Chris had fallen asleep on the terrace next to the garden at the back of the villa. Camilla kissed his forehead and quietly walked off.
It had been two weeks since they arrived but she had not fully moved around the place, taking the chance Camilla walked around the villa admiring every little detail.
Chris had made the interior familiar by making it a copy of her apartment but the exterior was different. She had been walking for a few minutes when her phone vibrated.
It was Ray calling.
"Hi, bestie " he shouted Camilla frowned and pulled back a little.
"Don't hurt my eardrums you fool " she scolded. He apologized. "Why are you calling in the middle of my honeymoon?".
She could hear Ray chuckling, " I missed you and you have been quiet lately "
"I miss you guys too. Chris and I have been up and down enjoying our honeymoon I had no time to call you guys "
"Hmmm," he muttered. Camilla paused and turned to the setting Sun and breathed.
"Is something wrong, Ray?" she asked his silence made it clear something was bothering him.
"It's your mother-in-law" he said. Camilla glanced back to make sure Chris was far enough and asked what he meant.
"What happened to her?" she asked.
"She must have tried to do something to you again which caused a misunderstanding and..." he paused.
Camilla got anxious, "and what Ray?" she barked.
"And in the heat of the moment, something terrible happened " he finished.
Camilla turned back to where Chris was sleeping, "He fell down the stairs after a while the doctors are saying he must have lost his step and slipped but we all know it must have been her " Ray explained.
She stopped watching Chris sleep in peace with the phone still on her ear.
"Bestie, are you still there?" Ray asked.
"Yes am here, who is with him at the hospital should we head back?" she asked
"No, ...hi don't rush things. Jack is by his side and we are all here for him. Jack doesn't want his brother to know but I had to tell you since you are his wife now. You decided whether to tell him or not "
Chris woke up when he felt her hand on his skin. He looked staring at her as she listened to Ray on the phone.
"I understand but tell him we will be there by midnight," she said.
"Alright, get here safe. Love you "
"Love you too " she hangs up.
Chris looked into her worried eyes, "What that Ray did something happen?" he asked.
She held his hand and sat down.
"Yeah it was, something happened to Dad," she said.
He froze and his grip tightened, "Tell me what happened?" he calmly said.
She told him about his bad fall and his being hospitalized.
"Let's get ready so we can get there by midnight," she said.
"What about our honeymoon " he seemed confused.
Camilla sighed, "I know am a hundred times important to you but his your father which makes him thousand times more important than me.So don't worry about such things and let's get packing "
His gaze softened as he nodded. "Have I told you how much I love you?"
She smiled nodding her head, "Yes you have, and hope you keep doing so cause I love you as much "
Rachel and Alfred had been waiting for them at the airport.
"Rachel, Alfred " Camilla called as she ran to them.
Alfred opened his arms welcoming her home, "We missed you " he hugged her.
"I missed you too " she left Alfred's warm embrace and hugged Rachel too.
Chris didn't say much but smiled at Rachel and gave Alfred a handshake. They walked to the car and drove off.
"How is Dad doing?" Chris asked Alfred.
"His stable now but still needs to observe him till he conscious again " he informed them.
"And my brother, how is he doing?" Chris asked
Alfred sighed with a sad expression on his face, "His not in a good condition. He hasn't said anything in a week now or left his father's side since he was bought in, I have tried persuading him to rest and eat but he dismissed anything I said "
"Hmmm," Chris frowned. Camilla looked at him, "you don't sound surprised about Jack 's condition "
"Jack is prone to depression cause of his trauma in the past cause of what happened to his parents " .he said.
He told them how Jack had spent a month having endless nightmares and panic attacks after his parent's burial.
"I would hear him crying in the night after a bad nightmare. So I decided to always go sleep in his room every time he had one and when Dad found out he had joined us and also got him a child psychologist. And after some time his nightmares stopped but..." Chris's eyes filled with tears remembering the past.
"He would still sometimes hide away and cry calling his mom and dad. He missed them so much that the sadness seemed to cause darkness to grow in him " Camilla held his hand and he smiled through his tears.
"I was young then and they had tried to hide most of the truth but I knew his parent's death was my parent's fault so I did my best to comfort him but to no avail".
Alfred felt his heart ache as Chris continued.
" Mom started making sure he has involved in everything we did as a family and soon his full smile returned. And when Dad finally decided to officially adopt him his eyes glowed cause he now had a new family with a new Dad and mom ". Chris sniffed, " Dad promised that he would never leave his side suddenly like his father did and would try to feel his parents gap as much as possible ".
" So Jack became my brother, he held back sometimes and still hid his identity of being my brother but other times we made him proudly admit it, he chuckled. My parents thought that darkness had vanished but I knew it never did cause he just hid it away so they could feel less guilty ".
" So maybe this accident has triggered something from his past" Camilla asked.
Chris nodded, "I had observed him, whenever he lost something precious to him he would hide away, not talk or not eat anything. And since it's Dad, it's might a big hit for him now "
They finally got to the hospital. Chris ran to his father's room getting in.
Jack looked up from beside the bed with dark eyes. Chris looked over seeing their father connected to a life support machine.
"Brother," Jack said in a hoarse voice as he got up half stumbling. Chris grabbed him hugging his trembling brother.
"Don't worry he will be okay " Chris said moving his eyes to the pale body on the bed. He could see bruised on his head and left hand.
"I don't want to lose another Dad " he cried.
"You won't I promise, our father is a strong man and I believe he will make it, " Chris said as he tried to hold back his tears.
"He made a promise " Jack cried.
Chris nodded, "Yes he did, so stick to that and believe he won't break it " pulling his brother up from his embrace and pulled up a painful smile.
Camilla pushed Alfred forward, "Jack darling why don't you let Alfred go take you out for some fresh air and also take you home to have some rest," she said so softly.
Jack hesitated to turn back to his father.
"Don't worry I will be here go have some rest " Chris said Camilla nodded too, "You go rest while I and Chris watch over him. And after your fully rested then Alfred can drive you back here to see Dad "
Jack was quiet but the assuring look on Chris and Camilla made him feel lighter so he finally accepted.
"Please call me when anything happens," he said and they both nodded
Slowly he walked out with Alfred following behind him.