Chapter 23
"Misha, can you hear me? If you can, please grip my hand hard or move a finger to let us know." she said. She's been looking at her intently. She did not want to miss every detail of the woman's waking up.
Lyndon wanted to speak but cannot find words. He looked at his wife whose eyes were still tightly closed.
Another tear came out from those tightly shut eyes. Her parents and in-laws were looking at her with myriad of emotions. As much as Lyndon did not want to see her tears, they were also hurt beyond anyone could imagine in this scene.
Albert hugged Rodora and so is Shane to Michele. Both couple looked at their daughter with hurt in their eyes and then they s.h.i.+fted their gaze towards Lyndon with pity. They could not comprehend on how Lyndon had been coping up these past few months of loneliness in this island.
"Little wife..." Lyndon softly uttered. Burying his head into her hands while tears softly streamed down on his beautiful face.
There was long silence in the room until, Misha lifted one of her fingers.
That moment was the most precious in their lives. They wanted to rejoice and jump up and down from happiness. Michele sobbed into Shane's chest. She buried her face while hugging him tightly.
To Michele, all of this have to end. These past few months, Shane asked her relentlessly of what's her relations.h.i.+p with Belle Yang but she dodged every questions he asked. Shane patted her at the back to calm her down. It seemed to work when her sobs finally died down. Shane could have just asked his father about it but he chose not to. He knew that the old man knew Belle's ident.i.ty but he wanted for the truth cam out from his wife's mouth.
Rodora on the other hand couldn't be more delighted than
"Dear, it's your momma Rodora... Wake up now child... We have been waiting for you to come back." she said lovingly. She had wanted to have a daughter before but the heavens gave her two wonderful sons. She could not ask for more because they have been a wonderful experience to her though, she had lost Leo in such an early age.
Another finger of her raised and tears streamed down in the corners of her eyes. She heard them clearly but no matter how hard she tried to open her eyes, she could not do so. She could only cry. She wanted to hug them so much and also wanted to see Lyndon.
"Wow! That's a great development we have here. Misha gained her consciousness but still she's unable to open her eyes at the moment. We have to wait a few more days for her to wake up completely." Dr. Williams excitedly announced as she had been recording the progressive stage of Misha on her notebook.
Lyndon nodded to Dr. Williams. He can't wait for her to wake up and he placed a kiss on her forehead and then caressed her cheeks.
"I'm excited little wife. I will be here when you first open your eyes." he said to her. Misha suddenly gripped his hand. He smiled at her lovingly and patted her head softly.
"You should go back to sleep." he urged her and the grip loosen. Her hands were placed beside her body by Lyndon.
He signaled his parents and in-laws to move out from the room. The older couples obliged and then moved to the room next to Misha's room.Dr. Williams then followed the suit because she knew that she had to explain something to them to fully understand the development Misha had.
Lyndon slowly closed the door behind him and walked towards the kitchen to prepare something for his parents and in-laws. He added another gla.s.s for Dr. Williams.
He placed the drinks on a tray and grabbed some condiments to go along with it from the refrigerator.
The five people in the room were completely silent as Lyndon have not yet arrived. Michele and Shane had been looking at the fan page of Misha to get news from her fans. While Albert have been looking at the stocks his company acquired this past few months from his laptop. He also read some of the reports from his secretary. Rodora looked at the center table and noticed that there were some fas.h.i.+on and life magazines placed atop. She randomly picked one and began skimming it. Then she let out a flabbergasted look.
She tugged Albert's long sleeves to gain his attention. Noticing that his wife wanted his attention, he looked at Rodora.
"What is it?" he asked and Rodora showed her some article. Then the man looked at Michele that was just across her. She had the very same face with the lady on the featured article. The t.i.tle of the article was, "The Empress: Belle Yang. Her life and achievements over the years."
That leave them baffled. As much as they knew, Michele is a half Filipina and American and she went to China before just to work for almost two years before she came back in Country A.
They also knew that Michele was an orphan and graduated college in Country A but it was because of her part time jobs and scholars.h.i.+p. Her life was a little harder but she eventually managed as she had been modeling along the sidelines. Her life in China was better when they asked her but they did not asked her about it too much. They still respected her privacy though.
Albert wanted to show the article to his friend but a large hand grabbed the magazine out from his grasp.
It was Lyndon who's standing behind him with a tray in his hands. Seeing this, Rodora cleared out the table and got the tray off from Lyndon's hands and placed it on the table.
"Help yourselves, please." said Lyndon but Rodora poured out the tea to the porcelains. She then one by one distributed them along with a condiment.