We belong together

Chapter 59

Tessa's POV

A few days later...

I finally can go home. The test I took a few days ago were good and my diagnosis was confirmed: selective amnesia. I don't know what that means. But I'm feeling good. My head hurts a little, but I will be fine. In the last week, that man wasn't here. Probably he left.

Kate takes my bag and we go to her care. On our way to my house, she's silent. What did I do? We enter in the house and she's still not talking with me.

Carol: "Welcome home, baby girl!" She hugs me.

Lia: "How are you feeling sweetie?"

Me: "I'm tired. I'm going to sleep, excuse me."

Olivia: "Do you need help?"

Me: "No, thank you."

I go upstairs in my bedroom. I will stay in Portland a few days or weeks until I will feel better and then I'm going back to Seattle. I think I missed a lot of work in the last weeks. I change in something comfy and I take my pills. In a short amount of time, I can feel their effect and I fall asleep.

*

"Tessa, baby... I missed you."

"Hardin?"

"Come here, love." He opens his arms and almost run to him. I hug him tight like this is the end.

"I am so sorry Hardin... I was so stupid. I'm really sorry, Hardin. It was all my fault."

"Don't be sorry, Tess... And stop stressing. Our baby doesn't need this." Baby? What... I look down and I see a baby bump. He rubs my belly.

"I almost lost our baby, Hardin..."

"Theresa, move back." I hear Noah's voice. Oh, no, oh no.

"Noah?!"

"Yes, princess. I'm here. For our baby and you."

"Tess? What is he talking about?"

"I fucked her hard a few months ago and now she's pregnant with my baby. You are not happy for us, man?" He smiles and I want to throw up.

"Fuck you, Tessa!" He pushes me back and I fall on the ground. "You cheated on me?!"

"And she liked it." Noah adds and I want to kill him. "But now, it's time for you to go." He takes out a gun and he point it to Hardin.

"No, no, no. Don't hurt him, please!"

"Too late!"

*

I wake up sweating and... I'm really scared. I immediately look at my belly, I don't have a bump. I look in my room and I'm alone. Jesus Christ, what a dream! But why that man was in my dream? Why is he this important? Why he appears everywhere, even in my dreams?

I get up from my bed and I go in the kitchen. I want to drink some hot chocolate. In the kitchen, I find Kate.

"Hey! Why are you awake so early?"

"I had a nightmare." I prepare my hot chocolate and I sit at the table.

"About what?"

"With my ex and the guy from the hospital. I don't know why..."

"If you are comfortable, you can tell me what's that about."

"We were in a place and I was apologizing about something. I was pregnant and then Noah came in and he told to that guy that the baby is his and then Noah shot him and that's all. I cried. It was awful. Who is he, Kate? He is very important for me?"

"You loved him so much and I know you still love him, but you don't remember. And he loves you so much, more than anything."

"If it's true, he was my boyfriend. Why I can't remember him? How much I have to wait to remember everything?"

"I would love to know the answer at this question... It could take days, weeks, moths, even years... I wish you will be the lucky one, who will remember everything soon. What if you will spend more time with him when you are back in Seattle? Maybe this will help you to catch some memories."

"I don't know what to say... To spend time with a stranger?"

"For Sake's God! He is not a stranger! I don't know him, but I can see that he's so in love with you, Tessa! Before the accident you were so sad because he's not with you. And now you don't want to spend time with him, to try to remember little pieces from your beautiful relationship!"

"Easy, Kate... It's not the end of the world. There are a lot of guys."