MELANIE
FOUR DAYS LATER
I woke up to machines beeping and a killer headache. "Oh my god she lives... Guys!"Someone jumps up from my side and runs out the room. Nothing but guys in all black came swarming into the room. "What the fuck- Am I in some sort of trouble?" I say looking around. "Of course not princess, why would you think that?" An older man steps up. I turned my head in confusion. "Do you recognize anyone in this room?" He asked me. I looked around and I have no clue who any of these people are. I shook my head no. "I'm you dad honey,and that's your brother Declen." He says pointing at him and my brother. I looked back and forth between the two and I still don't remember. "Who's everyone else?" I asked him while looking at everyone around the room. "My team. I am a mobster, and you and your brother used to go on mission with these guys to do my dirty work and any dirty work of your own." He says. I nodded and leaned closer to him. "Was I any good?" I whispered to him. He laughed and rubbed my thigh. "More than good, you're just like me. You can't be killed." He says. What the fuck does that mean? Someone was trying to kill me?
"Melanie im Briggs. You took some hits but like your dad said. A couple of shots won't kill you." He says. "Okay, where did I get shot?" I asked him. "You got grazed in the neck, your left shoulder, lower right stomach, right thigh and a couple open knife wounds on the inner parts of your thigh." He says. I looked down and touched my neck. I put my lips together and nodded. "They really tried to kill me." I say looking at my dad. He nodded with me. "You've been in a coma for four days." Briggs says. "You are going through some short term memory loss. Not sure when but give it three to four weeks and it should come back." He says. "Are the bullets out?" I asked him. He nodded. "Yeah. But you lost a lot of blood." He says. "You're welcome." Declen says hitting my foot. I gave him a soft smile. "You are gonna have to wear the sling for two weeks to get your shoulder back in place. And might walk with a limp for the rest of your life." He says. "Just like me." My dad says. "Oh that's not cute." I say shaking my head. "I'll come back later with meds an shit." He says. Yup, knew he was a thug doctor.
"You guys wanna give us the room?" Declen says sitting in a chair next to me. Everyone started to head out except for a dark haired dude who stood by the door. "Okay, where am I?" I asked Declen. "You are in Puerto Morelos baby sister." He says. "Okay, why aren't I in an actual hospital?" I asked him. "Because you're in the mafia Melanie... You go to the hospital you go to jail." He says. "Her name is clean, she's off grid." The dude by the door says. "Who's that?" I asked leaning to Declen. "Tayler? Your boyfriend." Declen says. I turned my head and looked at Declen. "You shitting me?" I asked him. He shook his head. "He rushed your ass to the boats to get you here." Declen says. "Aww how sweet." I fake pout at Tayler. "I'll let you two talk." Declen says pushing down on my leg to get up.
As he walked out the door he whispered something to Tayler and he shut the door. "Hey Mel..." Tayler says walking to the bed. I gave him a soft wave. I don't know why Declen left me alone with this man. I don't know who this man is. "You really don't remember who I am?" He asked me. "I'm sorry, I don't" I say shaking my head. He sighed and pulled the chair closer to me. "God, I don't even know where to start." He laughs to hisself. "Let's see you broke my fear of heights by taking me on a Ferris wheel on our first date?" He says. I shook my head. "You taught me how to shoot and drive in our first drive by." He says. I furrowed my eyebrows. "You and I got matching number 7 tattoos on the back of our ears because that's both of our lucky numbers." He says turning around to show me. "Where's mines?" I asked feeling the back of both ears. "Your left, because you're left handed babe." He says. I nodded and kept listening."Also, You and I took a getaway trip to Barbados when we were seventeen and we stayed with the family who house we tried to break in to." He says. "Doesn't ring a bell." I say. He seemed to grow worry that I couldn't remember him. "What if we try to bring your memory back?" He asked. "I mean we can try?" I say shrugging. His face lit up. "I would kiss you but I know that's pushing it." He says holding on to the chair. I laughed and nodded. "Just a little, but like are we in a or a makeshift hospital?" I asked him. "Kinda, a personal hospital for the mafia." He says. "And you brought me here?" I asked. "Yeah yanno can't risk the opps to make a pop up at the General Hospital." He says putting his feet up on the bed. "Agreeable." I say nodding.
