"Sydney, you are alive".

The news about the death of Sydney had already spread like wild fire. How it went out within minutes, was surprising.

Lucious's parents sat close to their son, wondering how they will present the news to him, when he finally opens those eyes.

Though the doctors have warned that no one should tell him about Sydney yet, for fear that he might loose it, but they also know that keeping it from him would be very hard, for she will be the first person he will ask after.

While his eyes are closed, he has been calling her name, he seem to be having nightmares about what had already happened, or the scene kept replaying in his mind.

Hours into the day, Sydney had been taken to the morgue, and everywhere had calmed down a bit, Lucious Mendez finally opened his now pale blue eyes, that doesn't seem to do justice to his cute face anymore.

He looked around him and found his mother resting her head on the bed. He could see that his hands were connected to drips and cannulas for injection around him. Since he couldn't use his hands, He tries looking down only to feel a spinning head ache, which sent him back to resting his head on the bed. Without touching his head, he could tell that it was bandaged.

He groaned in pain, the sound of his painful groan awoke his mother.

"Lucious". She says, as she got up, to check his body for any thing of concern.

"I am fine mother, where is Sydney? he asked, as expected.

"Calm down, she is taking treatment". She lied to him, as that was the only thing she could come up with at that time.

I will get the doctor". She walked away, worried that her son could see through her lies. The doctor walked back in with her.

"Hello Lucious, can you see me? The doctor asked, trying to examine him.

"Yes I can see you". He almost rolled his eyes, but the pain in his head wouldn't let his eyes work properly.

"What colour of shirt am I wearing? The doctor asked again.

"Blue, Skyblue Lewin shirt". He answered. Adding the brand of the shirt was to shut the doctor up, so he doesn't go further to raising his fingers and asking him how many they are.

"Wow, this is good, you are fine indeed. I am doctor Carter, I....

"Where is my wife? He cut him short. Then he tried to get up again, but the head ache was too much that he went back to the bed. It was hard enough talking, let alone trying to get up.

"Mr Lucious, you shouldn't try to get up, you had an accident, and your head was badly injured, we are happy you don't have any brain injuries and you can remember everyone, it is a miracle".

"So can I see my wife now? He asked again, and the doctor was fast with his response.

"Not yet, when we are certain you are perfect, we will let you see her". He injected him on the butt, changed his drip and then left, while Lucious, due to the injection, went back to bed.

Mrs Mendez called her husband immediately, and he showed up after a few hours, and they both stayed, until it was time for them to go home.

They don't have to spend the night at the hospital, a nurse will be assigned to him, Incase he needs to be attended to, at night.

His parents went home, and though his mother didn't want to go home, she still had to leave, staying at the hospital with him, wouldn't change anything.

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Lauren fonder was working double shift, so that she could have a whole day off the next day to visit her mother, in the adult home, where she is kept, hoping that she raises the money for the surgery, so she could have the surgery done.

She had a lot to do, she didn't get to do much, because Pamela spent the entire day with her crying, because her crush just lost his wife.

While arranging the last file and writing the report of the patient for the evening, she looked outside her window, only to find a figure sneaking out of the other section. She checked the time, it was already past midnight, where could any patient be going by that time? Such thing happens only from the psychiatrist section, where they have mentally disturbed patients and most of the things they do, they don't do them on purpose. If the person is mentally disturbed, she should know how to handle him, so she walked outside, flashed her touch light, to alert the sleeping security men. As soon as they awoke, the lights came on everywhere around him, and that was when she realized that the person sneaking with bandage on his head is Lucious Mendez, he stared at her, and all of a sudden, he started calling her by his late wife's name.

"Sydney, you are alive". He sounded happy, fighting his way to get to her, while she moved backwards. The guards held him tight, trying to take him back to his room. It wasn't so easy to take him back, to the room, but he still had the same name on his mouth. She found herself inside, panting really hard, it felt like she just saw a wolf, she have never seen him that close before, she used to see him on paper and TV, but seeing him so close, and pointing at her, calling her by the name of his late wife, she didn't know how to react.

She could still hear his cry, they were trying to keep him calm, but he was struggling with them.

"What the hell? She finally found her voice, but no one around to share her fears with, she will just have to wait till morning, so that she could leave.

Pamela will cover for her tomorrow, then she won't have to see Lucious Mendez, and hopefully, he would have overcome the grief of his dead wife.