Go live your way Part 2

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Dani put his arm around their shoulders. "We should go in first and wait for Alvaro to call back."

Mia nodded, Juanma said "I can't eat anything now".
“Are you at least coming in?” Mia asked and took his hand again. Juanma nodded. Toni had already started to eat and Mia and Dani told him what had happened. Mia took a few slices of the pizza she wanted to share with Juanma, but she wasn't really hungry either.

Dani paid the bill and they left the restaurant. "Has Alvaro contacted you again" asked Toni. Mia shook her head.
" are you two ok?"Dani asked and looked at Juanma examiningly.

"We should go back too," said Juanma. "You are not coming to your mother now anyway, Juanma. You will be picked up tomorrow and then we will look further. It will not do any good." Mia nodded and took Juanma in her arms. "Dani is right, we should wait until Alvaro calls and relax a bit." Dani gave the two of them another scrutinizing look. "If there is anything, please contact us. Otherwise we'll see you tomorrow, okay?" Mia nodded. "Thanks for everything," she said. They said goodbye to Dani and Toni, who had booked an overland bus, and made their way to their hotel. They had just got to the room when Alvaro called. "Penny called back," he said. Mia switched her cell phone to loudspeaker. "She didn't find out everything she wanted to know. Florencia has a swelling in her brain caused by a blunt skull-brain trauma. She is being monitored. The next 24 hours decide whether she needs an operation or if the swelling goes down by itself. The values ​​have improved and she is stable. "Mia and Juanma took a deep breath. Juanma had almost crushed Mia's hand.

Mia talked with Alvaro for a moment, juanma had called Zoe. He told her what had happened and Zoe was speechless at first. They spoke for a moment, then Juanma hung up. He sat on the bed and rested his head on his hands. Mia sat down next to him and he put his head on her shoulder. Neither of them said anything for a while. Then Mia said "Penny said she was stable. Tomorrow she will be better". Juanma nodded.
Mia noticed that he was tensing his hands and took him in his arms. When she pulled away from him, she wiped a tear from his cheek. She understood him well and she could imagine that he was scared. She had had that about Isabel too. Juanma looked at her briefly. "I can't even think of that ..." "... then don’t think about it, Juanma. Everything will be fine. Certainly, when we come home tomorrow, she’s better." Alvaro had written again that Penny had promised him to contact him as soon as she knew something. Mia went briefly into the bathroom to get bed ready. When Juanma came out of the bathroom, he lay down next to her. Mia grabbed his hand and slid closer to him. "I would like to go home," he said softly. "I know Juanma, I totally understand you too. But we should try to relax a bit and then go straight to the hospital tomorrow. Now we can't do anything and are not allowed to see her either." Juanma nodded. He turned to her and put his head on her shoulder. "What if ..." "We don't think about it now. We'll know more tomorrow and Alvaro will be in touch as soon as he hears something new." Mia said.

She pulled Juanma a little closer to her. After a while she felt a tear through her T-shirt and stroked his arm. After a while he seemed to have fallen asleep. Mia closed her eyes too and concentrated on his even breathing. Both were exhausted and tired, and despite the circumstances, both slept a few hours. When Mia woke up she looked at her cell phone. They hadn't heard Alvaro's message. He had written that Penny had found out that Florencia had been awake briefly. She seemed oriented but of course still tired. She carefully woke Juanma. She read the message to him and he breathed a sigh of relief. "Is that a good sign? Or Mia?" Mia nodded. He took her in his arms.
"Come on," Mia said, we should have something to eat and then we will be picked up. Juanma nodded. He was quiet at breakfast and Mia could almost read his mind. When Charlie's driver arrived, they let themselves be driven straight to the hospital. They signed up for the intensive care unit and had to wait for a nurse to come. When she came she said "just family" "Oh, she's family, she's my cousin and visiting us over the weekend," Juanma said fast. He gripped Mia's hand tighter. The nurse announced both briefly and then nodded. She led them to Florencia's bed and Juanma paused. His mother was hooked on multiple devices. She had a tube under her nose to make breathing easier. A moment later a doctor joined them. She greeted the two of them and said, "She seems to be recovering. We wanted to intubate her because her coma index was at the limit. But she was breathing continuously and the saturation is good. We'll check the swelling of the brain later on the CT." Juanma nodded. Mia squeezed his hand. "She was awake that night"
The doctor looked at her tray. "Yes, one of the night nurses noticed. She knows her name and knows that she had an accident. She asked for a man named Marcello. We also spoke briefly with his doctor yesterday." She saw Juanmas still very worried look and said "We can only wait for now. If the swelling goes down, it's good." " And if not ?" "Then maybe we have to operate, that could be another risk. But we don't think so far yet."