Bonnie's Theft

Chapter 25

Caroline stood by the door wondering if she should call Stefan in for this. Damon had just woken up after having a mild heart attack and being unconscious for several hours. He'd never forgive her if something happened to him on her watch. Still she wanted Bonnie back as well. So didn't her friend deserve this try. She went over to the small bed tray and picked up the remote and placed play. Turning the volume up a bit. A black and white grainy video played.

"You may want to fast forward. For most of the video he's in there alone after Mason drops him off." Jeremy said standing to the side his eyes trained intently on the video.

She did as she was told and stopped when she saw Bonnie's small frame enter into the shop.

Bonnie took his hands in hers, touching his wedding band and twirling it on his finger.

"You're going to wake up and you're going to be extremely pissed and angry," she said her chin trembling. "And then you're going to be sad and depressed."

She looked back at the window. But if she saw something there they couldn't tell.

"When you're angry I need you to go to that place by the river. Where we first found each other in Kahlan. I want you to go there and scream and let it all out. Curse my name, but do not take this out on anyone else, but me. When you're sad and missing me and the baby. Go to her room where we were keeping the chalk board of potential baby names that we couldn't decide from. There's a picture of my last ultrasound hanging there. Kiss it and remember us fondly. I was also thinking that since its a girl that you are right. We should name her Mila-Rose."

She bent down and kissed Damon on his cheek, tears coursing down her cheeks now.

"I'm so sorry baby. Don't hate me."

"Bonnie. What's going on?"

She ignored his question and turned to leave without saying anything at all. Disappearing off the screen.

"Bonnie, help me." He called out jerking on his restraints. "Bonnie, I love you."

Caroline paused the screen as it was made very clear that she wasn't coming back.

"She left me in that room alone." He murmured. "She said goodbye as if she never intended to come back."

Caroline leveled a hard gaze at Jeremy wishing that he had warned her about the contents first. "You called her name. So you still had your memory then."

"Do you have your memory now?" Jeremy asked looking at him anxiously.

"No, I might as well have been watching a movie starring me. But I don't have any connection to it." Damon replied shaking his head the memory of seeing her walk out on him playing on repeat in his head.

"No connection. She's carrying your abomination."

"Slow down, Jeremy." Caroline said fuming.

"She's only in this mess because of him and her own poor decision making. He's lying there helplessly because he wants to forget everything that she did to him."

"Jeremy, you're not being fair here. You're over simplifying things a lot." Caroline said going around the bed and pushing him away from it.

"Is that why he's not protesting because the truth is he doesn't want to remember her," Jeremy screamed pushing past her and heading towards the door. "The rest of the tape gets blurry after that. So does the audio, but you can clearly see that Mason comes in shortly after. He turns Damon human because Bonnie told him to."

"She wouldn't do that!" Caroline replied stunned.

"I'd tell you to ask him, but he's," he raised up his hands making air quotes. "Forgotten."