Serving a Paralyzed Wife
98. Apartments

Glacia blinked after someone snapped a finger in front of her face. His forehead was furrowed in seeing the face of Rafael who was so close to observing him. Glacia reflexes backwards, even Rafael distanced his body and stood upright while staring at Glacia.

Both of the man's hands were tucked in his pockets, and Glacia felt an awkward atmosphere between them. Rafael continued to braze Glacia with his eyes, making Glacia feel uneasy until he turned his eyes to any direction.

But that was when Glacia again felt strange. This room was not his hospital room, nor his room in John's or Narendra's house. The spacious living room looks more like a penthouse or apartment. Curious, Glacia turned back to see Rafael who had been silent since.

"Doctor, where is this? How could I be here? That was ..." Glacia's words hang. He really feels weird. As Glacia remembered, he was still in the room waiting for Narendra who bailed out.

"Naren?" whispered Glacia unconsciously.

Rafael smiled shadyly, he sat down on the sofa near Glacia, resting his hands on his knees while keeping the woman attached. "You calm down, okay? Right now you are in my apartment, for medicinal purposes. I brought you here with the permission of Mr. John, your father."

"Papa?" Glacia's forehead was wrinkled deep.

Rafael nodded calmly. He pulled out his phone and fiddled with it for a while, then showed the screen to Glacia. There is a video recording of John speaking. "Glacy, Papa let you stay with Doctor Rafael. He can cure you, the connection is many, can take you anywhere, and of course with the doctors with the best certificates. Papa loves you. May you heal soon."

Grazing, Glacia was made astonished. Raphael meets John? Then, Narendra?

Rafael put his phone back in his pocket. While Glacia, he looked up at the young doctor with a puzzled look. "Sorry, Doctor. But ... for treatment, don't I need permission from the doctor before in the hospital? Anu, why don't I remember anything?"

With her frown deepening, Glacia scratched her temple strangely.

"Learn you don't remember. I brought you here while you were sleeping. I have also got the permission letters that you mean, even those who refer you to me themselves. I mean, I have doctor acquaintances in several areas that you will really need later. And for a while you stay here."

"Why should it be here? Wait, what about my husband? W-does he allow it too?"

Rafael nodded with a smile. But Glacia really felt strange. He also expressed his mind. "Squeaky. I remember eating croissants. My husband came out and I was told to wait in the hospital room. Why is it suddenly here? Is there anything I've forgotten?"

Again and again Rafael answered calmly. "Cancer treatment that you've been on so far has some specific effects on your body, including random and vague memories. It could be that now or later you remember is a memory some time back."

Glacia fell silent trying to digest Rafael's explanation. He flinch at the thought of everything, and the information he thinks feels awkward. But, is it possible that his memory is starting to blur, just like what Rafael said just now? Is this one of the side effects of chemotherapy other than hair that starts to fall out?

Rafael stood patting his pants. "I need a minute, I hope you feel at home here. Oh yeah, just think of it as your own home, you can take any food in the kitchen." He pointed to a clean kitchen that was only separated by a bar table. "I provide plenty of healthy snacks that are safe for patients like you to eat."

Rafael and his smile now moved to leave Glacia who was silent in the middle of the large living room. Suddenly he missed Narendra. Is it true that Glacia's memory began to blur until her memory seemed random?

His eyes looked again at Rafael's luxury apartment. He also muttered. "Is this including new procedures in medicine? Living in a doctor's private residence, I just found out something like this."

It wasn't easy for Rafael to arrive at his current apartment. He had to take the winding road to and fro to outwit Narendra who was chasing him. And after almost two hours, Rafael finally arrived safely and out of Narendra's reach on the streets.

***

Narendra was wasting his breath tired. He closed his eyes while leaning against the car seat. "I underestimated the doctor all along. I can't believe he has a criminal soul either." Then he looked at Harley who was driving beside him. "Not yet to meet the location?"

They are currently pausing on the way because they lost track of Rafael. Harley hissed sharply fiddling with the laptop on his lap. "Damn. Who the hell is he? He's too smart to be the size of a doctor."

Suddenly Narendra blinked, his back straight at the thought of something. "He helped Lizy, but liked Glacia. What's he planning? If she likes my wife, she would know that Lizy is very dangerous for her. That woman was going to kill Glacia."

The corner of Harley's lips twitched small. "Why do people around me always go crazy for love? Women always make men reckless," she grunted half unexpectedly.

"You'll know when you find the right person" Narendra said.

"And how's that someone right?" ask Harley back.

Narendra let out his breath slowly, he explained as his eyes glared at the thought of a thing. "Feel, warm feeling, your heart beating every time you look, even remember it. Your heart feels light whenever you are around him. And that sense of wanting to meet is always present all the time. You'll worry if you're away from her."

Silence, then the sound of Harley's laughter suddenly echoed. The man looked up at the wet corner of his eye. "Have you switched professions to become a poet? Why do you feel so poetic?"

Narendra glanced lazily. "I told you, you'll understand after you've experienced it."

Harley was still chuckling while fiddling with the laptop when her phone vibrated displaying a message from someone. He grabbed the object, then opened the message before turning to Narendra. "It looks like Nick found the car that the mad doctor was wearing."

Narendra's body. "Where?"

Harley patted Narendra's shoulder. "Rilex is a little. We must have found your wife. You'll die if you hold that much worry."

Although Narendra had tried to look calm, in fact the man could not deny the fact that he was indeed being hit by great worries about Glacia.

"Give it to me, and you can beat up that bastard as much as you can."

"Why do you still want to help me, even if I get out of your membership?" Narendra asked.

Harley smiled faintly. "Gibran loves you too much. That means you're still needed."