Chapter 12: Love

The Old lady slowly moved from her neighbourhood to the nearby alley holding the beaded necklace on her wrist.

Back at the house,

Reema was cleaning the dishes and Rita was talking to her about uncle Thomas's condition.

"Don't worry everything will be alright. As a friend you should be with Miya and give her support" Reema said

"Yes sis, I'll be always at her call, but.... why didn't you tell me that grandma will be here today?" Rita asked with little hesitation.

If her grandmother by chance came back and heard her words, she would kill her every day with her words saying that 'it's my house and you want to kick me out.'

Reema saw her hesitation and waved her hand to come near. She embraced her little sis and said

"Grandma loves you the most, so she's more worried about you than me"

"Of course, I can see that," Rita said with a sad face

Rita didn't know whether her grandmother loved her the most but she is the one who criticizes her more than anyone.

After reaching some distance the beads in the hands of the old lady began to glow and pulled her towards a certain direction.

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At the restaurant

Stanley was laughing with his friends on a joke cracked by him while paying the bill. All the friends moved towards the parking lot and talked for some more time and moved to their respective cars.

Stanley hummed a song while he started the car and went home. Today he was extremely happy as he had seen Rita blushing by seeing him. He has hope that she'll be his one day to love.

When the old lady reached near the restaurant Stanley had already gone and the beads on her hand had been stopped glowing.

After so many years this is the first time that the beads in her hand had been glowing. She was disappointed but was also happy as she still had hope to save her granddaughter. All she has to do is to make her marry to the person whose 'ying and yang' was strong.

'After so many years, I waited for these beads to glow, but now there is hope, I have to find this person as soon as possible she thought and moved back home.

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Rita's house

When the old lady reached home she saw Rita opening the door and closing it behind when she entered. Old lady said

"Sit"

Without saying anything she changed her direction from her room to the sofa opposite her grandma.

Grandma asked with a stiff voice

"When you'll finish college."

"One and half a year"

Half year to complete the graduation and one year for the vocational course she had already applied for.

Grandma sighed silently and looked back at Rita who had her head down with love and thought

'There's little time left I have to be quick to find this person.'

Rita never looked into her grandma's eyes directly since young she always feared seeing hate. This doesn't mean that she shared her grandma, she loved her a lot but didn't know how the old lady will react.

The old lady had a lot of guilt, since Rita's birth she had done wrong things in her matter and also was regretful towards her son and daughter-in-law who died while saving Rita, which was due to her negligence.

Today somehow Rita felt different vibes from her grandma as if caring and showing love. This type of feeling was the first time in all these years.

"It's already late, go to sleep"

Grandma ordered and saw her leaving her room.

As soon as Rita reached her room she closed the door and leaned back while closing her eyes. Today she could feel her grandma's love, all these years were nothing to her as the old lady was strict. But today even though her grandma's voice was stiff for the first time she could feel the love in her sharp voice.

Rita stood leaning on the door for some time and moved towards her bed and got ready to sleep but she couldn't. As soon as she closed her eyes she would see a handsome face in front of her.

She didn't know the reason why she would see his face as soon as she closed her eyes but was blushing heavily.

She could sense her feelings but was still confused as this feeling was new to her and also she didn't know Stanley's feelings.

What is love to her?

She always craved love from her grandma and did everything to get her attention but later ignored her. This doesn't mean that the old lady didn't love Rita but her guilt always overpowered her love for her granddaughter.

Now the strange feeling for a stranger and she's yet to know what it is.

It's ok to think that she fell for him but is it love or just an infatuation or obsession? She's yet to find out. But she doubted that the feeling was mutual, if it is then shell find a way to get along if not then she has to keep a distance from him which may be difficult

She decided to find it out so that she can avoid awkward situations in the future. Thinking this she dozed off.

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Stanley's house

On the other side when Stanley reached home everyone was asleep, he slowly moved towards his parent's room and slowly opened the door so as not to make any noise. He moved in and looked at his father who was sleeping peacefully, and next to him his mother was also sleeping without any worry on her face.

He smiled gently and moved back to his room, Washed himself, and moved to the bed. When he closed his eyes, he saw Rita in his arms, she was looking beautiful and he had the urge to see her right now.

He got up and slowly moved to the drawer at his left and opened it. There's a photo of her which he took secretly in the kitchen.

He printed it out poster size so that he can put it in his room, but didn't find a proper frame that can behold her beauty.