Chapter 4

In the hospital, Nathaniel walked on the corridor nervously as his friend Luka sat there waiting with his friend for anything new.

„I know you're really worried about the situation, but please take a seat, Nathaniel. You're just agitated about not knowing anything for almost three hours. But I can assure you everything is going well. As this is an emergency case more medics and nurses are here taking care of her," Luka explained watching Nathaniel continuing his walk anxiously.

Out of Nathaniel's jacket flew out his kwami Karaa, which took a look at the redhead, then flew against his neck giving it a hug leading Nathaniel to burst into tears again.

„I can't wait any longer. I feel like I've been standing here for an eternity," Whined Nathaniel as Karaa patted him on his neckbone and Luka got up to place an arm around Nathaniel's back.

„You just keep having faith in Lila's recuperation. She's too young to leave this world right now, mostly now that she came back to be around you and Nathalie, besides you two she was able to find a role, where she can stay in France and not be further away from you, which is even greater. Other actresses rarely have that luck to come back to their families and their other solution would be to move there with their members"

„Come on, Lila will come back to us. Believe us," Karaa asked watching Luka pass his thumb on Nathaniel's face to clean the tear. A doctor came along and stopped by Luka and Nathaniel, then placed his arm on Nathaniel's shoulder and looked at him and Luka. Luka looked at the man, which took a look at his analysis.

„Is one of you the life partner of Clarissa Voldozig?" Questioned the man making Luka shake his head. „No,"

„Uhm, where's Mr. Yuri Voldozig?" Questioned the doctor making the raven-haired shrug his shoulders. „I'll be right back, if he shows up send him to the office down the corridor," The doctor asked earning a nod from Luka, which observed the doctor leave.

„This is really harsh," Luka commented, then two police agents came along from the other side of the corridor accompanied by a nurse, which lead the agents to the corridor the two childhood friends stood and the agents made their way to the two.

„Are you Nathaniel Kurtzberg and Luka Couffaine?" Questioned the blonde woman earning a nod from Luka.

„Yes," Responded Luka.

„We're from the crash investigation. We have just interrogated the driver of the vehicle, which caused the accident on the taxi. Later on, if possible we need to talk with Lila Kurtzberg about the accident," Explained the woman earning a nod from the redhead.

„We haven't seen her yet. She's still in there," Sobbed Nathaniel earning a nod from the blonde. From behind the cops appeared a brunette man with a bottle of water and sat down on the chairs, then Luka remembered the doctor from before and approached the man.

„Good evening, are you by coincidence called Yuri Voldozig?" Questioned Luka earning a nod from the man. „A doctor came looking for you. You need to get down there at the corridor,"

„Is it about my wife?" Yuri asked jumping up earning a nod from Luka, then the man nodded and passed by Luka patting him on the shoulder as a thank you, making his way to the end of the corridor.

„I'm about to lose my mind, Luka," Nathaniel commented placing his hands on his forehead, then Luka placed his hand on Nathaniel's back to caress it.

„It's just a small matter of time," Mentioned the raven-haired man, then another doctor approached encountering the four adults together with a surprised look.

„Good evening gentleman," Greeted the medic. „I'm here to call the familiars of Lila Kurtzberg?"

„How is she, doctor?" Questioned Luka. „My friend is soon suffering a heart attack only from waiting," Commented Luka making the man chuckle.

„Well your friend's suffering will sink down for a little, cause we have some news about her,"

„I knew it!" Nathaniel complained making Luka frown about Nathaniel's negative thoughts, while the male policeman chuckled and got elbowed by the partner. „She's gone,"
„No, she's not Mr. Kurtzberg. The total opposite. She's alive,"

„See Nathaniel? I told you everything would be fine," Luka mentioned watching Nathaniel clean up his tear and look at the doctor with tear-filled eyes.

„Really?" Asked Nathaniel. „Can I see her?"

„If you want. But at the moment you're unable to talk to her due to her being under a sedative," The doctor mentioned earning a nod from Nathaniel.

„Do you want me to come into?" Questioned Luka looking at Nathaniel, which shrugged his shoulders, then Luka accompanied his friend and the doctor at the entrance of the room, where they met Lila lying in the bed with a gypsum on her arm, a large bandage around her head, and a few visible scratches on her arms left arm. Nathaniel stepped slowly into the room approaching his wife encountering a small abrasion on her chin and a plaster covering the left side of her cheek. Nathaniel observed slowly coming down with his nerves to see his wife, which was now asleep due to moving her chest signing him that it was her breathing regularly.

„I told you she was fine," Luka commented making Nathaniel nod and place his hand on Lila's free hand to hold it while watching her sleep.

„I thought I had lost you," Nathaniel spoke quietly watching his wife sleeping, then Luka placed his hand on the friend's shoulder.

„What do you think? Should I message your mother about her state?" Questioned Luka making the man shrug his shoulder.

„She's not awake at the moment…..,"

„Look the doctor said she was fine for now. She's out of danger. She's now resting because of the sedative. You can check on her tomorrow again or if there's a chance you can overnight here," Luka suggested. „Trust the doctor, she's good, injured but hey she survived, it could have ended worse," Luka mentioned earning a nod from Nathaniel.

„I think I better go back to mom and Nathalie and talk about what was today. Don't you mind to bring me up to her house?" Questioned Nathaniel. „I don't feel well to take the wheel,"

„I will take you with no problem," Luka responded earning a nod from Nathaniel, which gazed back at his wife, then leaned his face close to the woman to peck her on the nose and followed his friend with a neutral face expression out of the patient room.

At the Agreste manor, Adrien sat inside the bed with a school book, then heard on his night table his smartphone vibrate, then he took it to see a message from Luka, which he responded to.

„That's great," Adrien mumbled putting back his smartphone, then took his book back to study, then saw on the entrance Kagami show up and shove to door back, then made her way to the bed to lie down next to Adrien. „Luka just messaged me that Lila is out of danger. She's sleeping at the moment and may wake up the next 12 hours. Then we will be able to speak with her,"

„That's relieving," Kagami answered lying down next to Adrien's arm making him smile. „You're now working on another book?" The wife questioned earning a nod from the man.

„I couldn't concentrate on the other one and picked a different one now," Adrien responded, then yawned making Kagami chuckle and place her hand on Adrien's. „Give me 15 minutes and I'll lie down to sleep,"

„Okay I see you have the lamp turned on for it," Kagami said moving her hand up to Adrien's cheek to hold it so she could give him a good night kiss on his face and lie down on the back with her back turned against Adrien.

„Good night, Kagami," Wished the blonde, then he noticed at the end of the bed their adult tuxedo cat Shadow jump up at the bed walking behind Kagami's back to lie there, then began to lick his front paw making Adrien smile. „Don't worry, I'll turn off the light soon," Adrien mentioned watching the cat continue his grooming, then he heard footsteps on the corridor calling his attention, then the door got opened back with Elliot racing in panic into the bedroom making Adrien place his book back on the table to check what was going on.

„Elliot, what's going on?" Questioned Adrien watching Elliot got into Adrien's arms.

„Dad, there's a baby monster in my bedroom!" Elliot warned scared making Adrien chuckle and get up picking Elliot up.

„Okay champ, where is that monster?" Questioned the blonde and Elliot pointed forward for his father to follow him out of the bedroom heading to the one of the son.

„He was there on the table," Elliot pointed at the night table, where he had his lamp, then Adrien placed Elliot on the ground and walked toward the table to look for the mysterious creature. Adrien looked under the bed to see a small animal ran out of the bed, which Adrien recognized as a mouse holding in its mouth a nibbled superhero action figure head, making Adrien grin at the sight of it.

„That's just a mouse, Elliot," Adrien warned placing his hand in front of the mouse to block it from passing by, then Adrien watched the mouse flee from his hand across the room disappearing behind the bookshelf, then Adrien pulled it a little back to gaze into the back of it, then shove it back against the wall close to cover the hole. „Okay tomorrow I will fix the hole here," Adrien mentioned watching Elliot look under his bed, then he went back to his father to check the shelf.

„I think that was the thing scaring me," Elliot mentioned earning a nod from Adrien, which patted him afterward on the head.

„Now it's gone. He probably got lost in your room," Said Adrien earning a nod from Elliot, then Adrien accompanied Elliot to his bed and helped him getting covered.

„Is Nathalie's mom still in the hospital?" Elliot asked looking at Adrien, which nodded.

„Yes, but you don't need to worry about it. Rouven's dad just told me, that she was okay," Adrien responded. „Tomorrow Nathalie might be able to visit her,"

„That's good," Elliot mentioned smiling as his father patted the boy on the head, then nuzzled the boy on the forehead.

„Tomorrow you got school. Try to get some sleep," Adrien asked earning a nod from Elliot. „Good night," Adrien wished.

„Good night dad," Elliot wished chuckling after Adrien patted the boy's head. Adrien got up and made his way back to the bedroom, where he spotted the house cat Shadow lie on Adrien's spot making Adrien shake his head, then he went to the bed and picked up the cat slowly waking it up followed by a meowing and placed him down behind Kagami's legs. Adrien patted Shadow on his head making him purr and lie down against Kagami's thigh. Adrien lied back down, then wrapped his arms around Kagami's belly leaning his face on his wife's back making her smile, then he closed his eyes to sleep.