Chapter 2

Flashback
Third Person Pov.
Nanny glor prepared food for the girl giovanni met on the street. But just like how he acted earlier in how he ate, it's still the same and nothing has changed. He was still holding his hand but the old man let him go because his hand was clean, his dish was a fried fish. Because he caught the fish earlier in the aquarium, nanny glor thinks that he might like a fish.
He did not make a mistake because it consumed his food, the girl could not speak. But it somehow makes sense, he's been living on the road for years, his parents died from a shipwreck. He was only one year old then, he was rescued by some policemen and taken to an orphanage, but when he reached two years old. The orphanage he was in burned down, he hadn't learned to speak again before he was passed on to the nuns. The orphanage fire traumatized him, so even though the nuns taught him to speak, he couldn't learn it.
Until he reached the age of ten years old. The nuns took him to the market, but he got separated from them and was taken by an evil syndicate. Those men ordered them to beg on the street, they were slaves of the syndicates for almost three years.
At the age of thirteen, he rode a jeep to beg for coins. But the person riding this jeep is going to the province and will only attend the reunion. Since he couldn't speak, the people on board just let him take him with him.
He landed in the town of Concepcion, he escaped from the group of syndicates he belonged to. But the people he was with in the jeep just left him so he became a vagabond.
At the age of nineteen, he lived a long year on the streets. He was able to afford food and he was able to strategize clothes where he only takes them from the hangers.
Fiesta in the town of Concepcion, date twenty five. As the whole city was having fun, the girl was happy to watch the street dancers dancing. Every year this celebration is held, happy in the place where he is now. He claps while keeping a distance from people, because he still doesn't trust people he doesn't know. So avoid it from the people he meets.
From where he stood, he could see the Martinez family. They were laughing while some teachers were dancing with the students. His head turned as he now looked at the frowning young man, he watched giovanni until the young man left. The girl blinked a few times before looking at the group again, from a distance. The young woman looked at a beggar who was now approaching the Martinezes, the young woman saw how her fellow beggar took the old man's cane.
The man ran to escape it, but the woman chased it until she could hold the stick and they fought over it. He successfully got the cane causing the woman to run, she hid in the back of the car while looking for a beggar with her who stole the cane.
He sighed, he looked around but there were too many people. He tried to walk through the lined shops while holding the cane, he noticed giovanni who was now buying a cooler. He recognized him because he was with the old man who owned the cane he was holding.
He approached her as she watched him reach for the payment. He followed giovanni and he was just about to kiss him but he got hooked on the drink he was holding. Because of the thirst he felt, he couldn't bear to snatch it from giovanni. The young man screamed while cursing, his annoyance increased but he just left the girl who was now watching him leave.
She snorted slightly to follow him, the woman thinking that giovanni might have returned to their place earlier. But he made a mistake, he saw the young man open his car but he didn't get in. Suddenly, her grandfather called and announced that someone had taken his staff, the woman was behind while observing the surroundings. Looking around, he saw the beggar with him looking for him. The woman rolled her eyes and quickly entered Giovanni's car to hide in the backseat.
His companion did not see him until Giovanni got into the car to leave. That's what happened to him why he was riding in giovanni's car, and he didn't steal Mr. Rodolfo Martinez's cane because he was going to return it to the old man himself.
”Are you full, hija? Maybe you want to eat something else, just tell me.." Nanny Glor smiled, almost forgetting that the woman couldn't speak. It is a mystery what happened to the girl.
"Giovanni, be patient first, that boy is kind. It's a bit rude but don't pay attention to it..” the girl nodded at what he said, she understood. But it wonders why the young man is grumpy? He just couldn't ask the old man because he couldn't speak.
"Where are your parents? Why did you become a vagabond on the road?” the girl frowned, unable to understand what the lady said as to what parents she was referring to. "Are they dead?" The woman didn't react, because she didn't understand anything even when she said she died.
The old man sighed.
Giovanni entered the kitchen with raised eyebrows. He approached yaya glor and did not look back at the woman.
"Grandpa is already outside, what are we going to do with that girl?"
”Tell the truth to your grandfather, don't lie. You know Rodolfo, that's kind to someone like him.." this time, he turned to the woman he thought was dumb. He blew out air before washing his own face.
"Fine.." he said giving up. "Hey, come with me. Don't make any mess in the living room, grandpa is here.." the woman got what giovanni said, she stood up. He followed the young man who now left the kitchen, they went straight to the living room where the old man was resting. He walked so much that he was almost tired, but when he saw Giovanni with a woman, his face suddenly brightened.
"Grandpa!" he stood up, he happily approached the young man while looking at the woman. ”Do you have a girlfriend? This is good news because it looks like I will have a grandchild with you..”
"Lo, she's not m--"
”Why do you have my staff? Did you see it?” the old man took the cane that the woman just left, he looked at her and he was sure that this old man was the owner of the cane. "A beggar took it earlier, I thought my favorite cane would be gone forever, finally you saw it.."
Giovanni looked up because his grandfather said that, the old man was happy so he invited the woman to sit in the living room. Giovanni shook his head as he remained standing on the side.
”Is my grandson your boyfriend? Do you know that he doesn't bring any women here, but his women are different. I'm thinking that maybe he doesn't intend to get married..” the young woman smiled even though she didn't understand the old man, the woman was at ease here so she was sure that the old man Martinez was a good person.
giovanni laughed, because he saw the woman's smile that looked forced. He looked even more stupid because of what he did.
”Don't you say anything about my grandson? Where did you meet? How did it court you?”
Apart from the fact that the girl only blinked, she could not really understand the old man. He couldn't speak so he couldn't answer.
Giovanni scratched the back of his neck before approaching the two, the old man looked up at the grandson whose face could not be painted.
"Were not inrelationship, lo. I just saw him in my car earlier, we don't know each other."
The old man frowned. ”How come you don't have a relationship? You brought him here to the house, you must have a connection with each other.”
giovanni gasped. ”We have nothing, lo. Believe me, that girl is a street person and nanny glor just gave her a bath. I will go to send her back in Concepcion tomorrow..”
This old man's forehead was deeply wrinkled because of what he said. ”You will bring him back to that town? Does he have a family to go home to? Is there a house?
I don't know and I didn't have a care! As long as I bring him back tomorrow too! That girl will only give us a headache!” giovanni left after he said that, he walked up to his room to sleep. The old man shook his head, now he looked at the bent woman and saw that she was already sleeping. He called nanny glor who was now hiding in the kitchen, she headed to the living room and quickly approached the old man to ask what he wanted.
"Get this girl a blanket, she will sleep here first.." nanny glor nodded to the old man's order. He did get a blanket for the girl to use, when she got one. He carefully laid the girl down on the long sofa with a sound sleep, they turned off the light in the living room so that the girl wouldn't be too dazzled. The girl is now really comfortable sleeping because her bed is soft now, unlike before where she would look for a place to spend the night.
The girl was fast asleep when giovanni came down again. He couldn't sleep so he would take a cold beer from the fridge to induce sleep. He went to the kitchen and got something to drink there, it was eleven o'clock at night. But here he was and not even sleepy visited him, he was annoyed that he couldn't explain. He headed to the living room while wondering where the girl he brought here slept.
It was quite dark in the living room but there was a little light from the light coming from outside. He sat on the sofa but quickly stood up because he felt there was a woman lying there, he cursed. He did see the girl sleeping soundly, half of her body wrapped in a blanket and really didn't even care about what she did.
"Tsk, sleep is good, huh?" he sat in front of the girl, he was drinking beer while staring at her face. How impossible is it that a woman like her is just a beggar? She is beautiful, white and tall, with a beautiful body.
Giovanni raised his eyebrows, his eyes landed on the girl's chest that he could be really proud of. He looked away before standing up, cursing once more because something was going through his mind.
In the end, he just went up to his room again with the bottle of beer. It was only a few minutes before he fell asleep and when he looked up, the window was bright.
"Fuck!" he cursed at the same time, because the sun was shining through his window. He hurriedly went to the bathroom to take a shower, it turned out to be Monday. And he can't be caught on site because now the materials he ordered are arriving, add to that he has a lot of work to do. They are building a house where he already has a contract, it's like a village. All the houses are on the second floor, so his workers number more than five hundred.
Apart from having his own site, he also has outside work where he also handles some buildings that are being built by some businessmen.
giovanni is a famous engineer, not because he is hardworking. But he is serious about his work and he never misses the deadline day when a contract ends. The people he handles are also more diligent so their work is made easier, that's all. He is very strict, he is really stuck when it comes to his employees, but he gives high wages so even he is grumpy. Some of giovanni's workers endure.
After getting dressed in the living room, he immediately went straight to the kitchen because he was expecting someone to prepare coffee for him. Just as he was thinking, his favorite coffee was ready that was often made by yaya glor, he looked around while sipping from the cup he was holding. The whole mansion is quite quiet because it seems that his grandfather left early, he doesn't even see the girl he brought home yesterday.
"Where is grandpa?" that's what giovanni asked his nanny, she was washing the plate they had eaten earlier when he looked back at the young man.
"Your grandfather left early." he answered before wiping his hand, giovanni nodded. He didn't want to know where the woman was but suddenly the lady mentioned it. "This girl is with you, your grandfather said that he will take her with him on his way." giovanni blew his coffee after he heard that.
In no time he put the cup down on the table with wide eyes.
”Where is he going to take that girl!” he shouted in disbelief.
"Your grandfather didn't say anything."
”Don't tell me he typed that weird? What will people think when they see the two of them! They might think it's his new wife!" The lady frowned at what the young man was saying.
"You're the only one with a dirty mind, son. I don't see anything unusual about your grandfather, besides! That boy looks like his grandson, what are you!"
giovanni ruffled his hair. "He still shouldn't have let that girl out! I'm the one who brought it to him! It should be returned to where it came from!"
"Giovanni!"
"Why is that? Maybe that girl is really bad and has other motives in our family! You know that not talking is just a trick of his!"
The lady shook her head at what was coming out of her mouth. ”You think too much about negative things that are not true, just in case he has bad intentions. I wish, he did it last night. Can you do it, son? Don't think badly of that innocent girl." giovanni's eyes rolled because of what nanny glor said. He knew that he would get nothing if he argued with the lady, he just said goodbye to go to work even though the truth is that he went to Fatima to check the dean's office to see if his grandfather was there.
But his secretary said that the gentleman had not yet arrived. He hasn't shown up at the university yet and it's possible that his grandfather went somewhere else. Biting his lip, he wondered why he was here? He shouldn't care no matter where his grandfather takes that weird girl! But he will not be quiet until it reaches his site. The materials arrived a while ago and he was the only one waiting, he quickly signed all the papers indicating that he had received all the items.
Most of them were already working when he ordered the cement in the truck to be hauled to the warehouse. It has more materials to come and more and more he will look at the finishing house now to take over to the owner. But the girl does not disappear from his mind, he remembers where his grandfather took that girl. It must be impossible for his grandfather to like that weirdo, and besides. His grandfather was too old for that kind of work, giovanni shook his head as he pulled on his company's hard safety cap.
He goes around the entire subdivision to see what his employees are up to. He talked to the highest supervisor of the workers today, the man reported about what they will finish today before giovanni orders again that the houses to be attacked over tomorrow must be clean.
After he toured the entire site, he didn't go straight to his office. He got into the car and left in a hurry, he got home after ten o'clock because he was passing a project there on the metro highway. After that, he also hurried home to see if your girl had come home.
"Have they come home, grandpa?" Naya Glor was the one she immediately went to, who actually searched the whole house just to ask that question. The lady nodded while doing laundry at the back of the mansion.
"Just recently when he left again for Fatima, the woman was left behind. Maybe he's just there in the living room.."
Giovanni nodded, his mind calmed a bit because of what he heard. ”Where did they go? Why did they leave so early?"
"He said it was just at the mall, he took her for a walk after they went to the health care foundation."
Giovanni's nose arched, he was no longer curious because he had already turned his back on the lady. He went to the living room again to look for that girl, but he didn't see her anywhere. He went up to the bedroom to see if she was there, but she wasn't. He thought of opening the guest room door and there he heard the water running in the bathroom
He thought that the girl might be there, there were many paper bags on her bed. There were some items and a big teddy bear there. But he heard the woman's weak voice as if she was struggling.
To Be Continued.....