"I've made a decision and please don't get mad; I want you to hear me out." Harlow says to him as she stood across him, while leaning down on the desk. He leaned back in his chair, looking at her, not saying a word. His eyes stayed glued to her and watched her walk around the desk, standing between him and the desk, she leaned against the desk, and looked at him.

Antonio didn't like what he was about to hear, and leaned his head down in his hand, as his elbow rested on the arm of his chair. "What decision is that?" he asked quietly, and his heart beating faster, nervous to hear what she had to say.

"I'm not going to go through with anymore treatments, nothing is working anyway." she says, as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Antonio slid his chair closer to her, wrapping his arms around her, and resting his head against her stomach. She started running her fingers through his hair, trying not to cry harder. "I've been thinking hard about this, and I really do not want to go through chemotherapy, I have been reading all about it, and it doesn't sound like it will be easy to go through. As far as those clinical trials, I don't want to do that either, they are not proven to work, and I don't want to be a test to them either." sniffling as she spoke.

"Harlow, listen to what you're saying." he whispered, choking up. "You sound like you're wanting to give up, trying not to want to live." he says hardly getting his words out, wiping away the tears from his eyes. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, and wanted to try and change her mind.

She leaned down and cupped each side of his face, wanting him to look at her "I know what I am saying, what I am feeling, and I don't like it either... but this is reality. You do realize that if I were to start chemo, I would lose all my hair, I'll be more tired than I already am, I'll also be vomiting all the time, and lose my appetite, it's also a possibility for infections to start. I don't think I could handle all of that."

"You have to try it... for us." he whispered, pulling her tightly against him. "Those girls love you; they need their mother." he begged.

Harlow cupped her hands on the sides of his head and leaned her head down onto his. "I just don't think I could handle it, and I don't want the girls to see me go through all of that either, it's a very harsh treatment." she whispered, kissing the top of his head.

If his heart wasn't broken enough as it was, it was more broken than ever. He wanted her to live, he wanted her to try and do whatever it took for her to live, to be with him and their girls. He imagined them growing old together, not this. He never imagined that this would stop all of that from ever happening, and it was killing him inside.

"I really don't want the girls to see me with no hair, I want to enjoy being with them, and not lay there watching them play without me, or playing with someone else either." she says, trying to take in a deep breath, to refrain from crying.

"We can get wigs, if that's what you're worried about." he says, holding her tighter than ever.

"It's not just that, I know I could do that too, but it's the other side effects I'm worried about."

He pulled back wrapping an arm around her waist and pulled her down, setting her down on his lap. She turned to face him, cupping his face and leaned in for a kiss. He pulled back to look at her, running his fingers through her hair, while looking at every part of her face, sliding some strands of her hair away from her face, and looked into her eyes. He saw sadness in those eyes of hers, and could feel that she didn't want to do what she decided. All he could do at this point was respect her wishes, even if he didn't agree with them.

"I can't make you do anything, but I wish you would rethink this, you never know, it could save your life." he says, pressing his lips against hers, wanting to cry as he kissed her. They embraced in a passionate kiss before getting interrupted by the girls.

"Mommy, we're hungry." Isabella says, as she and Gabriella stood by the door looking at both of them.

Harlow pulled away from Antonio and turned around to face them "OK, I'll be right out, let me finish talking with daddy."

"OK." Isabella says, looking at them strange, trying to figure out what they were doing. The girls then turned around, and ran out of the office. Harlow turned to look at Antonio, smiling and giggled softly.

"We can talk about this later, I better find them something to eat." she says, touching the side of his face.

"Why don't we just order a pizza and watch a movie with the girls." he says "Let's just have a family night for once, and put everything behind us for now, it'll be like old times." he says, trying to smile.

"OK, I would really like that." she whispered, kissing his lips.

Harlow left the room to order a pizza, while Antonio finished with his client's paperwork, getting it all ready for court, he had the next day. He sat at his desk thinking about what Harlow said to him, and finally broke down. He couldn't understand why Harlow wouldn't want to try something different to save her life. He remembered what the doctor told him, and wanted more than just six months with her.

He stood up and walked over to the door, shutting it. He went back over to his desk and turned on his laptop, searching chemotherapy side effects. He searched everything from reactions, side effects, to success stories and came across a story of a woman who had gone through the same as what Harlow was going through, and is a survivor. He read her story and started to have hope. He saw that she had left a number to call, that she was willing to talk about her success story. He grabbed his phone and was about to make a phone call when Harlow walked in, letting him know that the pizza had arrived.

"OK, I'll be right there." he says, starring at the screen of his laptop.

"What are you up to?" she asked, looking at him strangely.

He took a deep breath and smiled, waving for her to come over to him, wanting to show her what he had up on the screen of his laptop. She walked over and stood next to him, leaning down to look at what he was reading, when she saw what he had up she stood back up, crossing her arms.

"Antonio, I said I wasn't going to do it." she said, frustrated.

"Will you please just read this, then you can think about what you want to do after reading it." he says, standing up and having her sit in the chair. "Just read it... for me..."

Antonio left her in the office to read the story he found, and walked into the kitchen to grab a beer out of the fridge. He opened the bottle, and took a drink, then grabbed a slice of pizza and sat down at the table with the girls.

"Do you girls want to watch a movie tonight?" he asked.

"Can we watch Captain Underpants?" Gabriella asked.

He shook his head, not thinking that he heard her correctly. "Captain what?" he laughed. The girls started giggling as they took a bite of their pizza.

"Captain Underpants." Isabella said, with food in her mouth, giggling.

"Never heard of it." He says, taking another bite of his pizza. Harlow walked towards the table, curious as to what they were talking about. "Never heard of what?" she asked, sitting down.

"Captain Underpants? The kids said they wanted to watch that movie." he laughed, trying not to spit the food out of his mouth.

Harlow giggled. "It's an animated movie, they have been wanting to see it. I guess it's supposed to be funny."

Antonio looked back at the girls, leaning towards them. "I guess that's what we're watching then." he says laughing. The girls got excited, and hurried to finish eating.

The girls finally finished eating, and left to go wash up. Antonio looked at Harlow, asking if she read the story, wondering what she thought of it.

"I read it, and it may be a success story for her, but that doesn't mean it will happen to everyone, it's a miracle Antonio, and she was lucky... very lucky"

"It could be you too." he pleaded.

"I'm going to get the girls ready, I still need some time to think about what I will do, I was determined not to do anything." she says, as she stood up, pushing her chair in.

Harlow got the kids into their pajamas and went down to the kitchen to make them some popcorn to snack on. While she was doing that, the girls grabbed blankets, and pillows, and laid them on the floor in front of the TV. Antonio sat on the couch waiting for Harlow to finish getting the kids their popcorn, and couldn't stop thinking about the success story of that lady, hoping Harlow will at least give it a shot.

Harlow gave the kids their popcorn, and sat on the couch, cuddling up to Antonio. As they watched the movie, Antonio couldn't believe what he was watching, but got a kick out of the kids laughing, making him laugh, forgetting what was going on. Even if it was for a little while.

When the movie was done, they carried the girls up to their room and laid them into their beds. Harlow stood there watching the girls for a moment, thinking about what Antonio had her read earlier. She felt torn on what to do, she wanted to live for them, but didn't want the girls to see what chemo would do to her either. She gave them a kiss and left the room.

Harlow went in her bedroom, and found Antonio standing there looking like he was in a different world. She walked up from behind him, wrapping her arms around him, and resting her head on his back. He spun around, cupping her face, and kissed her hard. Their kiss was slow at first, then turned to a loving passionate, desperate kiss. He was enjoying the feeling of her lips against his, and felt tingly all over. She leaned her head back, giving him access to her neck. His lips moved down to her neck, and started kissing her all over, desperately wanting to make her feel good, and to forget everything that she was going through.

He lifted her up and carried her to the bed gently laying her down, lightly laying on top of her while kissing her lips hard and demandingly, her moans were muffled by his kiss, while his hands softly trailed all over her, feeling every inch of her body, that had her feeling warm inside. He helped take her clothes off, and quickly removed his, throwing each piece of clothing across the room as he undressed.

He thrusted in her slowly, trying not to hurt her and wanting to be as passionate as he could. Her moans were making him want her more, she wanted to be in control, and pushed him over to his back, straddling him. She placed him inside her, and began moving up and down on his hardened cock, until they both orgasmed, releasing at the same time.

She lowered herself down on top of him, she just wanted to lay there, and not move, while he held on to her tight. She raised her head up, and looked at him, wanting to remember every little detail of his face and placed a soft kiss on his lips before getting off him.

She rolled off him and laid there quietly, content in his arms. He softly caressed her arm, sending goosebumps all over her body as she closed her eyes. He leaned over, kissing her lips. "I love you." he says quietly. She let out a sigh of happiness, and fell asleep in his arms.