“You are here but this isn’t you. You’re half here and half of you is gone,” she said and it absolutely broke my heart.“When will I see Rick?”……………..“You’ll see him soon,” she responded and I nodded. I was waiting patiently, anticipating his arrival. I wondered how he looked now. I wondered if he still hated me or how we would react when we see each other. Well, my sister did say that we were on the verge of a divorce so I didn’t expect a nice, warm welcome either.“When will he be here? I mean, I’m so anxious to meet him,” I tucked my hair behind my ears and moved my hands slowly to my chest, my heart rate had increased and so has my breathing.“I’m right here baby,” I heard a voice coming from the door, I shifted my gaze from my sister to the door, and oh my days. “Rick?” I muttered to myself, moving my hands to my lips, I noticed they were chapped and dried. I tried adjusting myself to make sure I looked presentable to him but I already knew that no matter what I tried, I still
“I will not say a word about this until I have proof,” I said, folding my hands over my chest. She glared at me for a while before speaking.“I will show you proof.”………..“Here, look at that,” she said handing me her phone after she had been scrolling through for a couple of minutes. I wondered what it was she wanted to show me.I gasped when I saw the picture before me. It was a picture of my swollen and beaten-up face. I swiped and I saw more pictures and videos of different parts of my body where I had been bruised. Soon, my memory drifted back to when I was in the bathroom earlier that day. I did see some marks that I never noticed on my body. Little did I know that it was my husband who gave me those marks.I was stubborn, I still refused to believe because I loved him and needed him in my life. Or so I thought. “Trust me, Jane, you don’t want anything to do with that man,” my sister tried to convince but I obviously turned deaf ears. “I believe our marriage can still work,” I s
“Alright so just lay down right here. Take in deep breaths, and calm your mind. The doctor will be here soon,” the nurse said to me. She was making me lay down back flat on my bed. I did need to take deep breaths because I was a nervous wreck already.Her voice was already soothing enough and I took refuge in it while I relaxed my back. My head still hurt a little from all that thinking and remembering. I was glad there was a remedy for all of that. I knew Rick was lying to me about how we ended up. I wanted to know things for myself. I didn’t want even my sister to tell me what had happened because even if I confided in her, I was still the one who felt the pain. Nobody else can interpret the pain I felt but me. It was a roller coaster in my head.“I know that so many thoughts would be going on in your head right now,” the nurse smiled warmly at me. How did she do it? She must have really loved her job to actually spend her time being nice to patients. From my memory, while growing
“It’s your husband,” he whispered, frantically looking around to make sure no one was to hear us. “What about him?” I asked, confused at that point because it could mean anything.“Please ma’am, I wouldn’t want to lose my job here but then I don’t want to watch you suffer forever,” he pleaded and a thousand and one things started running through my mind. “Did my husband ask you to kill me?!” I snapped, raising my voice while he rushed to cover my mouth with his hands“Shhh,” he hushed me and I kept mute. “What’s going on?” I whispered back to him and he hesitated a moment before telling me what the problem was.“He paid me to do the opposite surgery. He wants me to take away your memory forever so you will have no knowledge of your past that you don’t already remember,” he said and I gasped. “How’s that possible? Rick would never do that,” I refused to believe that my husband would do that to me.Well, who was I kidding, from the information I gathered, our marriage was never rosy, to
“In love?” I gasped in shock staring at the doctor. “Well, I wouldn’t be surprised, Doctor. You have quite the body and I’ve been crushing on you since I got here,” I smirked and winked at him while he smiled back at me. “I will give the anesthesia now, you will be asleep in no time,” he smiled and I nodded. “I’m ready,” I said.He pressed a bell on the corner of the room to summon the nurses. The nurses rushed in and took me into the theatre. “Are you ready? Count down from 10,” the doctor said holding my hand while they injected something into me.“10, 9, 8, 7…” I counted and the more I went on, the heavier my eyes got. When I got to seven, my eyes closed shut.……….Throwback………“Hi, welcome to the most prestigious school in France. What’s your department?” A pretty lady with a beautiful smile tapped me from behind and when I turned around she was a rare gem. I had actually lost my way as I just got to France a few days before and decided to visit my school to start with the regist
……. Throwback Ends…….I was slowly coming back to life as I heard the beeping sounds of the machines and I felt something on my nose because I wasn’t breathing pure air. I tried to open my eyes and I had a terrible headache instantly. The headache shot through my entire body.Where was I? I pondered for a minute then remembered I had just gone through surgery. A surgery that was going to determine my fate in the nearest future.I finally opened my eyes and was welcomed by the blurry sight of bright light. I squinted my eyes as much as possible trying to avoid the light from burning my eyes.I looked to my side and saw a notebook then memories came flashing into my brain. I remembered how the doctor had given me that notebook and how I had written something down on it. I sat up carefully on my bed and reached for the notebook. When I read the content, my heart rate shot up. What if it didn’t work? Am I not supposed to start remembering things now? Let me try.I took in a deep breath a
“Hello, excuse me,” I saw Landry’s head poking out of the door. My husband and I were doing some catching up and flirting with each other just like in the good old days. “You’re excused,” Rich replied with a welcoming smile. I admired him all over again. For a second, the memories of everything he did to me washed away. Just for a second. I kept trying to hold on to that one string of hope that he actually loves me and is willing to change. Call it delusional if you want.“My days doctor. I feel like shit,” I remarked which caused them to cackle loudly. “It’s pretty normal and should resolve in 24 hours,” he smiled back at me and he looked as pretty as always.I could remember when I used to meet up with him anytime my husband was out cheating on me or even worse, inside cheating on me.How I met him? You may ask. …….Throwback……“You had no right Rick!” I thundered. I went to his bedroom that morning and saw two females walking out of his bathtub covered in their respective towels.
…… Throwback Continues…….“ and what might be the matter with your marriage.” He asked, settling down into his chair. I started wondering if I should satisfy his curiosity or keep playing with him.As far as I was concerned, I wanted to have fun and forget the shortcomings of my marriage. “Poor thing,” I said, smiling sheepishly at him.“And what are you? An assistant? A student? How do you think you can help me?” I placed my jaw in my hand, staring at him. I could see that he was a bit uneasy about the way I was looking at him.At that point, I didn’t think of anything else but to take him to my bed. So I decided to play a damsel in distress. “No, ma’am. I’m actually a certified doctor and Maria happens to be my sweet aunt,” he smiled confidently as I looked at him in awe.“Brilliant. Then you must tell me why my husband chases after every single thing in skirts. Why!!” I said, raising my voice slightly. He quickly stood up and went to lock the doors. After making sure it was tightly