62 "ANNA"

Vincenzo squinted his eyes trying to get used to the lighting in the room but it was like it was burning his eyes .

He tried moving but everywhere hurt . Where was he ?

He couldn't remember a single thing . He groaned as he tried to sit up but still couldn't sit up . His hand went up to his head and he could feel something there .

It was like his head was wrapped in something .

His eyes got accustomed to the lighting and all he could see was a white room . He was wearing white too and from the look of it he was in a hospital .

Had he been hurt ?

He couldn't think his head hurt and no matter how much he tried to remember what had happened to him he had no recollection of the day before .

Anna .

Where was she ,she was the only person who had come to his mind at the moment and he wanted to see her .

Almost immediately the room opened and someone walked in . A woman but it wasn't Anna ,she was older .

There was a look of sadness on his eyes and from where he was sitting he could see the tears in her eyes .

She sniffled as she came to the side of his bed and her hand started rubbing his face .

Who was she ?

She could see the emotions on his face and her heart broke into pieces again .

"Are you okay ?", Vincenzo's mother asked him as she wiped her tears with the handkerchief on her hand .

"Where is Anna ?",Vincenzo asked her .

"She had to go deal with business but she'll be back ",she said trying to smile .

Atleast what the doctors had told her was not true . They had feared that the crash would have made him loose his memories compared to the extensive damage that had been done .

"Who are you ?",Vincenzo asked her a look of confusion on his face and her heart broke .

She could feel it drip to her stomach as she looked at him. He couldn't have lost his memory of course he was going to remember her ,she was his mother .

"Am your mother ,don't you remember me ?",she asked him and you could hear the edge in her voice .

She was in the verge of tears all she wanted was for him to be okay .

"You're not my mother ",Vincenzo said almost chuckling and it brought back memories to her .

All she could see in that moment was young Vincenzo on the day she had taken him home .

All she could see was him telling her that she was not his mother while he ran away and hid .She was his mother na she needed to remember that .

"I'll go tell the doctor that you're awake ",she said and left the room .

The moment she reached outside she let her tears fall and her husband was by her side immediately wondering what was wrong with their son .

"He doesn't remember me ",she said crying and he could feel the pain that she was in .

"Its cause of the crash he will be back to normal real soon ",his father said smiling to his wife hoping telling her that was going to help but it didn't .

"He can remember Anna but not me his mother ",she said and he didn't know what to tell her .

He was not the doctor he didn't know what was causing the memory lapses in their son but there was only one way to find out .

As the doctor examined Vincenzo he seemed to be in good shape . It was a shock to him that he had woken up the time that he had .

With the seriousness of his injuries he wasn't sure he was going to make it but that was not something he was going to tell the parents .

"Now am going to ask you some questions and I want you to answer all of them okay ?",the doctor asked Vincenzo and he agreed .

"Where were you yesterday?",the doctor asked him and as much as Vincenzo tried he couldn't remember.

It felt like there was a blank slate in his brain and there were things that were important that he had forgotten .

As he looked around the room he could se ethe woman who had come to see him earlier in tears . He could feel that she was important to him but somehow he couldn't remember who she was to him.

What had happened to him ?

"I can't remember",he said feeling disappointed in himself .

"What is your name ?",the doctor asked him .

He didn't know ,what was happening ? He felt like screaming but he couldn't . The pressure was killing him inside as he tried to remember anything but there was nothing his silly brain could remember .

The doctor could see the emotions on his face and then it changed immediately as she answered .

"Am Vincenzo Morello",he said and he felt relief wash over him as he said that .

At least he wasn't useless he could remember something .

"How many finger am I holding up ?",the doctor asked him as he raised up his hand .

"Five ",Vincenzo said .

"Okay the nurse will come in to check on you after every hour to see how you're doing ,you need your rest for now ",the doctor said as he left and Vincenzo's father followed him.

"Hey ",the father said as he started talking to the doctor ,he wanted to know what was wrong with him.

"Is he going to be okay ?",he asked the doctor .

"Yes it's normal for patients who survived crashes like his not to have recollection of the things that happen ed earlier he will be fine ",the doctor said .

"He doesn't have a memory of his mother ,he only remembers his wife ", Vincenzo's father said .

"It's normal for him to remember the people that he has a deep emotional relationship with . He will be fine just give him time to be back on his feet ",the doctor said as she smiled and walked away .

How could he be calm though and give him time ?

There were a lot of things at stake and Vincenzo needed to be in his feet as soon as possible .

He was CEO akd the companies needed him and if he didn't get better soon things were going to start changing real soon and that was not what he wanted .