Secret: A country romance

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Carlos looked from the doctor to the young girl before slightly nodding and muttering "thank you" and doctor Paige smiled before walking out of the room.

Elaine followed Paige out of the room "doctor Paige" she called as she gently closed the door after her.

Paige turned to her "yes Elaine?"

"Do you really think he will recover his memory? I mean...we don't know him and if he is going to stay here till he recovers his memory, where is he going to stay?"

Paige looked thoughtful "that's indeed true Elaine. I would have offered him to stay here at the clinic but as you know, we don't have enough beds here for one to be occupied for months."

"Months? Isn't that too long?"

"Well, you never can tell. Although his memories will return but one doesn't know when so, it's better I leave it to that. Now, we need to find where he will stay till he does that. Do you know of anyone who will let him stay with them till he recovers his memories?"

"This is Folktown Paige, no one will. You should even be asking that people should not avoid him like a plague. He is a stranger who doesn't remember where he comes from. Who do you think it's gonna take him into their home?"

"Hmm. Well, now I need to see old Ben, he is in the next room, I will think about that one later."

"He is still sick?" Elaine asked surprised.

"Well, his family brought him in this morning so I guess he still is. The truth is, I don't even know if he will see winter this year but one can't tell him that, especially his wife" he chuckled with a shrug "talk to you later Elaine" he said and walked away while Elaine stared at his back before going into the room again.

Carlos' eyes snapped open when he noticed someone walked in "sorry, it's just me" Elaine said with a smile before sitting on the chair. Carlos' eyes never left her. Compared to the girl he heard her voice last night, she looks stronger and with the way she talks, something tells him she is not one to be trifled with. A faint smile appeared on his lips as he studied her. Her hair matches with her eyes, and he must admit, she is really beautiful, no not just beautiful, she is drop dead gorgeous and she looks really young, he will place her at her early twenties or possible, nineteen.

Well, he guess he should be grateful she found him last night, even though he was disappointed when he heard her voice to discover she was a girl but somehow, she still managed to bring him to the hospital, if you will call this one. He let his gaze travel the whole room. It's really small compared to the hospitals he usually go to when sick back at home but since it was able to save his life, it's okay. But where could this be, what did the doctor called it a while ago? Folktown, yes but, what kind of a name is that and why has he never heard of it before? Well, it doesn't matter as long as it is able to hide him from the men that wants to kill him. Thinking to that, he remembered something and his heart ached.

He might have survived but his friend did not, his heart weighs like a thousand bricks as he remembered that John is dead, a friend like a brother is dead and he died trying to save him. If he hadn't shouted out to him to run, the killers would not have heard him and wouldn't have shot him. His best friend is dead and that left him thinking, who is it that wants him dead? He can't remember having any enemy that will want him dead but one never can tell and that's why he will not trust anybody here.

Yes, it is for the best that he claims to loose his memory, at least this way, he won't have prying eyes. He is going to stay here till he recovers well, after that, he will go back home and he is going to hunt down John's killers, he will make sure they rot in jail, he owes his best friend that. His gaze traveled to the young girl in the room again and he was surprised to see her looking at him, what did the doctor call her again? Ella, Emma...he thought hard and still got nothing but he knew it was something El.