Mari was laying on her bed asleep when Teddy started barking. Mari woke up and sat up and screamed at the top of her lungs when she saw a male figure standing next to her bed in all black. The figure goes next to her and grabs her; she continues screaming and tries to free herself leading her from falling off the bed. The figure goes over to her again, but Mari moves in a flash going back on the bed hiding under the covers.
Tom was reading a book in his room as Sabine was getting ready for bed when they heard Mari's screams and her dog barking.
Tom put the book down. "The girl again?"
"Yes it's Mari and her dog." Sabine said worriedly.
"The nightmare again, her conscious is dirty that's why she has them, but she's so scandalous." Tom said irritated.
"I'm going with her." Sabine walked out the room and walked over to Mari's room. When she entered she turned the lights on and found Mari hiding under her covers still yelling. She quickly goes over to her side. "Mari it's me what's wrong?"
Mari quickly took the covers off and hugged Sabine. "It'll the man it's the man."
"Have you seen my cousin Adrien?" Elsa asked Edward. They were currently eating dinner at a restaurant.
"I talked to him yesterday." Edward replied.
Elsa nodded. "He must be mad at Mari."
"For what happened at Lila's party? No Elsa he justifies her." Edward chuckles.
"I don't understand why he got together with Lila Dupain-Cheng, I thought he liked Mari." Elsa said a bit confused.
"He likes her love but there's a status difference between the two and how do you feel love? Tomorrow the invitations for our wedding will be sent out. Does it seem to soon?" Edward asked curiously.
"No Edward the sooner we get married the better." Elsa simply replied.
"What man are you talking about?" Sabine asked as she hugged Mari.
"The man who was in my room." Mari said still crying.
"What man where?" Sabine asked looking around the room.
"I saw him so did Teddy that's why he was barking." Mari said in between sobs.
"Calm down it was just a dream." Sabine said smoothly.
"I swear I saw him; he was wearing all black with a hat and mustache." Mari said desperately.
"It was another nightmare calm down." Sabine said sweetly.
"Please don't leave me alone. He might come back, please don't leave." Mari hugs Sabine tighter.
"Did you give her the first class?" Fu asked Nino as he was finishing his work.
Nino smiled. "Yes Fu today in the morning."
Fu chuckles. "She must've gotten bored."
Nino shook his head. "No Mari is interested in learning, and since she is intelligent it won't be too hard for her."
Fu smiled. "Like you don't know her just as easy as her interest came it will disappear in two days."
Nino chuckled. "No I don't think so now that I can I'll try to give her classes everyday. The poor thing has trouble in that house it seems like only Mrs. Sabine treats her well."
"I'll stay with you a bit longer until you fall asleep." Sabine said smoothly as Mari continued crying. Mari made room for Sabine. "Sleep well dear no one will harm you." She starts humming a tune to help her fall asleep.
"I would have been happy if you were my mom." Mari said before falling asleep.
The next-day Adrien walked out from his office with Edward. "Anything new Jake?"
Jake held up a folder. "These are the new cases doctor."
Adrien nodded. "I'll look at them this evening."
"That's right today you have a class in the university." His secretary said with a smile.
"That's right take care you guys." Adrien waved as he walked away.
Sabine was in Lila's room when she noticed that the necklace Tom, and her gave her was left in the open. She grabbed the necklace just when Mari walked in from the glass doors with a basket of flowers and a vase with water.
"Here are the vase and flowers you asked me for." Mari said with a smile. "I haven't seen Lila's necklace from up close its beautiful."
"It's the necklace we gave her; it used to belong to Tom's mother " Sabine replied.
"Can I hold it?" Sabine nodded, and they made a trade. "These jewels shine are they real?"
Sabine nodded. "Yes and very dedicated."
"Imagine if I ever sold a necklace like this, I could buy clothes shoes food for the girls of the orphanage." Mari smiled.
Jake was working at his desk when a young woman walked in. "Good afternoon Miss." He said politely.
The woman just looks at the secretary. "And Adrien?"
Jake stood up. "Dr. Agreste went out Miss."
"Do you have an appointment?" The secretary asked.
"I'm his girlfriend." She simply replied.
"If you like you can wait for him, though he might take a while." Jake replied.
She nodded before sitting down and taking out a small hand mirror and looks at Jake. "Who are you?"
"I'm a college student and I am Dr. Agreste assistant/intern." Jake answered.
"Is there a store close by?" She asked.
Jake nodded. "Yes around the block."
"Perfect than go and buy me a red lipstick." She hands him money. "But don't take long."
"Sorry but I'm not an errand boy." He said emotionless.
She looks at him blankly. "What? I repeat that I'm Dr. Agreste's girlfriend."
"And I repeat that I am not an errand boy not even for Dr. Agreste's girlfriend." Jake said standing his ground.
"You are an insolent guy." She said glaring at him.
"And you are conceited and don't even say please when asking for something." Jake said sternly.
She smirked. "I don't need to ask you nicely for anything Adrien pays you for-"
"For working in his office not for being his girlfriend's errand boy." Jake said interrupting her. "And please show good manners."
"Please calm down." The secretary said to the two of them.
The woman stands up. "You'll regret this because I'll tell Adrien to fire you." With that she walks away.
Sabine and Mari were walking up the stairs from Lila's room as Lila walks over in a bad mood. "What's wrong dear?"
"You don't know how mad I am right now mom. I went to see Adrien at his office, but I didn't find him but there was a guy, who was a rude jerk." Lila said angerly.
"Who?" Sabine asked curiously.
"An employee of Adrien the guy acted as if he owned the office." Lila replied. "This can't stay like that."
"Well look just let Adrien know so he can find a solution." Sabine said sweetly.
"And what were you guys doing in my room?" Lila asked curiously.
Sabine smiled. "Decorating it with flowers, by the way, you need to be careful with your things you left the necklace of your grandmother in the open dear."
"Yea Lila someone could steal it plus your mom says it's expensive, but we put it back in its place." Mari added.
"We were entertaining ourselves to forget about what happened last night. C'mon Mari now we need flowers for your room." Sabine stated as the two walked away.
Lila sees them walk away before going down to her room and taking her necklace out thinking about what Mari said and smiled getting an idea.
Tom walked to the main hall distracted, and Isabella looked at him worried. "Do you feel ill Tom?"
Tom shook his head. "No Isabella I'm fine its just that I usually have a certain amount of money in my desk, but it's uncompleted and I don't know how."
"Maybe you spent some and you don't remember." Isabella suggested.
"I always keep track of that so that couldn't be." Tom replied.
"Maybe Sabine took it." Isabella suggested again.
Tom thinks about it. "I'll go ask her."
"She's in the garden with Mari." Isabella said. Tom nodded and walked to the garden Isabella following behind.
As they got to the flower section, Tom called to Sabine. "Sabine come here for a moment."
Sabine walked over to him. "What's wrong Tom?"
"Did you take money from my desk?" Tom asked curiously.
Sabine shook her head. "No."
"Than it was stolen." Tom said sternly.
"Look carefully Tom maybe they're mixed with other papers." Sabine suggested.
"I already look everywhere if you didn't take it than it was stolen." Tom said frustrated with himself.
"Who could've done it?" Isabella asked curiously.
"That's what I want to know." Tom replied.
"Could Mari have done it?" Isabella suggested worriedly.
Tom thinks about it. "I agree with Isabella Mari could've taken it."
"But Mari never goes to the study." Sabine replied. "I don't see Mari capable of doing something like that."
"They wanted to put her in prison for being a thief." Tom reminded her.
"She took the milk for the orphanage." Sabine said reminding him of that.
"It doesn't stop being a crime." Tom added.
Isabella nodded. "And just like how she stole the milk for the orphans, she could steal the money for them too."
Sabine shook her head. "No it can't be her."
Isabella walked into Lila's room as Lila looked up from sitting on the ground. "What happened did dad discover the stolen money?"
Isabella nodded. "Yes."
Lila smiled. "That was fast."
Isabella sat across from her. "That's why I took 4,512 euro so it would be easy to notice."
"And what did he say?" Lila asked curiously. "Who does he think stole it?"
"At first Tom didn't accuse anyone then I suggested it could've been the street rat, and it was enough to convince him." Isabella laughed softly. "Of course, your mom Sabine didn't stop defending her, but she didn't achieve anything. We will repeat the whole stolen money one or two more times, then we do the big hit the stolen necklace."
Mari was holding her flowers while sitting on the fountain of the front garden. She had the house phone too, and she dialed a number before waiting for the person to answer.
"Hello?" The person on the other line asked.
"You are cruel Ruby you have forgotten me?" Mari replied.
"I'm sorry Mari." Ruby replied apologizing.
"Hay are you busy?" Mari asked curiously.
"Of course not." Ruby said with a soft laugh.
"I want to go out and buy a gift can you take me?" Mari asked curiously.
"Yes I'll pick you up in less than an hour." Ruby replied.
"Alright." Mari smiles as she hangs up.
Lila got lost in her thoughts that Isabella had to wave a hand in front of her. "What is the matter?"
"I sometimes feel terror. It's too much of a chance that the street rat came here. If we like it or not this is her house, they're her parents even if they don't know it." Lila replied softly.
"And they never will." Isabella replied.
Lila sighs. "I feel like the truth will come out at any moment. That I'll loose everything I have especially my wedding with Adrien. If he finds out I'm taking the street rat's place he would reject me."
"Deal with your wedding planning and stop worrying I'll take Mari away from your path like I promised you. No one will find out the truth, and you will still be Judge Dupain's daughter." Isabella said with a smile.
"We walked so much that my legs are aching." Mari said as Ruby and her walked to a pizza parlor.
"Yea we went to every store to only buy two things." She gestures to the two bags they were holding.
"At least I found the gift do you think that she'll like it?" Mari asked curiously.
Ruby shrugged. "I don't know what Lila likes Mari."
"Well I think it's beautiful plus this isn't just for Lila it's for Adrien too." Mari smiled.
Ruby nodded as they put their stuff on chairs at a table outside the parlor and went inside to make their order.
"Dr. Agreste clinic." Adrian's secretary Stella said over the phone. "Oh yes doctor one moment. " She hands over the phone to Jake. "It's for you Jake Dr. Agreste wants to talk to you."
Jake takes it. "Yes doctor?"
"Jake I'm calling you to tell you that you can leave early." Adrien said over the line.
"You won't return to the clinic doctor?" Jake asked curiously.
"No I won't return I'm going straight to my girlfriend's house." Adrien replied.
"I wanted to see you to tell you a personal matter." Jake said hesitantly.
"We should talk tomorrow okay?" Adrien stated.
"Alright." Jake sighs as he hangs up and looks at Stella. "He's going to see his girlfriend. She'll tell him what happened in her way."
Sabine opened the door for Adrien. "Good evening Sabine." Adrien said as he walked in the house.
"Hi Adrien I need to talk to you about a serious matter." Sabine said to him.
After they ordered Ruby and Mari went back to their table and sat down. "I think you rushed into buying them a wedding gift. They haven't even announced when the wedding is."
"What I heard was that it would be soon." Mari replied.
Ruby shook her head. "Of course not they haven't even set a date yet."
"Either way I have their gift, and I'll give it to them today." Mari smiled.
Ruby smiled softly. "I have the impression that Adrien isn't enthusiastic about that marriage. I doubt that he's in love with Lila enough to marry her."
"Lila will take a while." Sabine and Adrien walked to the living room. "We can talk here." She sits on a couch.
Adrien sat down next to her. "You're worrying me a bit Sabine what do you want to talk about?"
Sabine sighs. "It has to do with Mari."
"My brother keeps to himself about those kinds of things, but I have the impression that he's not in love with Lila." Ruby said as she grabbed a slice of pizza.
Mari grabbed her own slice. "But I saw them kissing."
Ruby shrugged. "They're a couple it's natural for them to kiss."
Mari shivered. "I still don't understand how a girl can let a guy kiss her like that it's gross."
Ruby laughed softly. "They'll get married it's normal."
"Unpleasant things have been happening to Mari and if this continues I fear that she'll get sick from the nerves." Sabine explained to Adrien.
"Why what's going on with Mari?" Adrien asked curiously. "Give me more details Sabine."
Sabine nodded. "She sometimes has terrible nightmares she wakes up crying and screaming. She says that a man is chasing her."
"A man?" Adrien asked surprised.
"Last night, a man came to my room. She says it was a nightmare, but I know that it's not true. I opened my eyes, and saw a man dressed in black with a mustache and a hat. He wanted to grab me even Teddy got scared seeing him; he started barking like crazy." Mari said softly.
"Who are you talking about Mari?" Ruby asked curiously.
Mari sighs. "I don't know if it's the same man as before since I never saw his face...I wish I could fall in love it seems like it's a wonderful feeling Lila seems happy."
"I don't know if he is real or imaginary. She assures that a man in black with a mustache, and a hat came in her room last night scaring her so much even her dog was barking. I think the only person that could help her is you for being a good psychiatrist." Sabine stated.
"Sabine have you ever asked her what those nightmares are about?" Adrien asked curiously.
Sabine nodded. "Yes but she doesn't want to talk about that man. Will you talk to Mari?"
Adrien nodded. "Yes."
Lila walked in the living room. "Sorry for making you wait love." She kisses him after he stood up.
"Its fine your mom did me the favor to accompany me." Adrien replied.
"Well I'll leave you two alone." Sabine stood up and walks away.
"I went to your office today sadly you weren't there, but a pestle guy was there who says he's your employee." Lila said softly.
"Jake?" Adrien asked curiously.
"Probably he was so rude Adrien so much that I think you should fire him." Lila replied softly.
"I know that Sabine didn't like when I said Mari could've been the thief but like you said Tom if she stole once she could steal again." Isabella said to Tom. They were currently in the study.
"I'm sure it was her." Tom said. "I'll put a trap for her tomorrow to catch her."
"He was a jerk." Lila added.
Adrien sat down. "Why don't you tell me what happened."
Lila sat next to him. "I asked him to buy me a lipstick, and he said that he wasn't an errand boy."
"Well Jake is my assistant, and he's studying in the medical field." Adrien replied trying not to chuckle.
"Yes but he has poor education because there is always a politer way to decline, nevertheless, even knowing that I'm your girlfriend, he was rude to me. Adrien you can't permit one of your employees to be pestle with your future wife. Will you at least lecture him? And give me a kiss?" She asked kissing him.
Mari came at that moment. "I came at a bad moment right?" Lila broke the kiss and looked at her as she walked next to the couch.
Adrien stood up. "Good evening Mari."
"I was looking for you guys I'll be right back." Mari starrs to walk away but Adrien calls her, and she goes back to her original spot. "I'm going to get the wedding gift I got for you guys." Again, Mari starts walking away but Adrien calls her back once more.
"Wait I want to talk to you." Adrien said gently before looking at Lila. "Lila can you leave us alone for a moment?"
Lila looked at him blankly. "What?"
"Only for a few miners please." Lila stood up and walked away.
"She got mad with you." Mari said with a smile.
"I'll apologize to her later let's go to the garden." Mari nodded and followed him to the back garden. It was a bit chilly out so Adrien took his suit coat off and wrapped it around Mari's shoulders. "Mari is it true that you still have the nightmare that you told me about?"
"Can I know what trap it will be?" Isabella asked curiously.
"I'll leave my wallet with money in the bedroom I'll find a way to make her go inside, and I'll put the wallet in a certain way to tempt her." Tom replied.
Isabella nodded. "She'll fall. It will be easy for her, and she'll be tempted to steal from you."
"We'll see tomorrow." Tom stated.
"Yes it's true that I have terrible nightmares." She sits on the ground.
Adrien sits next to her. "And can I know since when you have them?"
"For years." Mari replied.
"Do you know what provokes them or the reason you have them?" Adrien asked curiously.
"No." She said lying.
"Mari what do you dream exactly?" Adrien asked concern.
Mari stays silent as she thinks about her nightmare. "Why do you want to know what I dream?"
"Remember that I'm a doctor I studied yo be a psychiatrist, and I am capable of find the meaning of dreams." There was silent. "Mari they say you thought you saw a man last night-"
"I didn't think I actually saw him in my room. Why doesn't anyone believe me? If Teddy could talk, he would tell you that he also saw him, he even barked at him." Mari said desperately.
"If you were first asleep you could've dreamt about him." Adrien replied.
"I saw him so did Teddy. He was dressed in black and with a mustache and a hat." Mari said frustrated.
Isabella walked to the main hall where Lila was standing with arms crossed. "What are you doing here?"
"Adrien asked me to leave him alone with Mari because he needed to talk to her." Lila said in a bad mood.
"Well let's go to your room, I have something to tell you." Isabella replied they started walking away when there was a knock on the door.
Isabella opened the door, and it was the priest. "Good evening I'm here to see Marinette if you don't remember I'm father Carlos Glass."
Isabella and Lila glanced at each other than they heard Sabine calling out to Mari looking for her.
"Mari tell me is your nightmare repeatedly?" Adrien asked her.
"Some nights I have them others I don't." Mari replied softly.
"Do you always dream the same?" Adrien asked.
"Last night wasn't a dream, but the nightmare is the same." Mari answered.
He nodded. "And what do you dream?"
"It's a man...he gets near me...he has bad intentions...and I want to escape but can't and..." Mari starts crying.
"What else?' Mari tell me so I can help you." Adrien said gently.
"Can you tell Marinette that I'm here?" Father Carlos asked politely.
They heard Sabine's voice again and Isabella pushed father Carlos outside. "Leave father leave." Isabella closed the door behind her.
Sabine walked up to Lila. "Dear has Mari returned yet?"
"Yes she's in the garden talking to Adrien." Lila said nervously.
Mari quickly stood up Adrien's coat falling to the ground. "He harmed me."
Adrien stands up. "What kind of harm tell me what that man does to you."
"Is something the matter dear?" Sabine asked worriedly.
Lila nodded. "Yea it's just that Adrien told me that he wanted to talk alone with Mari, and it bothered me-"
"Don't take it personally it's an important conversation to help Mari with her nightmares." Sabine stated. "Only Adrien as a psychiatrist can help her."
"He treats me badly and I can't see his face." That was the last thing she said before running away.
Isabella walked back inside after Sabine left. "What happened?"
"I got the address of his church, I'll go see him tomorrow somehow I need to convince him to never come back did Sabine notice?" Isabella asked worriedly.
"No luckily... here comes Adrien and by himself; I'll go talk to him." Lila walked over to him as he walks back to the living room. "Love I dared to come since I noticed you were alone."
"Lila forgive me for asking you to leave, but I thought it would be easy for Mari to talk to me freely without witnesses." Adrien said gently.
"What's wrong love?" Lila asked sweetly.
"Mari has a trama something probably from her teenage years. Something that infuriates how she is and acts, I would like to know what it is, so I could help her." Adrien replied.
"Adrien what did Mari tell you?" Sabine asked walking up to them.
He sighs. "Very little Sabine she became nervous and ran off."
"I'm worried for her. Lila can tell you how she reacts because of her nightmares." Sabine said sadly.
Lila nodded. "Yea poor thing she becomes crazy during the night."
"Don't worry Mrs. Sabine at first people decline to speak, but they do in the end." Adrien said gently."I promise you that I'll find out what's going on with Mari."
Mari was under her covers with Teddy. "I can't tell Adrien what happened to me; he'll despise me."
