Immaculate Spirit 5 :

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 in a bun, thin eyebrow and clear blue eyes. Soon 36 years old but n.o.body in his right mind could give her 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 frame picture. Two thirty years old gorgeous woman, one blonde, the other with jet black hair, were hugging a ten years old blond boy.

One of the woman 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. Nath had dare to take a bet with her. If he could learn to talk and write in french, her maternal language, in two month, he could have violin lesson. Amused, she had accepted, please to see him interested by his heritage. Three weeks later, he talk to her in french when she come back from work. The most astonishing was, his accent was perfect, better then even her's.

When she asked him bewildered how he learn and who teach him, he just smile silly and did not respond. Now, she did not know why she was so surprised. He was always smart, smarter that any boy his age. They were even discussing at the time, to move him of grade or hiring a private tutor. But they not have the means at the time to do that. With the inborn objectivity of a mother, she always knew that her son was the most handsome and smart 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 it again. Her eyes were watering but when then start to flow, arms appears around her and someone hug her from behind.

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

"Mary" Respond 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 take a look at the picture on the wall, her heart gripped with sadness.

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

"Do you think he… he will wake up?"

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

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

Disentangling herself from Mary, she retrieves 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 furiously while her heart start beating erratically.

"h.e.l.lo?"

"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 01:00AM last night he had awoken."

"WHAT?" She almost scream on the phone.

"Nathaniel has awoken. I was there, he has even talk, which is unprecedented on 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 watch he expression of marry turning into joy while tears starting to flow on her cheek. Ruining her make-up but didn't seem to care.

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

"We needed to perform some test. That's not uncommon for patient from coma opening their eyes or moving a little. But there is a strong cerebral activity on Nathaniel brain, 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, p.r.o.ne 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." Answer in a voice that broke no argument Karine before hanging up.