that was strolling down her cheek. She hated the girls were close to Sadie, but knew she couldn't perform her duties as their mother at the time, and felt Sadie was like a mother to them. She also felt Sadie did it well, like any loving mother would. She looked away from them, and looked out the window, praying for a miracle that she knew was never going to happen.

When they got to the airport and pulled up next to an airplane, Sadie looked at Antonio. "Let me guess, you own this as well?"

"That would be correct." he smiled.

They all got inside the airplane and the girls began running around, they knew where everything was, grabbing their coloring books, and crayons out of the drawer, and sat down on a chair. Sadie buckled them in, and asked Antonio how long the flight was from Montana to Florida.

"It's about four and a half hours, give or take."

"OK, that's not so bad." she says looking over at Harlow, her stomach began feeling uneasy after noticing how pale and frail she was looking. "Will she be OK on the flight?" she asked, pointing over at Harlow.

"God, I hope so." he says, as he sat down next to Harlow, wrapping his arm around her. She leaned her head down on his shoulder and closed her eyes. He breathed in heavily, hoping he was doing the right thing and turned his head towards Harlow, caressing her cheek, and kissing the top of her head.

******

They finally landed in Orlando, and a private limo was there waiting for them. They then headed to the Ritz-Carlton hotel, and checked into their presidential suite. When they got into the room, Sadie was in shock at how beautiful the room was. She walked around and looked at the marble bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen and was impressed with the five balconies, each displaying a different view. One showing a golf course, and the others with different views of the lakes, and one with a view of the pool.

"WOW." Sadie said amazed, as she stood on one of the balconies, overlooking a lake. While Sadie was admiring the view, Antonio walked up from behind, and rested his hands on her shoulders.

"Beautiful isn't it?" he asked softly, sending shivers up her spine.

"It is." she said quietly, taking in a breath of fresh air.

"Harlow is sleeping right now and the girls would like to do something, maybe we could take them to the pool for now until she wakes up?" He released his hands from her shoulders, and stepped away from her. She closed her eyes, feeling relieved that he backed off.

"We can do that." she says, turning around. She looked him in the eyes, and quickly turned away after seeing the look he was giving her. "I'll go get them ready."

Antonio walked over to the ledge of the balcony, staring off into the sky. His mind was going in all kinds of different directions, he's scared at where Harlow's life is at right now, afraid, and not wanting to lose her. He felt lost, and confused, angry, and depressed, all at the same time. He walked back into the room and over to Harlow, staring at her as she slept. He sat down next to her and whispered in her ear. "I'm so sorry my love." Placing a kiss on her lips.

"Daddy, daddy are you ready?" Gabriella yelled, as she ran into the room. He leaned back up and turned to her. "I'm ready honey, I'm just going to leave mommy a note, letting her know where we're at, in case she wakes up while we're at the pool."

He quickly wrote her a note, setting it on the nightstand next to her. He grabbed the girls, and headed down to the pool. They get down over to the pool, and the girls being as excited as they were, almost jumped into the pool, without their life jackets on.

"Hey you two!" Antonio yelled, stopping them from jumping. "Get over here and get your jackets on." He snapped, waving them over to him.

Sadie took her shorts and top off, and set her things down on a chair. Antonio couldn't help himself and looked over at Sadie while he was putting the jackets on the girls. Sadie saw the girls were getting their jackets on, and walked over to the pool, and got in, so the girls could jump in.

Antonio finished putting the jackets on them, and both hurried over to where Sadie was, wanting to jump in after Sadie. Antonio sat on the chair smiling, as he watched the girls laugh and splash water in Sadie's face.

Antonio decided to join them, and jumped into the pool, doing a cannon ball, splashing everyone.

"Was that really necessary?" Sadie asked, sounding bitter as Antonio came to the top of the water.

He laughed. "Of course it was, I wanted to get you wet." he smirked.

They continued playing with the girls in the pool, having a good time. The girls were screaming, and laughing, having a good time. Only thing that was bothering Antonio, was Harlow wasn't down there with them to enjoy playing with the girls in the water. He was beginning to feel a little guilty they were there having fun, while she was up in the room sleeping.

As they played with the girls in the pool, Antonio happened to turn around and looked up, he saw Harlow sitting on a chair watching them.

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