Chapter 2 Meeting her

"Matthew!" Ma Victoria screamed on seeing her grandson. She got up and pulled him into a tight hug. "How have you been grandma?" Matthew asked concerningly. "Very well grandson. You are now grown,I couldn't recognize you at first" Ma Victoria said. "Welcome uncle.." A young, girlish and angelic voice said. Matthew looked at where the statement came from and he was stunned. The girl seemed very pretty and polite. Matthew thought it was part of his fantasy stuffs not until the girl took his bags upstairs gently.

Matthew's eyes followed the girl as she walked up the stairs, he was wondering while a girl was his grandparents' home. Grandma is not the type to hire housemaids cause' she believes she can do everything a maid would do. So seeing a girl here is a mystery to him. Ma Victoria didn't notice that Matthew was staring at the girl, she herself was busy admiring her grown up grandson's features.

"Matthew." Matthew heard a deep, firm call. A voice that sounded like his dad's own, he already knew it was his grandfather, he turned around and saw the old man. He looked so much like his( Matthew) father. "How have you been son?" Pa Vincent asked. "I've been fine, I misses you guys.." Matthew said and pulled both grandparents into a group hug.

"What about Anna? How is she? Is she not supposed to be here?" Ma Victoria threw questions at Matthew. Sinking into a couch, Matthew said "She must be in Alaska by now." "Oh really?" Ma Victoria clutched her heart and said sadly "I miss her so so so..." "Cut it grandma!" Matthew shouted. Ma Victoria looked confused and Matthew patted her back saying, "Don't worry, I'm here for you, you don't have to stress out Okay?" Soothingly, Ma Victoria nodded her head.

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"Where is that lazy bone called Matthew!" Grandma Victoria's voice went across the whole house. But the lazy bone still wasn't out. Grandma Victoria opened the door to his room and found him doing - only - God - knows on his phone with earphones plugged into his ears. He didn't even notice her. Angrily, Grandma Victoria walked up to where he sat and slapped his back very hard. "Ah!" Matthew let out a piercing sound, it was really painful. He removed the earphone and off his phone. "Grandma what is it?.,"

"You're asking me what it is? Now move to kitchen!" Grandma Victoria ordered. "Why should I? There's a maid to do everything for you so why should I go to the kitchen" Matthew replied. "You're talking back at me?!" Grandma Victoria gave him a knock on the head. "And who's the maid? Oh,you're calling Mila a maid? She's not a maid okay!" She said and dragged him to the kitchen, by pulling his ears. As they were about to enter the kitchen, Matthew screamed NO(s) in his mind and tried getting loose out of his grandma's grip but suddenly she pushed him into the kitchen and locked the door after she had entered too. Mila was about to burst but she tried hard not to.

Embarrassed, he composed himself and faced his grandmother and said "What am I suppose to do now?." "Cook!." Grandma Victoria said simply. Gosh...this is trouble for Matthew, he's gonna stay in this hell for the next one month.

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'Anyone seen that drone?." Crazy dog asked when he entered Gianna's office.

"Drone..Drone? What drone?" One of the two junior medical practitioners said. He knew who the doctor was referring to but he decided to act dumb.

"Stop been dumb okay! I'm talking about Anna" Crazy dog said. "Oh..." The junior practitioner said. "She took a leave sir" Nurse Maya said. "What?! She..she..she took a leave without my consent? What imprudence!." He was really worked up. He became more angrier because none of his students even mentioned it to him,he looked at everyone in the room resentfully and barged out of the office, leaving the door opened.

"You drone! How dare you take a leave without my consent? What have you done for the year that made you decide to take a leave? Huh!." Doctor Jose barked angrily on the phone. Gianna just kept calm and listened to his nagging. After he became calm, all she said was "I'm sorry master.."

"If you are truly sorry,get here this moment!" Doctor Jose commanded.

"I'd like to pay for thus" A patron said as she dropped a bottle of yoghurt and some candies. "Excuse me master,i'm busy right now..bye" Gianna said and hung the call immediately. "You drone!!!!!!" Doctor Jose yelled angrily and tried calming himself down.

Gianna attended to the patron and before the patron left, she said to Gianna with a serious face "You're so pretty" "Thanks" Gianna replied, smiling broadly. As the patron stepped out of the store, some noises arose from a direction "There! That's the bitch! Get her!." Gianna looked outside and saw the patron hurrying into her car. After the patron zoomed away, a van full of thugs also drove past,going after the patron's car. Gianna's eyes followed them till the vehicles were out of sight. She wondered what the customer had to do with those thugs. The customer looked gentle and calm. Doctor Jose's words suddenly screamed in her head "DO NOT JUDGE A PATIENT'S AILMENT BY JUST THE LOOKS!" It was one of the things Doctor Jose said to her and other students when they just got admitted to the university hospital. Ughhh! Why is sh evening thinking about that evil man?.

30 minutes later, Gianna didn't see any trace of the patron nor the hoodlums. She was really worried. What if she has been killed or....raped!. A young lady and a group of drunk, hefty thugs? She's definitely going to be killed. Leaving the store opened, Gianna left to go in search of the patron. Everywhere was dead silent. She got to a place as she walked down the street where there were abandoned buildings. Wow! She really came this far cause' of a stranger. She suddenly heard voices from a particular building and traced it.

She finally located the place. It's an abandoned factory. Gianna tiptoed close to the building and the sounds became more clear. She peeped through a window and searched the place with her eyes, there was no one there. She moved over to the second window and peeped through. Luckily, they were there. Gianna could see the girl sitting on floor with hands and legs tied. The thugs were also there. There were slight bruises on her cheeks,she must have been hit very hard. The guys were spitting words put resentfully at her but she didn't move. She wasn't exhibiting the pain and the guys got annoyed the more - the fact that she was calm and not pained.

Gianna his herself and thought of what to do. She switched on her phone and tapped an application straightaway. It was a siren app. She downloaded it recently to learn the hospital emergency codes and fortunately, the police sire was part of the sounds there. She tapped on it and a deafening alarm was heard. 'Whao! Whao! Whao!'. When the guys heard the sound, they all ran away, thinking it was the police. As soon as they left, Gianna put off the siren and walked into the building cautiously.

"Fools.." Skylar said. She knew there weren't police around. Someone must have put it up. She wondered who it was. Gianna entered the building and went to where Skylar was tied up. She untied her and helped her get up. "Hey,you pulled that stunt right? You're very smart!" Skylar said. Surprised, Gianna asked "How did you know?" Skylar left her question unanswered and said "By the way, why did you come here? you could have been hurt." "Well...I was worried" Gianna replied. "Why worry? I'm Skylar!!" Skylar bragged.

'Then why didn't save yourself from them?' Gianna thought. They left the building and Skylar wanted to give Gianna a ride back yo the store. When they settled in the car,Skylar tried igniting the car but it wasn't giving in.

They ended up walking back. They chatted on their way back trying to each other more. Gianna even forgot to ask why those thugs wanted to hurt her. When they got to the store, Ma Lucy was already there. She was in front of the store, waiting for Gia. When she saw her granddaughter walking towards the store, she yelled "You brat, where have you been? You left the store opened and went out?". Gianna didn't expect her to be back by then and she knew she was in for it now. " Granny,when did you get back?"

"And now you're replying me with a question! Come here!" Ma Lucy grabbed a mop stick and made attempt to hit Gia with it. "Granny,hold in, let me explain" Gianna shouted as she ran around to dodge her Granny's swings.

Skylar didn't know what to do as she stared at the agile and active grandma who was ready to swing the mop stick at her new friend. She decided to put on an act "Hi granny.." She said politely with a smile. That was when Ma Lucy noticed her "Who are you?."

"Oh,she-" Gianna wanted to introduce Skylar but her grandmother cut her off "-You went out together right?" Ma Lucy didn't wait for a reply and she started hitting Skylar. The two ladies hovered around. "Grandma stop! She's innocent" Gia shouted to her grandma's hearing. Ma Lucy noticed the slight bruises on Skylar's face and she suddenly cooed down. "Are you okay? why is your face so red?" Ma Lucy said out of concern. Skylar was stunned 'What a weird granny'.