Lucky Strike

Memory

Scarlett's POV 

The doctor told me to go home and get any pictures or videos that I could to help Adam remember the twins and I. 

I rushed back to the hospital and ran to Adam's room. He was just sitting there with a blank look on his face. How could he not remember anything?

I walked into his room and he looked up at me. "Adam?" I said. "Sapphire?" He asked. "Scarlett," I said. "Right. Sorry," He said. I walked over to his bed and sat next to him. I pulled a stack of photos out of my bag and sat handed them to Adam. 

He came across the photo of our wedding day. "So we're married?" He asked. "Yes. 3 years. We got married a month after I had the twins," I said. "Twins?" He asked. "Oh yeah. We have twin 3 year olds. A boy and a girl. Noah Michael and Violet Kennedy," I said. "Wow," He said as he continued to look through the pictures.

Nothing helped Adam's memory. No picture, video, or story helped him get his memory back. The doctor recommended that I bring Adam home and help him get back to his daily routine. It could help piece his memory back together. I was willing to try anything.

As soon as we got home, Violet and Noah came running. "Daddy!" They shouted as they hugged his legs. "H-hi," Adam said. "Violet, Noah, can mommy talk to you?" I said. "Yeah," They said. Before I went to talk to Violet and Noah, I thanked Patsy for watching them and said goodbye to her.

I walked over to Violet and Noah and tried to hold in my tears. "Why did daddy give us weird looks when we hugged him?" Violet asked. "When daddy got thrown out of the car, his brain got hurt. He doesn't remember us," I said. "Oh," They said with sad looks on their faces.

"We're going to help daddy try to remember ok? But be nice to him," I said. "Ok mommy," They said. "You can go play in the backyard ok?" I said as I opened the back door. "Ok," They said before they ran outside onto the playset. 

"Adam?" I said. "Yeah?" He asked as he turned around from the wall of pictures he was looking at. "Do you wanna go outside and play with them?" I asked. "Uh, yeah sure." He said. 

We walked outside and went over to the kids. "Victoria and Nolan right?" Adam said to the kids. Their faces immediately turned to sadness. 

"My name is Violet!" Violet screamed before she ran into the house in tears. "My name is Noah not Nolan. Mommy this is not our daddy! Daddy knows our names!" Noah screamed before he ran into the house too with tears falling down his face.

I felt tears falling down my cheeks. Adam looked at me and he looked upset. "I'm really sorry. I just don't remember them," He said. 

I couldn't take it. I turned around and ran into the house in tears. Just like Violet and Noah. My heart was broken. 

Adam didn't remember us. And it wasn't looking like he was ever going to.