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b ruise on Ben‟s eye after he throw a ball too hard on Ben while they are playing catch. On the other side, Keith kept on arguing that it is not his fault. “How hard did you throw it?” she demanded, her expression horrified. “Not too hard. And it‟s just a bruise. His eye is fine, and we managed to tape his glasses back together.” “It is more than a bruise” Elizabeth‟s voice rose, barely controlled. “Stop acting like this is my fault” Clayton barked. “It is your fault” Sparks, 2008:191. Elizabeth gets angry when she found out that her son was hit with a base ball in his eye. The anger is not only because of the bruise but on how Keith treats their son so hard on playing catch. On the other hand, She already knows that Keith is the father who would press his son to get hard attempt in order to make his son tough, and this fact which actually grows her anger to Keith. The fight continues to the situation where Keith tries to stop Elizabeth on her way to go inside her house. The quotation is stated as follows. Logan simply stared at him without moving. Zeus‟s growls grew more ominous. “What‟s he doing here, Beth?” “Just go, Keith. We‟ll talk about this tomorrow.” She turned away. “Don‟t walk away from me,” he spat, reaching for her arm. “I‟m just asking you a question ” Sparks, 2008:192. He uses a harsh way on asking Elizabeth, he rose his tone and grabbed her arm in order to get an answer from her. The conflict happens because Elizabeth is exhausted after fighting with him about Ben. At that time, she is leaving Keith by heading into her house and she was unwilling to talk further with him and the fight is about came into an end. But, because of Keith‟s couriosity about Logan in her house so he blocks her way to go inside. Below is a chunk from the conversation between Elizabeth and Logan, they talked about their own personal life experience. In the conversation she tells Logan about her love experience after the divorce. After the divorce she tries to have a new relationship with another man but all of the attempts have the same ending. In a particular time of her relationship, Elizabeth never heard about the guy who has asked her out before. The man she has dated is like dissapeared and the man tries to stay away from her, when she tries to talk with him. “Like I said, crazy stuff. Because every now and then, I‟d meet a guy and think that we were getting along great, and suddenly I‟d stop hearing from him. Not only did he stop calling, but if I happened to bump into him sometimes later, he always acted like I had plague ” Sparks, 2008:230. Elizabeth has tried to start a new life by having a relationships, at first the relationship is going well but in the middle the relationship just ended with no fight, just ended. The guy is not calling her again and when they meet each other the guy acts weird on avoiding her. Elizabeth cannot believe on how it happens. The other conflict of Elizabeth on having a relationship is seen through the quotation below. The conflict is not between Elizabeth and the man whom she has dated with, the conflict is related to her ex-husband who always tries to fail her relationship by intimidating the man she has a relationship with. The intervention of Keith becomes a conflict because Elizabeth would like to have a new start in her love story but on the other hand Keith keeps her attempt failed to have a relationship. The following quotation is the narration of the situation where Keith was actually connected to her relationships. Clayton didn‟t want Elizabeth to see other men. Elizabeth hadn‟t has any meaningful relationships in years. Elizabeth occasionally wondered why but hadn‟t even considered the possible connection between her ex- husband and failed relationships Sparks 2008: 255. Elizabeth ‟s unsuccessful relationships are actually have to do with her ex- husband, he does not like other men to have a relationships with her, but Elizabeth does not realize the intervention of Keith on her failed relationships. Furthermore, the quotation below is the fact of Keith ‟s intervention on the failing relationship is strengthen. It becomes a conflict between Elizabeth and him because of Elizabeth wants to be free from the past but Keith still wants her like the old time he was with her. The issue was that Keith had been working behind the scenes to keep things exactly the way he wanted. As if he owned her Sparks, 2008:269. The quotation below is the situation of the conflict where Keith is so angry with Elizabeth after knowing that his attempt to fail E lizabeth‟s relationship with Logan is unsuccessful. Elizabeth and Logan even become closer after they are drawn into a fight which had been Keith‟s scenario to separate them. The conflict is Keith came to Elizabeth‟s house and acts like he owned the place, and in addition he threatens Elizabeth by he appears in a furious gesture as if he would harm her. As fate would have it, Nana was in the kennel office when Keith stormed into the house and closed the door behind him, acting as if he owned the place. Even from the kitchen, Beth could see the veins on his neck protruding. His hands balled into fists when his eyes locked on hers Sparks, 2008:363. Unsuccessful to ruin the relationships by telling Elizabeth that Logan has stalked her, Keith is furious after he sees Elizabeth comes to Logan‟s house in order to clear the situation which then the relationship between Elizabeth and