I
Aling Matina automatically ran towards the shore. She knows very well that such scream that she heard came from her beloved Shandall; the lady, she took good care of since the time she was born. She could risk her life to save her should she is at risk.
Aling Matina shouted at their guards to follow her. So, three of their guards ran along with her going to the shore.
“Shandall, what happened?” With a worried tone, Aling Matina asked the woman who was kneeling in front of a man’s body, which seemed to be not breathing anymore.
The three guards approached their Madam and one of them checked the pulse of the man lying on the sand.
“What? Is he still alive?” Aling Matina asked, exclaiming.
The three guards looked up at Aling Matina simultaneously, and the man who checked Seigfred’s pulse nodded. “Yes, he is still alive,” he answered while putting his hand on Seigfred’s forehead. His hand snapped as he felt how hot the man’s forehead was.
“He has a very high fever, he needs to be given basic medical aid to lower down his temperature,” the guard said again.
“We need to call a Doctor too,” Shandall suggested and Aling Matina nodded. She knows very well whom to call; their new young Doctor, who recently arrived and established his Medical Clinic in the nearby town.
“Alright then, please bring him inside the villa at the guest room and let me see what we can do to help him,” Shandall instructed the three guards as she glanced again at the man lying on the ground
Inside the guest room, Shandall clearly saw the complete appearance of the man she found at the shore. She was amazed seeing how good-looking the man is. “He is handsome and seemed to have fine skin. His aura is shouting that he is not an ordinary man. Who is he?” Shandall murmured as she leaned nearer to the man’s face.
“Shandall, I brought two towelettes here and cold water; let me wash him, it will help to lower down his fever. I also have a fever patch and paracetamol. I will dissolve it in water and then we will force it inside his mouth until he swallowed it.”Aling Matina, who already got inside the guest room from the kitchen said that made Shandall immediately move away from the man.
Aling Matina started to dampen her face with the towelette soaked in cold water. “He looks handsome Shandall. I bet he came from a well-to-do family too, based on his aura,” she said.
Shandall nodded while looking at the man again intently.
Aling Matilda smiled secretly as she could see the interest in Shandall’s eyes.
II
“Shandall, we need to remove his clothes as they are wet. We also need to clean his whole body.” Aling Matina suddenly stated while trying to remove already his dark blue La Coste Polo Shirt.
Shandall gasped in awe when she saw his perfect muscles and clean upper body. “Err, Aling Matina, should we really need to remove all his clothing?” He might question when he wakes up,” she asked with hesitation in her tone.
Aling Matina laughed. “We need to Shandall. If he will be mad at us for removing his clothes then I will just answer him that we did it to help him continue to live. Now help me with his trousers please.”
Shandall could not directly look at the man’s front when she started to pull down his trousers, however, unintentionally, her eyes have been fixed on his manhood and once again she gasped. “Goodness, Aling Matina, you finished removing his pants, I can’t do it,” she hissed at the old woman who just laughed with amusement.
“Shandall, it is time for you to look on a man again. It has been five years, since Reyniel left for Canada, without contacting you anymore. It is time to move on and to open your eyes to new possibilities. Look at this man, he is almost perfect and I guess single.” Aling Matina giggled as she held the man’s hands while showing them to Shandall. “No marriage ring yet,” she said grinning.
“Oh, Aling Matina, you are always a hopeless romantic, who always believed in love at first sight.” Shandall burst with laughter.
“Shhh, he might be awakened.” Aling Matina said laughing too.
“See, because you are always looking for that man who will make your heart beat faster and put your mouth open the moment he saw you until now you cannot find that man, and the sun’s light already left you Aling Matina while waiting for him.” Shandall made her usual joke at the old woman.
Aling Matina laughed more and jokingly berated her back. “And you, because you believe that first love never dies, you are still hoping for your first love to return although his love for you might have probably died already.”
Shandall gave Aling Matina a wide eye but burst in laughter thereafter. When she glanced at the man again, she automatically covered her eyes as the man has been almost naked except for his briefs.
“May God Aling Matina, can you cover him now immediately!” she exclaimed while her heart beats so fast and her face grew red.
Aling Matina looked at her and shook her head. “I need to clean him from saltwater first and to refresh him to lower down his fever.”
After Aling Matina finished with what she was doing Shandall got the blanket and covered the man. She got the fever patch from Aling Matina and put it on his forehead while Aling Matina was trying to dissolve the paracetamol in water.
Before letting him swallowed the dissolved paracetamol, Aling Matina tried to put some water in his mouth and let it went down into his esophagus. She could sense that the man was already dehydrated. Thereafter, Shandall helps her to let him swallow the dissolved paracetamol.
“Ma’am Shandall, we already called the Doctor and he said if we can fetch him now, he is willing to come.” One of the guards said, upon entering the guest room.
“Then go and use my speedboat,” Shandall ordered.
Then suddenly the man trembled. His body was shaking and he seemed to be hallucinating.
“Yhera, Yhera, Sweety.” the hallucinating Seigfred muttered.
Aling Matina and Shandall suddenly looked at each other, both felt frustrated, especially Shandall.