Us Against All Odds (En)

The research

I'm not telling you this because I'm nice. I'm telling you this because I love you and have always loved you. More than you can imagine.

Nicholas Sparks.

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-"It was a very good vacation... If we could go back to that room..." She had caressed her leg over the sheet. Then she had put her head on Maya's thigh, her head turned towards the face of the beautiful blonde. Before falling asleep in turn.

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She had woken up with a start at five in the morning. No nurse had come by and woken her up. Fortunately for her, Maya had been sleeping very soundly, thanks to her medication.

She then went to her shared office and lay down again on the couch in the open space. She slept until seven, before going to one of the showers reserved for hospital staff and taking her shift.

Maya's schedule was just as busy, she had an appointment with the psychiatrist to talk about what had brought her there.

- "hello Maya"

- "good morning"

- "you know why you're here?"

- "yes, try to remember"

- "you look nervous"

- "I'm in a psychiatrist's office..."

-"You know there is a fine line between a psychiatrist and a psychologist. We don't have the same background. I have a doctorate and my colleagues in psychology have a degree in psychology. My goal is to treat psychological illnesses, or at least to stabilize them. We are going to work together to try to help you recover your memory. I am not here just to listen to you talk, although I do not denigrate the profession of psychologist. But I think that psychotherapy is more appropriate in your case. You're doing fine, you just need to remember the events that happened. That's why our sessions are medical. A psychologist you can also see, but it will be more in a non-therapeutic accompaniment."

- "ok, so it's ok you're not going to lock me up where I don't know what" she tried to laugh.

- "no, we don't lock people up without good reason. And in your case, the question doesn't even arise. Relieved?"

- "yes"

-"and if we can't get your memory back, we can try hypnotherapy".

- "okay"

The psychiatrist had initially asked Maya questions about her childhood, her relationship with her father.

She had explained to him, among other things, the time when he had woken her up with a bucket of water, because she had helped a classmate, who had injured herself during a race and that this had made her lose the first place.

She had the feeling that she had not thought about this period of her life for a long time, when in fact she had thought about it, the very day Carina had entered her life.

The session lasted an hour and despite her preconceptions, Maya enjoyed it. In her memory she had never or very rarely mentioned her past.

However, it also saddened her. She wanted to see Mason, but from what she had heard, from Lieutenant Decker, her brother was nowhere to be found.

She had then called Jack, coming out of her session with him, once Nurse Wolf, had taken her back to her room.

/Telephone conversation/

- "Bishop?"

-"Gibson,... Are you okay?"

- "what's up?"