28 LIKE FIRE AND RAIN

After the incident in his villa, Victor went out with his car to find Irene.  Hoping that the girl is not that far.  And it turns out that he's right.  Within 5 minutes of him getting in his car, he finally spotted Irene walking on the side of the road. 

Seeing that, Victor stopped his vehicle on the side of the road, while installing emergency lights.  Fortunately, the area did not have many vehicles passing by at that time.  He then got out of the car and started running towards the girl who completely ignored her surroundings.

"Irene!"

Irene just ignores the voice that calling her.  She knows well who is that.  But she just let the voice passing just like a wind.

After what just happen, she actually wants to get a taxi to go back home, but, she is just too angry right now.  So she just decided to keep on walking until her feelings subsided a bit.  Afraid if the taxi driver will become the victim of her anger.

"Irene, please stop!"  Victor pleading, but Irene still wouldn't budge.

"Go away!"  But this time she is screaming that, without looking at the man who is getting closer and closer behind her.

Victor, who was now close, pull Irene's arm, made the girl unwillingly have to turn around and come face to face with him.

"Let go of me!"

Irene tried as hard as she could to free her arm from the man's strong grip.  And she succeeded.  After she pulled it hard, a few times not caring if it will bruise after that.  All because, the man slowly lets go of her after he saw that she's been hurting, physically. 

Their eyes are now clashing with each other.  Suddenly the situation now turns to the cold war zone between them.  One with fierce eyes and one with a cold deep look.  Which Irene didn't want to see at the time.

Victor let out a sigh before he said,

"Let me take you home."

"Why should you?  You are not my boss anymore and I am nobody to you."  Irene look clearly annoyed and it seems like she doesn't want to have anything to do with the man. 

"Why are you become so difficult?  I just want to send you home.  Are you going to be walking all the way there?  And for your information, I didn't accept your resignation."  Victor also now said in the same kind of tone.

"Me?  Difficult?  You say so yourself.  If I were you whether I was in the right or wrong side this kind of things that happen will make me careful.  Who knows what will happen later?  I don't want to cause any discomfort between all of people inside that big house, with us or within my own self any longer.  And who cares if I want to walk?  I do what I want!"

"I already fired them all.  So no one will mess with you now.  So please.  Listen to me!"

"Did that can change the fact that everyone there is belittled me earlier?  And, did I ask you to do so?  Whatever it is I don't want to set foot there ever again."  Irene's heart was not immediately impressed by the verse said by the man.  Because for Irene, the man is her biggest problem out of her many others.

Victor looked the other way.  Trying to hold back the feeling of his heart that was already starting to feel uncomfortable with the situation.  If possible he did not want to magnify the problem between them.

"Let's just go."  Victor said in a firm tone as he tried to hold the girl back.

"Don't you ever dare to touch me!"  Irene said while she stepped back.  Stay away from the man.  Make their distance more clear now.

"I don't know why you bother yourself by searching me like this.  But let this be the last time we meet each other.  I don't feel comfortable being around you anymore."  Irene expressed her feelings.

The words making Victor face change a little.  Didn't like a bit on what he just heard.  A pang of hurt start to hit him. 

"I know what happen back there is not your fault, but don't you see whenever we are around each other there will be something that will happen which, I don't like that.  We are different.  Like fire and rain that don't suit to be around with each other. "

"But heavy rain can stop the raging fire.  It's certainly a match."  Victor sounded calm now.  Not wanted to added oil to the girl anger.

"But I'm already sick of this Victor.  So please!"  Irene now clasped her hands together, position of begging for the man.

"Please stay away from me.  Don't ever, appear in front of me again."

Of course the pleading will not work for Victor.  His heart and mind have already been stolen from the girl from the first day they meet.  How can he just let it go?

"Even if you keep pushing me away, I won't budge.  I will stay by your side even your like it or not." 

The man's words were quite pressing to Irene's heart just like her fate done to her.  Makes both of her hands that beg for the man, fall to the side.  Suddenly she feels weak all over her body.  Because she know, this man will only do whatever he wanted. 

Why is this man always making this all difficult?  Doesn't he see them better off separated in their own ways?  Don't he see that she is fed up with everything now?  So why he still stands there and no yet leaving her alone?  Irene starts to lose herself now.

His protectiveness, concern and his obvious feeling starting to make her can't breathe properly by her own.  That's the biggest why, she wants to break free from his grasp.  She didn't want to lean on him.  She didn't even want to try to.  And of course the man has no idea that she thought that.

"Fine.  If you're going stubborn like that. I will be the one that will stay away from you."

"Is running away can solve anything?  How childish are you if you are thinking that way Irene.  I can't understand you now!"  Victor snapped.

Irene covered both her ears with her hands not wanting to hear Victor's words again.  But failed as she actually already hears that.

"I can't understand you either.  Don't follow me anymore."  With that Irene ran towards the opposite street trying to escape, away from the man.

Seeing that, Victor, who was not looking to his right and left trying to follow Irene, before,

Pinnn!

From a distance there was a fairly fast truck was coming.  The person that driving the truck pressing the horn on him, while closing and turning on the lights repeatedly to wake him up. 

For Victor, who has a good reflex in his body this kind of things is supposed to be easy to avoid, but then, he just stood there frozen. 

Irene on the other side of road, realizing the situation and now screaming to him,

"Move! Victor!"

But Victor's condition at that time was, as if he was not there. 

Not wasting more time, Irene jumps into the road and catches Victor at the right time making both of them fall to the side of the road.  The truck didn't even stop and just left them there.

"Arghh!"

Irene groaned in pain as her arms and legs scratch down the road.  But she didn't care very much, didn't even inspect herself and in fast she get a closer look to Victor who was now lying motionless next to her.  But his eyes is wide open there. 

In Victor mind, he is not here.  Somehow, something started flicking back in his mind suddenly when he just almost hit by the truck earlier.  Some memory that saves inside his Pandora box.  Which he tried to open many times now...

"Victor, please be safe."

"Be strong my son."

"Remember always, we love you Victor."

In his ears, he can hear faint voices talking to him in a very loving and sad voice.  His eyes also seem to see a shadow that looking at him.

"Mom? Dad?"  Victor utter that too quietly and Irene cannot catch on what he is saying at the time.

"Victor?  Can you hear me ?!"  Irene said it many times but the man did not answer at all.  She had observed the whole body of the man there were no injuries but why did the man look so lifeless?  Also some tears now forming in his eyes, making Irene even more worried.

"Wait for a sec.  I already call an ambulance."  Irene said, hoping that the man will be alright.  Or she will definitely have to face a guilty feeling for the rest of her life.  Certainly this is not what she's wanted when she ask the man to stay away from her.