Adrien sighs and walks back out to where Mari was sitting in the garden he sat next to her. "Mari I'm sorry for what happened how I treated both of you; I know that I was wrong and shouldn't have treated you like that but with patience and sweetness."
Mari looked at him. "Why are you so nice to me?"
"Because you deserve it." Adrien replied with a smile.
"You're good Adrien that's why I care for you." Mari replied.
"You care for me how?" Mari shrugged and smiled at him that's when he realized how close they were. "Mari..." he said softly and without knowing what he was doing he leaned in and kissed her.
Michael was walking to his house when he heard his name, he turned around and saw Edward walking up to him. "Remember me?"
Michael nodded. "Yes, you used to be Elsa's boyfriend, she introduced us once."
"Where is Elsa?" Edward asked sternly.
After a few seconds, Mari broke the kiss. "W-why?"
Adrien looked away and sighed before looking back at her. "Mari...Mari I'm sorry I-" he was going to put a hand on her shoulder, but she moved back slightly.
"No wait." Mari said softly. Adrien nodded and stood up walking away. Mari didn't know why but a smile was placed on her face.
Sabine laid on her bed crying thinking about Mari. Plagg stood beside the bed looking at her worriedly. "Do you not feel well Mrs?"
"No I just miss Mari, I miss her a lot, and one day I might regret not defending her until the end." Sabine said softly.
"Do you feel bad daddy?" Maya asked ss she walked over to him.
Adrien sighs and picks her up. "No sweetie."
Maya felt his head and cheeks. "You're warm you must have a fever."
"Its nothing Maya. What are you doing up so late?" He asked trying to change the subject.
"I went to eat a piece of cake but please don't accuse me to grandma Audrey." She said softly.
Adrien smiled. "Fine I'll keep it a secret."
"If you are not sick what pain do you feel daddy?" Maya asked curiously.
Adrien sighs. "A pain in the soul."
"Where's the soul?" Maya asked curiously.
Adrien smiled slightly. "Okay it's not a pain in the soul it's a pain in my conscience."
"Where is the conscience?" Maya asked again.
"Deep down, sweetie in your mind and heart it's what hurts when you do something bad." Adrien kisses her forehead.
"Okay let's go." Michael led Edward to his house. When Elsa saw him, she quickly stood up surprised.
"What you did Elsa...I just want to know one thing can I still take you out of here or is it too late." Edward asked.
"I don't understand Edward." Elsa said confused.
"What the doctor is trying to say is that he is willing to forgive you and take you with him if you haven't already slept with me." Michael replied.
"Thank you for your generosity Edward, but I reject your offer." Elsa replied softly.
Edward nodded slowly. "Fine if you ever need something from me look for me; I'll always be willing to help you." With that he leaves the house.
Mari breathes heavily as her nightmare comes to her, she starts moving in her sleep, and soon she wakes up screaming. The door to her room opened, and the lights turned on to reveal Adrien standing there. He went over to her, and she hugged him crying.
It took a while, but she was finally calm, and tried to go back asleep. Adrien stayed by her side until she fell fast asleep he smiled at how peaceful she looked.
The next-day Mari was cleaning the windows of the house from the outside. Teddy was next to her wagging his tail. "How cute they brought you to work as a servant." Mari turned around to see Lila. "Of course here they know how to treat you not like how mom treated you like a young lady when you are really a street rat."
"Why do you hate me?" Mari asked calmly.
"Because you have bad manners because you are vague." Lila replied.
"I'm not dumb for that you, and your aunt wouldn't have tried so hard to kick me out from that house." Mari said softly. "There's something else."
Lila nodded. "You're right there's something else."
"Let it out then." Mari said patiently.
"Because even if you deny it, you are in love with Adrien." Lila stated harshly. "Who is my fiance, I know that you want to steal him from me."
"What makes you so sure about that?" Mari asked putting her hands on her hips.
"Because I see you flirting with him stop being a coward and accept that you like him, and that he was the only guy you were ever interested in. When he came back from his trip you hugged him." Lila replied.
"So what he's my corrector and friend." Mari said defensively.
"Plus the picture you cut from the newspaper mom told me you ripped the picture in rage ather learning he was going to marry me. She told me since you were just a street rat picked up from the streets and she never cared for you." Lila said harshly.
"I already know that you don't have to remind me." Mari said softly.
"If I find out that you hug him kiss his cheek or even be near him. You will have to deal with me." Lila said threatening.
Mari glared at her before picking up Teddy and walked away.
Adrien was in his office when his phone rang. "Hello?"
"Adrien it's Tom Dupain." The voice said from the other line. "I'm calling you to ask for forgiveness. When I think, I'm right I become stubborn. What do you think can we forget about the insident?"
"From my part, it's forgotten judge." Adrien replied. "I have respect for you."
Audrey walked to the back garden, and Lila smiled. "Audrey a pleasure."
"What do you think since that street rat was kicked out from your house Adrien brought her back here." Audrey said irritated.
"Be careful Audrey, she is dangerous." Lila said softly.
Audrey laughed sarcastically. "What did she do to be kicked out?"
"She broke valuable things caused scenes yelled disrespectfully but that's not the worst, she stole money from dad and tried to steal a valuable jewelry of mine." Audrey looked at her surprised.
Mari was organizing her stuff in her room when the door opened she looked over and saw Adrien standing by the door. "Can I talk to you?"
Mari nodded. "I also want to talk to you." Adrien walked in the room. "Why did you do it? Why did you kiss me last night?"
Adrien sighs and sat down next to her. "I wanted to calm you down a kiss is an affectation of caring and protection, I was going to kiss you on the cheek but by accident, I kissed you on the mouth. Now I want to know what happened yesterday. Was my kiss that terrible? Mari you were afraid of me after that did you think I was capable of hurting you? What happened to you was that why you had the nightmare?" Mari looks away. "Mari what do you dream of? You don't want to tell me do you not trust me?" Adrien gently moves her chin, so she is looking at him. "What if I told you that you are sick and the only way to cue yourself is to tell me your dream."
"I don't feel any pain." Mari replied softly.
"Its not physically its mental its in your head." Adrien replied.
"Well that could be it since Fu always says I'm crazy." Mari said with a smile.
Adrien smiled. "No, its not because you're crazy it's that some things that happened in your childhood left you traumas." Mari looked at him confused. "They are bruises in your conscience. Just let me guide you, and I promise you won't have your nightmare anymore if you tell me everything."
"Don't ask me that you'll be the last person I will ever tell." Mari said softly. "Only father Carlos knows."
"Well if you told him you can tell me too I need you to tell me." Adrien replied.
"Its time for me to take Teddy out for him to do his business." Mari picked Teddy up and left the room.
"He first hitted the wall and when I asked him if he had a pain he said yes from his conscience, but I didn't understand him can you explain to me?" Maya asked Emilie.
"Well its hard to explain, but I'll try your daddy most likely committed a sin in his life and I think that's why he feels bad from the inside because he knows it was wrong do you understand now?" Emilie asked curiously.
"Kinda since daddy is so good that he could never do anything wrong he's the best daddy in the world." Maya said happily.
"You should have defended yourself Marinette." Father Carlos said he was visiting Mari, and they were in the garden. "You should have told them how things actually happened."
"I couldn't when I opened my mouth the Judge immediately told me to close it." Mari replied. "Even the Mrs. was against me since Lila the snake was her daughter."
"You should have insisted beg them to listen to you." Father Carlos replied.
Mari put her hands on her hips. "I'm not the one to beg who wants to believe me than great if not, then that's on them God you, and I know that I didn't lie. They are cruel people just like the first person who despised me my mother."
"I would have liked to have more kids maybe God thought I didn't deserve it, so he didn't give me more. I think that a mother who abandons her child gets a punishment." Sabine said to Isabella as she knitted on the couch.
"But you have her now." Isabella stated. "You should be happy Sabine with the preparations of Lila's wedding."
"Maybe I'm upset because I only had my daughter for a short time, and I'll loose her again. It's not the same just by her visiting. I know that I'll feel alone. I regret letting Mari leave." Sabine said softly.
Isabella shook her head. "Plagg told me how you are, and I don't understand how you regret that delinquent leaving."
"I understand that it had to be like that, but I enjoyed her company. I would have liked that after Lila got married Mari would have stayed with me like another daughter." Sabine said sweetly.
A few days later, father Carlos was in his office when Adrien walked in. "What are you doing here?" He asked him surprised.
"I need to talk to you about Mari." Adrien replied. "I need you to tell me what her nightmares are about and don't say that you don't know anything because I know that Mari told you everything."
"I can't tell you anything it's a secret between her and I." Father Carlos replied.
"So it's a delicate situation." Father Carlos nodded. "Father did the dream actually happen?" He nodded again. "And could it influence how Mari lived her life?"
Father Carlos nodded. "Yes and it still does."
"So the key to everything is in her nightmares." Adrien smiled. "Well father since I can't count on your collaboration, I will have to get the information with my own method, I am a psychiatrist after all." With that he walked out from the church.
Once in his house, Adrien went to Mari's room and knocked on the door before walking in the room. "Mari get ready we're going to my clinic."
Soon Mari found herself in Adrien's clinic and couldn't believe who she saw. "Hay Jake how are you. What are you doing here?"
"I work for Dr. Agreste." Jake replied smiling.
"Jake how is everything here?" Adrien asked him.
"Good doctor but I need to talk to you; it might not be the right moment, but I might not be able to work with you anymore." Jake said softly.
"We'll talk about it later." Adrien said gently before looking at Mari. "Come in Mari." He opened the door to his office, and Mari walked in and sat on the couch. Adrien sat on a chair next to the couch. "We are going to talk. Lay down please." Mari lays down and relaxes her body and closes her eyes.
Before she knew it, she was telling him her life story. "When I started growing up, I realized that I was alone who was a forgotten girl in an orphanage."
"Did you want to look for your mom?" Adrien asked.
Mari shrugged. "She abandoned me and never remembered me again."
"Why did you escape from the orphanage Mari." Adrien asked.
"Because I wanted to find someone that was for me someone who would care snd love me." Mari replied softly.
"And where did you go?" Adrien asked.
"Everywhere I would get a job in anything and sleep with the other kids in the streets. One day, I was afraid and left their side then..." Mari suddenly stops and sits up. "Don't ask me anything else Adrien."
Adrien smiled softly. "Mari I want to know everything what else happened?"
Mari lays back down. "One night..." Mari stops again.
"One night what? Go on." Mari shook her head no. "Mari continue what happens that night. Mari trust in me remember that I just want to help you tell me what happened that night." Adrien said softly.
