Chapter 10

(Recap: Roy watches Nia as she walks out of her studio that was a present from her parents and Roy).

Nia It feels so good to dance alone in my studio. As I sit down on the sofa drinking a cup of coffee I overlook the ocean and get a headache but I see images flying across my mind as if I am watching a movie but it’s about me when i was younger I see all my friends with my parents giving me ownership as a birthday gift. This past week I have been slowly getting my memory back, it is still in a blur but I am slowly understanding the meaning behind my memories.

One of the main memories is of a guy proposing to me. I don’t remember a name or his face but I remember the way I feel for him and how my heart aches to be with him again. From this image I know for a fact that I am engaged also I have a ring on my finger to prove that it is true and not something made up in my brain.

I remember walking down a pathway of red roses towards a table with a man( I hear myself calling Roy )standing next to the chair. As I get closer , my chair is pulled out from beneath the table for me to have a seat on. I see Roy taking a seat opposite me and pouring me a glass to Champaign. As I look down I see my favourite Indian dish

So Roy what is the occasion for having the pleasure of eating a meal cooked by you? Nia there is something I would like to tell you. You not breaking up with me or something I ask Roy. What? No okay well I wanted to tell you:

Since the first day I met you we have had this unbreakable bond. We fight a lot over who is right even though I know you were right I just like to mess with you at times. You have been there for me when I needed someone to talk to. You helped me open my eyes to this new world that makes me feel like I am drowning in your love. You made me realise that falling in love doesn’t mean that my life is over in fact you helped me to see that life is much more beautiful through the eyes of another. I want to travel the world with you by my side just like we imagined. I want to grow old with you. Watch our children falling in love just as we did. Retire to our cottage in the woods sitting on a rocking chair in front of a fire watching our grandchildren run in the forest around us.

I have tears in my eyes as I hear these words. I watch Roy kneeling in front of me with a ring in his hand saying “ I love you Nia with all my heart will you do me the honour to be your husband. Nia Brown will you marry me?” I blink the tears away and say yes. I have been hearing this voice in my head repeating these words to me but I can’t seem to remember who this Roy is. I think it’s time to go home and relax with some Netflix, maybe that will help with this headache? I quickly lock the doors as I walk home. I walk past a man that looks a lot like the person I have been getting visions of. Suddenly I hear my name being called. I turn to see the same man calling me.

Roy

Hello Nia how are you? I ask Nia while I secretly hope she remembers me. Excuse me sorry I do not remember you but I am well thank you. (Wow that hurt she forgot me) Oh my apologies I am Roy Charles we grew up together and I used to stay next door. I look at Nia as I watch her rubbing her head my guess is that she is getting her memory back. Doctor Smith did say that she should start getting her memory back by three weeks

Roy I am on my way home and I have been getting these sort of memory flashes maybe you can help me understand the meaning behind them and also tell how I lost it in the first place? Would you like to come home and have some coffee while we talk? (wow I have been waiting for this moment for so long I just hope I don’t overdo it else whatever she was getting back could be lost forever) Yes sure could you just excuse me I need to make a quick phone call.

I call my assistant.. Hello this is Roy Charles could you please cancel all my appointments for today and have them rescheduled for next week I may need to take a few days off I will let you know later about my plans, I tell her since she is busy on another call. I call Doctor smith to give him an update on Nia he tells me that I need to give her lots of water breaks in between explaining all her memory because the brain will attempt to recover what was temporarily lost and she will have a headache. She needs to stay hydrated.

I go back to Nia and ask her ”why do you trust me enough for you to take me to your home when you don’t remember me” she tells me that she saw a vision of us getting engaged. I smile at the memory that she is talking about. Okay lets go I know you have a lot of questions

As we were driving to Nia's house I showed her my childhood home while telling her a few stories of all the fun times we had there. She could not stop laughing. Her laugh was warming up my broken heart as I watched her so care free as she once used to be, it seemed so natural as if that horrific accident never happened and I have my wife back. Once we reach Nia’s home she lets me in while she goes to make some coffee. It still makes me wonder how she remembered that I don’t drink tea, she didn’t even ask me how much sugar it’s as if she knew how to make it. I take a seat in the lounge where Nia tells me to sit she doesn’t explain the way there.