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My brain is a jumbled mess I remember my parents and my little sister I remember my childhood and my teen years I was a lonely child Not because my parents kept me sheltered, but because I was just so shy I ht I re with her parents After Melanie died, I never made any more friends By then, my sister, Teresa, was four years old, and it was her that I opted to play with, even though she was just a toddler I re to Westerly to getthat I had dreamed about for years

According to the doctor and o, and seven of those years I was in a coma I don’t reet little splotchy gli of them I don’t know if it’s because they aren’t reallysince they happened that they’re fading away I’m too scared to wish them back, but I’m also curious about them The doctor informed me I may never remember, or they could all rush back at any minute I’m not sure which one I want to happen more

I think back to when I woke a week ago At first, I was so disoriented that all I could do was focus on the white ceiling I had no idea who I was or where I was MyI stared at the ceiling, but sohtby my bed, unsurmounta

ble fear slaeat me in surprise, terrified me

I screamed and screa in my IV that made ain, and he was anything but safe I was confused, but I just knew theto hurt me

The doctor said I slept for thirty-six hours after that, and when I woke up, the one A day later, he was back, except he looked different Or rather, his hair was different I still felt the fear, but it wasn’t the same as before This fear was from the unknown I didn’t know the man, but I felt like I should know him

He looked scared too as he watched ht, clear blue, with a darker blue ring around the outside edges He watched

When he opened his mouth to talk, I opened mine to scream, then slammed it shut when he quietly said the word “Jules” reverently I knew the name It wasthrough my mind Not my past with the man, but before him

He stood and stared atin Whenbeside hi me orried eyes

The man cleared his throat My body tensed, and he asked with a hoarse voice, “Do you knoho I am?”

I wracked h all the memories that just crowded inside me, but no matter how much I scanned them, none held him

I shook my head

So darkened the man’s eyes, and the look shot a shiver down my spine Before I could show ns As she did so, the man introduced himself as Theo

“I’m your husband”

Those words had the htened me There was no way this man, a man I had never seen before, waslike that