The Comeback Of Lorenzo✔

IV

It bought me back from dreamland when my face hits the bright lights. I slowly open my eyes and immediately changed the position of my head to the opposite direction from the balcony. I cover my eyes with my hand and start blinking it several times to adjust the lights.

When I felt that I was awake, I uncover my eyes only to meet Lucas, Leo and Lambert standing near the bed and looking at me astonished.

"What happened here?" I inquired while struggling to sit on my bed, "Ahh, Why my body hurts?" I asked, and start rubbing my left hand on my back and right hand gave a massage of my head.

"Don't you remember anything, Lorenzo?" Leo politely asks me.

I glance at them one by one, and frown, that's when the incident of yesterday nights flash-backs inside my mind. My eyes widened, and I stop my massage. I look outside the balcony at the black tree, and my heartbeats started thudding.

Ignoring all my pains, I stood up from my bed. I went outside the balcony taking baby steps, only to discover people's crowd outside the fence and tree had turned black.

I recall the bird's nest on the tree, which was near my balcony and felt sad for the birds. My stomach did somersaults, and my heart ached as I looked at the burnt wood from which smoke was emitting from the bottom of the tree.

The strangers, who stood down looking at the disaster glanced at me. Feeling too many eyes on me at one time, I came back into my room.

The moment I get in the room, Lucas hugs me tightly, "Lorenzo! Please don't do this stunt again. You don't know how much you scared me. I thought you left me alone here." I felt wetness on my shoulders, and immediately Lucas sobbed silently.

I rubbed his back "Lucas, my friend, it's ok." and soothed him.

After a few minutes, Lucas left me from his embrace. Leo and Lambert came forward and we hi-five to each other.

Suddenly, I sniff a bittersweet aroma of coffee, toast and pancakes which came from downstairs. My stomach grumbled, and my mouth watered just by its aroma.

"What a delicious smell!" Lambert exclaims.

"I'm already starving just by smelling it," Leo responded, "Thank Lucas for bringing her here."

"Her? Who?" I asked, frowning at Leo.

"Ahh! What a sweet lady she is," Lambert answered, "She helped us yesterday."

Leo complained next "Yesterday when we called a doctor he said he would show up within a few minutes, but afterwards, he called us again saying he couldn't come because of the storm"

Lucas continued, "Yeah, How rude of him. Later we thought of asking the neighbourhood for help, but before we could ask anyone I met Eva, who was standing near our gate looking at the tree. I went to her and asked her why she was here alone in a stormy night, only to know that she was near the house, and came after she saw the lightning struck the tree."

He takes a deep breath, and further continues, "When I told about your condition Lorenzo, she was ready to help. She informed us that during the storm, very few doctors get ready to help here, the rest would look for their safety first. What a cruel world, there is no humanity in mankind. Although she isn't a doctor, she had read a book in which they noted all about thunder aid. She owns London's biggest and well-known Library, that's how she helped us. Her bookish knowledge is more than us, you know. She guided us, and we followed her, and see, we cured you!"

Lorenzo finally stopped speaking and again takes a deep breath "Phew... And now she is preparing breakfast for us, she even called the doctor to check you up almost by blackmailing him." everyone laughed together at this announcement.

I raised my eyebrows at Lucas. I knew him as an Introvert person, and today he was speaking so much.

Lambert mimicked Eva and said removing a girly voice, "You want me to complain about you to the cops? They are finding doctors like you, who are greedy for money and not the life of patients, they will be happy to hunt you down!"

The mimicry made us all laugh harder. Lucas blushed "Don't laugh these loud guys not to forget we have some people standing down and Miss Eva is here too."

"I don't speak like that!" A soft voice winced from behind the door that's when I looked at Eva. She kept her hand on her waist and stared at Lambert angrily. Our laughter died down instantly.

She was beautiful and could make anyone fall in love with her!