Immaculate Spirit Chapter 5

NY . 08/02/2012 . 07:48 .

Karine was sitting on the dining table, absentmindedly twirling her spoon in her coffee mug . She was stunning . Around 5"8", shoulder length blonde hair tied up in a bun, thin eyebrows and clear blue eyes . Soon 36 years old but nobody in their right mind would guess her age to be over thirty . She was wearing a black jacket and knee length black skirt .

Despite her stern dress up an aura of melancholia was permeating the room . Karine was looking at a framed picture . Two thirty year old gorgeous women, one blonde, the other with jet black hair, were hugging a ten year old blond boy .

One of the women was naturally Karine and the young boy was Nathaniel . Karine was remembering when the picture was taken with a sad smile in the couch of their old apartment . Nathaniel daringly took a bet with her . If he could learn to talk and write in french, her maternal language, in two weeks he could have violin lessons . Amused she had accepted, pleased to see him interested by his heritage . One week later, he talked to her in french when she came back from work . The most astonishing thing was that his accent was nearly perfect, better than even hers .

When she asked him bewildered how he learned and who taught him, he just gave a silly smile and did not respond . Now she did not know why she was so surprised . He had always been smart, smarter than any boy his age . They were even discussing at the time to move him up a grade or hire a private tutor . But they did not have the means at the time to do that . With the inborn instincts of a mother she always knew that her son was the most handsome and smartest boy on the planet .

Looking at the picture and his cute smile a pang of sadness gripped her heart . She would give everything, do everything, to see him smile again . Her eyes were watering but when they started to flow, arms appeared around her and someone hugged her from behind .

"Hi love . " Said a captivating voice before kissing her cheek .

"Mary" Responded Karine in an affectionate voice, turning around .

Mary was a stunning 34 years old woman . 5"9", striking black long hair and luscious lips . She was wearing a blue business dress which put her form in full display while remaining stark . Seeing her wife tearing up she knew immediately what she was thinking . Turning her head she took a look at the picture on the table .

"I think about him too you know, every single day…" Said Mary while hugging her wife .

"Do you think he… he will ever wake up?"

"Of course, he will . " Said her wife, caressing her hair .

"I had a strange dream last night, I saw him . . . " Karine began to say before being interrupted by the ringing of her phone .

Disentangling herself from Mary, she retrieved her phone from the table and totally froze when she read the caller ID . 'Why are they calling me? They never did before . Did something happen to him?' She thought worriedly while her heart started beating erratically .

"Hello?"

"Mrs Lindon?"

"Yes, speaking"

"This is Doctor Cobert form the Presbyterian Hospital . We met a few times, I'm the doctor in charge of your son . "

"Yes doctor, I remember you . What is going on? Is our son alright?" She said rapidly in an anxious voice . Turning she saw that the expression on Mary's face was fraught with worry .

"Yes, he is fine don't worry . Better than fine in fact, around 01:00 AM last night, he came back . "

"WHAT?" She almost screamed on the phone .

"Nathaniel has woken up . I was there, he even talked which is unprecedented after a long term coma . "

That was it for Karine and she burst into tears . Feeling a soft hand on her shoulder she locked eyes with her wife .

"Our baby is back, he came back . " She said as she watched the expression on Mary's face turning into joy, tears flowing down her cheeks, ruining her makeup in the process . But it did not matter at that moment . Her baby was back!

"Why are you informing us only now if that happened several hours ago?" Karine asked angrily, her emotions in a complete mess .

"We needed to perform some tests . It's not uncommon for patients from coma to open their eyes or move a little . But there is a strong cerebral activity in Nathaniel's brain and he has truly come back . This is a miracle . "

"Sorry doctor, I am still in shock . We are coming to the hospital right away . " Said Karine, apologizing .

"That's not advisable Mrs Lyndon, It's ordinary for patient who come out of coma to be irascible, prone to anger and behaving erratically . "

"Our son is not like that . And that was not a question doctor, we are coming . We will see you in fifteen minutes . " Answered Karine in a voice that broke no argument before hanging up .

Chapter end