Raging Love Ch. 03

A large truck was nearing the old woman, honking like it was going insane. It was speeding and there were also many cars behind it so it couldn't really stop. The truck kept on honking but the old woman wasn't moving. The truck was near and people lost all hopes. Some had their eyes covered while other watched in fear. They all knew that it was all over. The old woman was dead already.

Just when they thought nothing could save the old woman, they saw a brave young man running towards the old woman. He gripped the wheelchair and pulled it out of the road. The truck nearly hit them both but the young man was really quick.

"Almighty!" Everyone gasped, feeling their hearts race.

They all began rushing there to see if the old woman and the young man were okay.

Granny was groaning softly, her hands shaking uncontrollably. She was scared. But suddenly...

"Are you okay?" The young man asked quickly, kneeling in front of the woman.

When granny's eyes landed on that young man's face, everything in this world disappeared. A tear went down her cheek as she felt like a powerful force had just taken control of her. For a second, she felt peace unlike she had never felt before. Her heart beat calmly and her breaths stopped while her eyes widened.

That face! There was something about that face that granny couldn't really understand. It was like... no, she could have sworn she had seen that face before. The young man was really handsome, staring at her with wide open eyes. He looked shocked or rather surprised. He was putting on a yellow long see through shirt and a black skinny jean. His hair was loose and he had a beautiful blue scarf around his neck. Granny had never seen a man as handsome as him.

"You!" Granny gasped, slowly raising her hand. A smile popped up her face and a tear went down her cheek. She felt so much joy and for the first time in six years, she smiled. "You!"

The young man wanted to say something but people came rushing there including granny's nurse who looked really worried.

"Ma'am!" The nurse gasped. "Are you alright? Oh my God, you've got no idea how scared we were."

The young man tried to get up but granny gripped his hand tightly, taking a glance at the nurse.

The nurse looked at the handsome young man. "Thank you so much, sir! You did a great job." She put her hands together. "You have no idea how worried her family has been. You really did a great job." She diverted her eyes to the old woman. "Come on, ma'am! We have to go. Your grandson is really worried."

Granny shook her head. "Don't touch me!" She warned, surprising even the nurse. "Don't touch me. I don't want to go with you. Listen..." She looked at the young man. "...don't let them take me. Please, take me with you. I want to go with you. I don't want to go with her. I want to go with you. They're very bad, please!"

The young man was just staring at the old woman without saying anything. He was still shocked and his eyes were turning glassy. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. The woman he had left sane, beautiful and so much happy, she was now sick. He couldn't believe it. Travis was definitely dumbstruck. He just looked at the woman, trying to understand what had happened to her.

"Please, take me with you. Don't touch me!" She hit the nurse's hand. "Please, I wanna go with you."

Travis opened his mouth to say something but...

"Granny!"

It was Antonio's voice and Travis felt his heart sink in his chest. Fortunately, Antonio couldn't really see him due to the crowd that had surrounded granny. Antonio came running like a mad woman with Ethan and Emilia right behind him.

Travis quickly withdrew his hand from granny's, just as Antonio arrived and knelt in front of his grandmother, holding her hand tightly. He had tears in his eyes and he was beyond scared. He couldn't believe his grandmother was alright.

"Granny!" He sniveled, kissing her hands sweetly. "Thank God you're alright. You've got no idea how worried I was. You got me scared."

"Antonio!" Granny spoke softly, slowly moving her hand to caress his cheek.

When Antonio heard his name from granny's mouth, he froze. He quickly raised his head and got shocked when he saw her smiling. That had never happened since she got sick. To add to that, the woman had never called his name or anyone's name for that matter. She was always shouting, throwing things and saying things he couldn't understand so it was shocking.

"Granny!" Antonio chuckled in pain, failing to fight his tears. "You're smiling?"

"Where did you go, Antonio?" She asked, shaking her head. "Where were you? When did you return?"

"Granny!" Antonio sobbed, lying on her lap. "Granny!" He still couldn't believe it.

Meanwhile, Ethan and Emilia came rushing and when they arrived, they were just as shocked when they found granny smiling and running her fingers through her grandson's hair. They couldn't help but smile even though they were still shaking from fear.

Travis on the other hand felt tears building in his eyes when he saw Emilia after six long years. She didn't look good but...

'Even a witch doesn't attack her own home but you... you stabbed me right in the face. Don't ever call me mother, ever!' Her painful words still haunted him and he knew he had to get out of there before she saw him.

Travis rushed out of there, running towards his car. He was in so much hurry that he didn't even realize that the scarf on his neck had been blown away by the wind. He just reached his car, entered and told the drive to drive fast.

The scarf that had left Travis' neck landed right on Antonio's face. Antonio slowly raised his head, taking the scarf away from his face. He looked at it and somehow, there was something about that scarf that made his heart race but not in fear or anger but something really sweet. He didn't even realize that he was smiling as he held on to that scarf, trying to look around. He didn't even know what he was looking for.

Granny chuckled. "You know what Antonio, I am so happy that you're here today. A boy saved my life today. An angel saved my life, my angel."

Antonio looked at his granny slowly, wondering what she was talking about.

"A boy!" He gasped.

"He was so beautiful!" Granny chuckled happily, remembering that gorgeous face. "He's my angel, Antonio. He was very nice and... it seemed I know him but I can't remember." She cupped her grandson's cheeks. "If not for him, I don't know what would have happened."

"No, granny..." Antonio shook his head, holding her hand tightly. "...nothing bad would have happened to you."

"Because I had my angel with me." She said happily. "He protected. Antonio, you need to find that angel."

Antonio was still confused and he had no idea why he felt like that. He had a feeling that he knew the person that had saved granny but who, he thought as he tried to get back to normal. His granny was smiling and speaking like she was a bit normal and he was happy. But that scarf he was holding reminded him so much of Praveen. He wanted to throw it away but he didn't have the strength."

"Did you see the boy?" Antonio asked the nurse who was just as surprised as he was.

"Yes!" The nurse nodded. "But I never paid much attention to remember him."

Antonio looked around but couldn't see anyone that fit that description. "Granny is smiling and speaking normally for the first time in six years. I think it's all because of that boy. I need you to help me find him, please. But for now, we need to take her to the hospital. I need the doctor to examine her and explain what's going on?"

The nurse nodded and took the smiling granny with her. Emilia followed behind because she didn't wanna upset her son.

Ethan on the other hand remained with Antonio, staring at him like he was a stranger. He held his hand, watching as the man gave him a worried look.

"Are you okay?"

Antonio nodded. "Let's go. It's nothing!"

The two men followed behind.

***

Travis slowly entered the house, walking slowly and lost deep in thought. He just kept on thinking about granny, the state that he had seen her in and how happy she had been when she saw him.

'Take me away from here. I wanna go with you.'

Travis sighed, holding his hand softly, the same hand that granny had held. He could still feel her touch just as gentle as it had been years back. But he was not at peace. He was scared and there were a lot of questions running through his head. He just wasn't himself.

"Hey!"

Travis nearly jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He quickly raised his head and found Vanessa looking at him worriedly. He tried to smile but he wasn't fooling anyone at all. She could see through him.

"Son!" Vanessa spoke softly, rubbing on his shoulder. "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Travis nodded. "Where's Sean?"

"He went to sleep." Vanessa said as she led to the living room. "He was too tired and couldn't wait for you. Are you sure you're okay?"

Travis didn't wanna lie to Vanessa. The woman was always worried about him and he felt he owed to tell it to her.

"I saw granny today, aunt!" He muttered, shaking his head.

"Granny!" Vanessa was confused. "Which granny?"

"Antonio's grandmother!" He said, taking a deep breath. "I was coming from the temple when I saw a woman in the middle of the road. She was on a wheelchair and she was in a danger. I saved the woman and I got shocked when I saw that it was granny!"

"Oh my god!" Vanessa gasped, looking confused. "Did she say anything bad to you? Was she with Antonio and..."

"He was there but he didn't see me." He got up the chair, combing his hair with his fingers. "She couldn't recognize me. It's like she didn't even know who I was but she was excited to see me."

Vanessa frowned. "What are you saying..."

"I think she has a mental problem, aunt!" He hollered, turning to face the woman. "It was so painful to see her like that, aunt! She looked thin and... and it just hurts to see her like that. Granny was one of the people in the house that loved me unconditionally. And now I get to find out that her..." He couldn't say it because it was so painful. "Why? How?"

"Shh..." Vanessa wrapped her arms around him, bringing him closer. "...I know what you're trying to do, Travis. Don't blame yourself for what happened to her? She probably..."

"No, aunt!" He muttered, fighting off his tears. "...I need to find out exactly what had happened to a woman like her. I will not be at peace until I find out what had happened to her."

Vanessa gave a gloomy sigh. "But how will you do that? You can't come out as Praveen Garcia. At least, not yet."

Travis shook his head. "No, I won't do that. But one way or another, I am gonna have to find out."

Travis vowed that he was gonna find out what had happened to granny. She didn't deserve what was happening to her.

***

The doctor came out of the room and Antonio, Andrea and Emma rushed towards him, hoping he was gonna give them some good news. Emilia was standing at a distance with Ethan and Bruce was just seated on the chair wishing he could just get away from all that drama.

"Doctor, how's she now?"

The doctor sighed, shaking his head. "Her condition is still the same, if not worse. She almost bit one of the nurses and she was making a lot of noise. She doesn't even want anyone to touch her. It's a miracle were able to put her to sleep."

Antonio sighed, wondering what was going on. "But I don't understand. Earlier, I told you that she acted okay and she called my name, although, she was asking when I came back. I don't understand how she..."

"Well, Mr. Gonzalez, patients like your grandmother needs special care and love." The doctor said, patting on Antonio's shoulder. "When something intense like a deep feeling of love, joy, happiness and maybe if they encounter a similar situation to that very reason that made them that way..." He paused and took a deep breath. "...they can temporarily snap out of it. I believe your grandmother felt at peace when she saw that boy or maybe she felt like he's the missing link in her life."

Now everyone was definitely confused. They were looking at each other in dismay, trying to get what the doctor was telling them.

"What I mean is that, after a long time, your grandmother finally got to say something sensible." The doctor chuckled, shaking his head. "We've tried so many nurses but none of them have been able to handle her. I believe, Mr. Gonzalez, if you can find this boy, you'll just help in your grandmother's quickly recovery. I believe this boy can help us, that's if he can agree or you can find him."

Tough! Antonio felt the entire world on his shoulders. He loved his granny a lot and he was ready to do anything for her. But the task at hand was too difficult for him. Where was he going to find the boy? He didn't even know who he was and not to talk about seeing his face. The only thing he probably had that was his was...

"His scarf!" Antonio muttered, looking at the scarf closely. He had no idea he still had it with him. "This is the only thing I have of the boy. I don't know where..."

"What?" Bruce furiously rose from the chair. "You have his scarf? For what? Why do you have that, huh? How did you even..."

"Can you please shut up?" Antonio snapped at his husband, right in front of the doctor and the staff. "I am thinking of ways to make granny better and all you have to think of is why I have his scarf? You better keep quiet if you don't have anything to say to me."

Bruce folded his arms on his chest, looking away. He couldn't believe Antonio had just said that to him in front of everyone. And it was all because of a stupid old woman that should have been taken to the mental asylum already.

The doctor pretended like he hadn't heard anything. "I suggest we keep your granny here for a day or two, just to make sure that she's alright!"

Antonio nodded, rubbing his sweaty forehead. "Yes!"

Antonio was still confused as hell. He didn't even know what he was gonna do. His granny had finally shown hopes of getting better but the person that had triggered that was nowhere to be seen. He didn't even know where to look for him. What was he going to do?

***

Travis was holding a black shoe that had just been given to him, examining it properly to make sure that everything was okay. He was so impressed with it. It was day three and everything was going perfectly. They had only remained with four days before their brand reached the market and they had produced a number of pieces, though the shoes were not that many. But it was okay. They were gonna continue with the production while selling.

"This is great!" Travis chuckled happily, smiling brightly. "I love it. If we continue like this, we'll be successful guys."

Travis' steam started clapping. "You're all doing a great job. Now why don't you go for lunch? We'll continue with this later."

The interns thanked Travis and left. Travis was really happy. He got out and started heading to his office. He didn't even reach far when he saw Antonio rushing out of the elevator, talking to someone on the phone.

"Look, I don't care what you have to do." He yelled. "My grandmother is not as important as any fucking meeting right now. She's my life, okay? Cancel all my meetings, reschedule them or something. I don't care what you do. Just cancel all of them."

He cut the call and cursed, gripping his hair. He was sweaty and so confused. His granny's condition had gotten worse and he didn't know where to find the freaking boy. He didn't even know how he looked like.

Antonio walked past Travis and he didn't even see him.

Travis got a little worried. He had never seen Antonio act like that. He wanted to ask him but how could he? He knew better. But luckily, he saw Antonio's assistant and he rushed to her.

"Hey, what's wrong with him?"

"His grandmother!" She sighed, shaking her head. "The woman has been mentally unstable for six years now. But now, I think her condition has gotten worse. I heard the boss say that he was looking for someone, a boy that saved her life yesterday. He was able to stabilize her condition yesterday."

Travis smiled sheepishly. "Thank you so much!"

Travis was now confused and nervous. Granny had been sick for six years. That meant that she probably got sick after he left. He didn't know what he was gonna do but he felt like he needed to see her. He needed to do something. Antonio didn't deserve his sympathy or help but this was granny here. She didn't deserve to suffer.

***

The big glass of water crushed to the floor and broke to pieces... things in the room were scattered and the loud noise coming from the old woman were deafening.

"Please, ma'am..." The nurse pleaded, trying to get close to her. But the old woman threw whatever she got her hands on at the nurse. "...please, try to..."

"Get out!" Granny yelled, acting all insane that it scared the nurse. She was worse that day. "I don't want you. Get out of here. I want my angel. Get out!"

"Please," The nurse was in tears. "Ma'am, your grandson had gone..."

But she didn't even finish her sentence as granny threw a pillow at her. She didn't know what to do so in the end she just decided to leave. She couldn't handle the woman anymore. She was gonna quit because it seemed the woman was a lunatic.

"I am done!" The nurse groaned, quickly turning.

But as soon as she turned, granny's noises quieted down. She couldn't hear her screams anymore. She stopped in tracks, wondering what was going on. She took a glance behind and found granny staring right at her with tears in her eyes and a smile on her face. She was surprised.

"You came!" Granny gasped, a tear going down her cheek. "My angel!"

But the nurse realized that she wasn't really talking to her and neither was she looking at her. It was at the young man standing in the doorway with a smile on his face. The nurse couldn't help but admire the young man's beauty. He was dressed in a red designer's shirt that was tucked in a black designer's skinny jean with red snickers on his feet. He was looking amazing with a brown designer's coat and his hair was just loose and he looked really amazing and sexy. The nurse couldn't help but stare.

Travis was really nervous but he slowly entered the room, slightly smiling at the nurse.

"You!" Granny chuckled, holding out her hands.

Travis rushed to her, sat on a chair closer to the bed and held granny's hands. He had no idea why he felt such peace when he held her. Her smile comforted his soul and the tears of joy in her eyes made him tear up.

Granny on the other had was happy and peaceful. Seeing that beautiful face, her angel again was too much for her.

"Thank God you're here!" The nurse chuckled, staring at the young man. "She has refused to eat or do anything. Just look how the room is looking."

Travis glanced at the nurse. "Give me her food!"

The nurse nodded and gave him granny's food. It was just curried rice with a nicely made soup, something to give granny energy.

Travis nodded as he looked at granny. Granny nodded and opened her mouth, enjoying the food that the beautiful boy was giving her. For the first time in six years, the woman actually had her food without any difficulties. She sat carefully on the bed but she still had her hands on Travis' hand, rubbing on it sweetly.

"I'd like to say something," Granny said softly. "I never wanted to stay here. I was so scared but now that you're here. I feel really safe." She looked at Travis as she took a spoonful of the rice. "I feel as if you're an angel that's been sent to me by God!"

Travis couldn't help but smile at her words.

"My beautiful angel!" She added. "You know, I would like you to meet my grandson, Antonio. He's very handsome and very nice. I am sure that he'd love to meet you too. Do you know that he just came back from abroad? He's been staying there for a long time. Maybe... he came back because he heard that I was sick. But it's okay..." She nodded. "...he's a single man and I am sure that you'd love him."