Supercorp: Unexpected Feelings

Chapter 105

It is now the end of the day, and Lena has just returned home, after really a very long day, which was mostly made long by the flood of information that Lena was given today, both in regards to Andrea, and the unexpected news of Lex's death. Lena actually hasn't told anyone about Lex's death yet, and she is kind of surprised that the news hasn't publicly broke and been reported yet. As Lena is well aware that the news that the infamous Lex Luthor is dead is likely going to be a top story. It's not that Lena is hiding the news about Lex from anyone, it's just that, Lena is still trying to process it, and has kind of avoided thinking too much about it by just focusing on work at L-Corp all day, getting ready for next week where she is going to take a more hands off roll with L-Corp for the next week or so, while she gets everything sorted out with CatCo, as Lena officially will be taking control in two days time, on Thursday, and then starting her proper implementation of her plans for CatCo the following week. So Lena really just has been trying to get ahead of her work in L-Corp, otherwise Sam and Jess are going to have a lot more work to do next week, as most of Lena's responsibilities are going to be put on them. Of course, Lena also has Jack to rely on, but he's not a big player at L-Corp, he mostly just sticks to his nano-tech department, so while Lena trusts him, she doesn't think management would appreciate her giving him any responsibilities normally performed by the CEO. Then nor does Lena think Jack would want them either. Lena has, in the past, tried to expand Jack's role to cover some more science departments of the company, but Jack has been very resistant to it. So really all of Lena's responsibilities for L-Corp next week are going to be passed down to the CFO and her assistant. Lena is confident they can handle everything between them, but still, she doesn't want to leave them with an absolute mountain work load to deal with.

Lena now enters her home, and as she does, she hears the sound of Kara talking to the girls in the living room, by the sounds of things telling them some story or something. Thankfully today while Lena has worked a bit later, getting home just after 6 instead of just after 5 like she has done since everything with Andrea happened, Kara was actually able to take a half day, meaning she picked the girls up from school today and has then spent the rest of the afternoon with them.

"Anyway, once Alex and I got to the top of the tree, which was about 15 feet up, we sat there and just looked at the great view. However, that didn't last long, as the next thing we knew we heard a snapping sound, and suddenly the branch I was perched on gave way, and I fell. Thankfully my fall was slowed a bit by fallen through other branches, but I did fall all the way to the ground, which I don't remember, because I blacked out." Kara says.

"Oh my god! What happened next?! Were you okay?" Natalie asks, clearly intrigued by the story.

Lena is now standing there and sees that Ashley and Natalie are both looking at Kara with a keen interest, sitting close to her on the couch. Lena is happy to watch this sight and not interrupt, it's giving her a moment of peace from her challenging day.

"Well, the next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital." Kara says.

"Did you really hurt yourself? Did you break a bone or something?" Ashley asks.

"Well that's the interesting part." Kara says, "As I was knocked out, I didn't know what happened between me falling out of the tree and me waking up at the hospital. But afterwards I was told that once Alex saw it happened and me fall, she thought I was dead, as because I was knocked out she was calling for me and I wasn't responding. So Alex climbed down the tree completely in tears, thinking I was dead. She then got to me and saw I was breathing, which helped a bit, but apparently she phone Eliza and Jeremiah and was completely in tears on the phone to them. Thankfully they were both at home so quickly came out and found us and also called an ambulance once Alex explained I was unconscious on the phone. Once Eliza and Jeremiah arrived apparently Alex was still in tears the entire time, and kept saying she was sorry and it was her fault. The paramedics arrived and checked me over and said it didn't look like I had any broken bones or anything, but as I was unconscious and hit my head I'd need to go to the hospital for some tests, and to be evaluated once I woke up. Then apparently the paramedics said that only one person could go in the ambulance with me, and Alex had a complete break down when Eliza said she'd go. Alex didn't want to leave my side, as she was still scared I was going to die. Apparently eventually the paramedics made an exception and let Alex ride in the ambulance with me and Eliza, while Jeremiah followed us in his car behind."