A/N: Thank you guys for all the feedback! To clear up questions comments and concerns from the previous chapter: Sorry about the Kardashian reference that was something I meant to pull/ change but didn't get around to it. Same with the whole "magic seatbelt" thing something else I meant to change but in the end never got around to it. I'll try and be better about double checking before I submit. On another note we get to meet Melodi's saviour in this one, Kaiden pronounced Kayden. I will apologies in advance if any the last couple paragraphs are kinda cheesy or has any errors. I had the worst writers block working on this chapter and somehow ended up writing most of chapter 3 before I could figure out where this chapter was going and wrote backwards from there. Please keep the comments coming.
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Kaiden-
"What the hell were you thinking? You could have been killed! Do you know what kind of stress you've put your mother under? Especially when we couldn't get a hold of you and Peter couldn't find you at the scene. We didn't know what to think!" My father yelled in rapid Italian. He was so loud that I actually had to pull the phone away from my ear.
"I'm sorry I worried you both but when I saw the smoke coming from the cars, I knew I couldn't just let Peter drive past. I couldn't just let that woman die." I said back in Italian, pacing the hallway.
"That's what the police and the fire department are for! You didn't have to go gallivanting in to save some woman when there are people who are paid to do that! You are sole heir to the Andretti dynasty; I can't have you running around playing super hero putting yourself at risk! Do want to end up like Gio?" my father snarled harshly.
'Bring on the guilt trip.' I thought to myself, rolling my eyes as I took a seat in one of the uncomfortable hospital chairs that had been my home for the last 8 hours.
My parents always managed to make me fall in line by bringing up my deceased older, Giovanni, who died when he was 23 saving some pregnant woman from being robbed. I was 12, when it happened and even now, 13 years later, at 25 it still hurts the same way it did then. They like to bring up Gio when they wanted me to do something or not do something, depending on the situation.
They were upset because like my brother, I didn't want to live the life of a spoiled rich kid. I didn't want to just sit around living on my dad's money. When he didn't have me looked in the office and running around the globe closing deals for him, I loved to volunteer. I loved kids and so whenever I could I liked to volunteer for various programs where I could work with them.
It was hard living a double life. The one where the world and my parents wanted to see, the shrewd business man, the rich playboy and the one where I was who I actually wanted to be: just Kaiden. The sound of my dad screeching in the phone brought me back out of my thoughts.
"Kaiden are you even listening to me?" he asked this time in English.
"Yes father I'm listening. I hear what you are saying and I understand both you and mama's concern but I couldn't just let her die." I say again stressing the last part again so he would finally understand what I was saying.
"Maria talk to your son please. Speak some reason into him since he apparently wont listen to mine." I heard my father say before a bunch of shuffling and my mother's soft voice come across the line.
"Kaiden why won't you listen to your poor father? He drives himself sick with worry over you. He only wants what's best for you. Are you hurt anywhere? Have you been checked out?" she asked me, concern dripping through her tone.
"Yes mama they checked me. I'm fine, no smoke inhalation, no cuts, no bruises, nothing. The woman I saved, isn't doing too good though." I said trying to trigger her maternal instincts and draw her concern and worry to someone else other than me. My plan worked hook line and sinker.
"Is she okay?" my mother asked.
"Well since I'm not related to her or her husband they won't tell me much. But one of the nurses took pity on me since her family isn't here yet and gave me an update not too long ago. She has a concussion, mild smoke inhalation and some other stuff, but nothing extremely life threatening." I say watching as three people rushed past me to the nurse's station.
"Well that's good son I'm glad you were able to save her. I'm sorry about your father's yelling but we don't want you to end up like Gio, joining the father in the afterlife before you can really experience life. We want you to be safe and you can't do that if your constantly pulling people out of the fire." My mother said softly.
One thing about my mother is even when she scolding you she still manages to do it with love. "I know mama. I have to go now; I think the woman's family has just arrived and I want to point them in the right direction of their daughter. Can you have Peter meet me here in about a half hour." I tell her standing up from the chair and started walking slowly to the nurse's station where it seemed like the family who had rushed past me was struggling with the nurse on duty.
"Alright my son. Please be careful. And call Isabella please. She keeps calling to see if we know any information. I love you."
"I love you too mama and I promise to call Isabella." I say before hanging up the phone and tune my attention completely to the argument-taking place in front of me.
" I'm sorry but we can't give you any information on Miss Gray's condition." The nurse said with a flippant attitude pissing me off to the point where I knew I had to step in.
"What do you mean you can't give us any information?! We're her..." the man started to argue back before I cut in.
"Excuse me ma'am, before you acted so rudely toward these people, perhaps you should have asked who they were and their relation to the patient. Mr. and Mrs. Gray I presume? I can show you to where your daughter is and her doctor so that you can get the information you are seeking." I say staring the woman behind the desk down.
"Who are you and why do you have information on my daughter?" the older of the two men asked wrapping his arm tighter around the sobbing woman, who I would assume is the woman's mother considering the fact that they could pass for twins.
"I'm Kaiden Andretti..."
"Of Andretti Holdings INC?" The younger man asked me.
"Yes that Kaiden Andretti. I pulled your daughter out of her car after her accident." I told them Mrs. Gray's sobbing becoming louder. Mr. Gray looked like he was close to breaking down and the other man, who I would assume is either her brother or her lover stood there silently.
"Is she okay?" the older man asked drawing my attention back to him and the woman.
