Chapter 2

PHOEBE MADEENA was happy to take her towel and went out of her home. The sweet smile plastered on her lips when the beautiful and tall trees appeard on her sight. The wind blown making her long and straight brown hair danced with it. She pushed aside her hair.

“Are you going to swim in the sea again?” An old man asked her when he saw her outside her house. Everyone that live in the island called him Tata Olly. 

He is an healer. He passes through her house to pick up some herbs on the other side of the Island. He's using it to cure the people who's sick.

Phoebe nodded at him. “Good morning to you, Tata! Yes I will, the other day I didn't go there because I went to my friend's house. I overnight in there, well she have a fever so I need to take care of her.” she sighed. “Did you run out of the herbal medicine you took the other day?” she asked Tata Olly when she saw him carrying a small basket, she accompanied him on the walk.

They were going down to head to the sea. Phoebe's house was near at the sea where she always goes there to swim or to sightseeing. Phoebe also used to do this every day, except last day of course. 

The old man, on the other hand, passes by to go to the place where he is taking the herbal medicine. It is fastest way to go there if he pass-through this path. Also it's very arduous and far if he's going thorough woods.

“Yes, Phoebe. Many people got sick in town yesterday, I don't expect it to continuing. ” Phoebe notices the old man's haste.

“That's sad! Please be careful on the road, Tata. I will be there now.” She pointed to the old man in the direction of the cave that she was staying if she's here in the seashore.

The old man nodded his head before leaving her. Phoebe smile widely and run excitedly to the cave. She will go home later before twelve o'clock so she will stay here in the cave where she hangs out when she is at the seashore.

When she reached the cave she immediately go inside of it. Phoebe pouted her lips when she see that her stones were submerged again. Phoebe think it's because of the heavy wave last night so she just shrugged. Before going out at the cave she fix the stone and put it in the right place. She place her towel in the side  before happily went outside the cave, in the seashore and played with the small waves.

The wind is so relaxing here. So that her family choose to live near at the sea. If given a chance she will choose to live at the cave but it's very dangerous when the waves was strong, it will reached inside the cave.

She looked to the far side of the sea where the towering buildings could be seen. Even from a distance she could see the top of it.

"When will I be able to go there again? Shaella hasn't called me yet," she whispered referring to her cousin who works in the city.

Shee walked briskly. When she turned her eyes to the left she was stunned. Phoebe could see something in that part. It was a long way from the cave and her place but she immediately noticed it because the color of its clothes was too distracting.

What is it? 

Phoebe walked slowly to that part. Her every step was slow. She felt nervous and afraid of the reflection of its human shape.

"Ohmygod!" she said in surprise and came even closer. Even with a shiver in her chest he steady herself.

Shee couldn't help but be surprised to see that she saw was a man. She could not see the man's face because it was on the other side turned upside down.

She was looking for a possible whip here in case this man was bad, she just wanted to be prepared. She saw some wood on her side so she immediately took it. She pointed it at the  man as she approached.

"Who are you?" she spoke loudly to it but he did not move and answer.

When she reached the man's place, she weakly pressed the stick she was holding to his body and shook it vigorously. He still not moving. And Phoebe realized that the man was unconscious.

She e sat up and patted his arm. She was even shocked because the man's arm was too stiff. His arm was a stone? Why is it so hard? Her childhood friend Caldwell's arm was not like that.

"Mister?" She e just kept tapping on his but she didn’t get any response.

Phoebe scratched her head, she was also upset because she couldn't think of what to do. She looked around for asking help but she remembered that no one was going there. She and Tata Olly are the only ones heading south, where she lives.

Tata Olly was only passes by there when he is taking herbal medicine and she's sure that he will be back later. When people fishing, they are passing in other side, on the eastern side. 

She looked behind the cave that has meters away from her. Phoebe nodded her head and looked back at the man that have a stone arm.  She made the man lie with all her might.

"God!" She cover her mouth when she finally saw his face.

The man was very handsome. She couldn't help but stare at him. How did this adonis end up on their island? The shape of his face is so perfect. His eyebrows will thicken. The nose is piercing, so you will probably be stabbed for sure. Have also a double eye-lid combo. Moles on his lower lip, above his right nostril, and under his right eyelid near his waterline.

She pouted when her gaze moved to his lips. The shape of his lips are subtle. His upper lip is slightly longer and rounded than his longer lip. Her heart beat faster and faster as she rise her hand to touch his face but then she stop herself not to. 

How could his lip be even redder than her? She lick her lips and looked down at the man in front of her.

She's just stared at him for a few more seconds before slowly taking his both hands and then lifting them. She just hope she can pull it towards the cave.

“I'm sorry, but I have no choice but to pull you.” Phoebe frown before she stood up, still holding his both hands. 

Phoebe knew that the man was heavy but she didn't expect it to be heavier than she thought. She couldn't even move it in its place the first time she tried to pull it. She was just trampled with annoyance.

"Hayst! Why are you so heavy?" she said to the unconscious gorgeous man.

After 12345678 years she also took it to the cave. She was sweating profusely and her whole body hurt because of his weight. Did he swallowed all the fish in the sea? He's really heavy.

His weight is not a normal weight. Not fair for her! Even the men who live on Isla Berde are not that heavy.

"I don't know why I'm helping you!" Nakangusong he looked at it.

Even when she pulled him earlier, she was staring at the man's face. She finds it difficult to take her eyes off it. She doesn't know but her heartbeat is also getting stronger. She could not explain how she felt. It was the first time she had felt it. It's weird. She also felt nervous and fear, she did not know what that nervous and fear was for.

She could see the scars on his body but it wasn't too bad and severe. He also had a wound on his head, she had seen earlier when she pulled him.

Phoebe used her towel to cover him temporarily. She wanted to take him to her house for treatment but he was too heavy. She can't pulled him.

Phoebe just stared at him while waiting for him to wake up. Any woman would stare at this man. She can't even avoid her eyes with him. It's like there's a magnet because whenever she avoids, her eyes only return to he's face. She sighed and leaned against the wall.

"What time you're going to wake up?" she asked even thought he can't heard her.

Because of the long wait, she was feeling drowsy. Gradually the lids of her eyes closed when she heard a faint growl.

"Hmmm."

She quickly opened her eyes and it's immediately widened when she looked at the  man. He moved as she sat straight. She crawled over his head and peered at it from there. She could clearly see the slow awakening of his eyes and the twitching of his red lips.

Until his green eyes and her brown eyes met. They stared at each other for more than minutes. No one wants to avoid it at all.

"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked the man worriedly as he blinked.

Sawyer try to move his head but he winced when it hurt. It was like something was hitting it.

Phoebe saw the he wants to sit down so she quickly supported him. Her actions was gentle so that he does not get hurt.

"Take it easy, Mister," she said as he sat up straight.

When the man looked at her, she step away. His green eyes were cold, lifeless. Phoebe bow her head down because she couldn't meet his gaze. Phoebe can't stop her heart to beat it fast. The pulse increased spontaneously.

Why does he seem so seductive?

"Who are you?" She looked up at him. Appropriately she would answer him when he spoke again. "W-Who am I? What happened to me? Fuck! My head's hurt."

She was almost stunned by what he heard from him. What ... Why is he asking her that things? What does she know by his name? What does she know about what happened to him? She know's nothing! And did she really heard him cuss?

Phoebe was stunned for a moment. Why is he even asking his name? Doesn’t he know? If the two of them are asked, he should be the one who knows it.

"Ah because ... what ..." How could she say that? She let out a sigh. The man was still staring at her, wondering. "The truth is I don't know your name or what happened to you. I only saw you on the seashore lying and unconscious."

Sawyer didn't say anything. Phoebe watched the gradual frown of his forehead while still staring at her. She was just surprised when the man suddenly touched his own head and frowned, as if it's hurt.

“Mister? Ohmy! Are you okay? Where is hurt?” Phoebe don't know why she heard an fear and concern on her own voice. 

What happened to him? She e approached Sawyer and forcefully removed his hand that was tangled in his hair. She was as if she was hurt by what he was doing to himself. In all her life she had never experienced a self -tweak. She shook her head and touched his both shoulders.

"What are you doing?" She pout and look at him again.

“I can't remember anything. Fuck! What happened? ” His voice weakened eventually. His eyes dropped to the clothes he was wearing and to his body. “I’m wet. I have many wound too. ”

He just wakes up but he's cursing. Isn’t he taught by good manners? Can she just teach him?