Always Mine {Book 3}| Completed

Part II: Chapter Two

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I felt the immediate shock take over me that filled with anxiety and fear. I wanted to act and pretend like I didn't hear Christopher say that just now. I backed away, my entire smile had fell from my face. And Christopher let go of my hand, I was unfamiliar to him. And he was definitely unable to know me. And I couldn't believe what had just happened in my vision that sits out right in front of me. And I needed a second, and all I thought about was trying to understand how he has no idea who I was.

Dad returned into the room with Doctor Reynolds and she immediately came to Christopher and she seemed shocked but Christopher looked bewildered. And it only made her look at Christopher with the proudest smile, but she didn't know how he came back to life when he had completely no pulse and flatlined. And here he is, perfectly fine. And so she went right to him, and I walked backwards in the corner of the room, completely upset and disappointed about what everything came out to be.

Doctor Reynolds started to get Christopher to talk, and he could speak perfectly fine. But then his memory was an issue apparently. He thought the year was 2018. And he thought he was seventeen. It's like he didn't lose his entire memory but just from the events after. Christopher and I met in September of 2018. But, he thinks it's March of 2018. And he had no memory of my dad and me. And I couldn't believe that this was going on in front of me. I obviously needed to step outside, and I did, and I was outside of the room in the hall. And dad followed me and he could tell I was very upset, and tears just came flowing down from my eyes. And I couldn't even understand a thing. He's forgotten four years. It's like swiped and gone from his memory it's as if Christopher never met me. How am I to go on like this? This makes me very unhappy and just defeated.

I looked through the window and I see Charlotte and Reynolds having quite a conversation and Christopher looked so lost and confused that he just was in the bed, watching them talk about whatever it is. And then Doctor Reynolds left outside of the room and she closed the door. She came to talk to me, but I didn't want any talking. I wanted Christopher to remember me.

"Hey Emma," Doctor Reynolds approached, and she saw the look of sadness on me.

"Does he really not know who I am? Is this even possible?" I sobbed, wiping off my tears.

She sighed, and she knew more than anything. But my dad and her both knew. Dad was feeling so bad for me right now that he didn't know what to say.

"Memory loss is very common in car accidents." Doctor Reynolds had said, but it didn't make me feel any better.

"I think the question is... is it possible that he can ever get his memory back?" Dad turned, looking at her, but he knew the answer, being a doctor himself. But he was asking for me.

"Gaining memories can take so much time. But is possible. But there's no guarantee that he will or won't. But he's gonna need to get used to new arrangements. So he will start adjusting to everything that he doesn't remember. So it's not like he's the same person you know. This is gonna just take time. Including counseling, which he will need to this." Doctor Reynolds explained.

I know that it's probably impossible for Christopher get his memories back. And here he is, just in the room and he's a totally different person. I don't know this other guy. It's like he's an imposter. And I just don't know how this is to happen. But I think about how he could ever get his memories back and how it'll work. I literally cried, wanting to see him the way he has been. But he's someone else. He remembers me not. He has totally forgotten me.

The brain can only tolerate so much. And I'm very much aware of what happens in comas and tragic car crashes. And memory loss follows it. I can only try to imagine what it's like because to forget. He's lost four years ahead of him. I saw his eyes open, and I was happy to see him and then I was cut by the disappointment and betrayal by him not knowing who I was. And I tried everything to not hate him because it isn't his fault. He's done absolutely nothing wrong. And of course, I know dad is concerned as well.