jeweler called me yesterday morning to say that my ring was ready.”
“Ring?” Louise’s voice reflected her confusion.
“Well, he called me by mistake.” Monique’s laugh tinkled. “He was meant to call Richard and not me but he got confused. You see Richard had my name engraved in the engagement ring he got me. They didn’t realize he hadn’t proposed as yet.” She laughed again.
Louise felt the color drain from her face as she heard the words. “Engagement ring?”
“Of course, he hadn’t proposed as yet but I rushed here to tell him yes right away.” Monique laughed happily. “I didn’t have it in me to pretend that I didn’t know of his intentions.”
Louise looked at Richard and his gaze was dark. She didn’t know what she was thinking or feeling but she knew that her heart was literally breaking inside of her.
“Well congrats.” She sputtered out. “I’ll be right back.” She jumped up and ran away from the table. She wasn’t sure where to go, she knew that she couldn’t go back to the bed where she had just spent the night with him, so she ran out of the hotel. She heard Richard’s voice behind her and she looked behind her.
“Louise, wait.” He was running behind her and she rushed into the street looking the wrong way before she ran across. She remembered too late that she was in England and not the States and that she should have looked the other way for traffic. She felt the car hit her before she screamed and saw Richard’s face filled with horror before she fell crashing to the ground.
Chapter 15
The doctors were milling around her as she lay there in semi-consciousness. She heard them talking about transient global amnesia with a man but she wasn’t sure who they were talking about. She faded in and out for the next couple of days until she woke up and saw two men in the room with her.
“Doctor?” She smiled weakly as she spoke to let the doctor know she was awake.
“Louise,” the talk dark doctor came rushing towards her. “Thank God, you are awake.” He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead and she frowned. Why would a doctor kiss her?
“Yes, doctor.”
“Louise,” the man frowned. “I’m not a doctor. It’s me Richard.”
She looked at the man blankly. The name meant nothing to her. She looked to the other blond doctor for help. He walked towards her slowly with a worried look on his face.
“Hi Louise.” The blond guy smiled.
“Hi doctor.” She looked at him hopefully and he frowned.
“It’s me Louise. It’s David.” He looked into her eyes, hoping his name would ring a bell and Louise felt a bubble of panic fill her.
“Where’s the doctor?” She tried to sound calm but she couldn’t stop the sharp tone from her voice.
“Let me get him.” The man named David rushed out of the room and the other man, Richard just stood there staring at her.
“I’m sorry Louise.” He looked at her with pain in his eyes and Louise felt sorry for him. She had no idea what he was sorry about but she didn’t want to see anyone looking so hurt. She closed her eyes so that she could block out the strange man who affected her so much. She fell asleep and awoke to hear the two men whispering to each other.
“I had no idea Richard. I’m so sorry.”
“It’s okay David. It’s my own fault. I should have broken up with Monique a long time ago.”
“I really thought you guys were engaged.”
“I had thought about it a long time ago, before I met Louise, but I knew that I could never remain with Monique after our day together.”
“You really love her huh?”
“Yeah, I really love her.”
For some reason, this made Louise smile and she fell back asleep again.
***
About two weeks later, Louise was awake and alert and she immediately knew whom Richard was when she spied him sleeping in a chair. She lay there and remembered being in
“Ring?” Louise’s voice reflected her confusion.
“Well, he called me by mistake.” Monique’s laugh tinkled. “He was meant to call Richard and not me but he got confused. You see Richard had my name engraved in the engagement ring he got me. They didn’t realize he hadn’t proposed as yet.” She laughed again.
Louise felt the color drain from her face as she heard the words. “Engagement ring?”
“Of course, he hadn’t proposed as yet but I rushed here to tell him yes right away.” Monique laughed happily. “I didn’t have it in me to pretend that I didn’t know of his intentions.”
Louise looked at Richard and his gaze was dark. She didn’t know what she was thinking or feeling but she knew that her heart was literally breaking inside of her.
“Well congrats.” She sputtered out. “I’ll be right back.” She jumped up and ran away from the table. She wasn’t sure where to go, she knew that she couldn’t go back to the bed where she had just spent the night with him, so she ran out of the hotel. She heard Richard’s voice behind her and she looked behind her.
“Louise, wait.” He was running behind her and she rushed into the street looking the wrong way before she ran across. She remembered too late that she was in England and not the States and that she should have looked the other way for traffic. She felt the car hit her before she screamed and saw Richard’s face filled with horror before she fell crashing to the ground.
Chapter 15
The doctors were milling around her as she lay there in semi-consciousness. She heard them talking about transient global amnesia with a man but she wasn’t sure who they were talking about. She faded in and out for the next couple of days until she woke up and saw two men in the room with her.
“Doctor?” She smiled weakly as she spoke to let the doctor know she was awake.
“Louise,” the talk dark doctor came rushing towards her. “Thank God, you are awake.” He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead and she frowned. Why would a doctor kiss her?
“Yes, doctor.”
“Louise,” the man frowned. “I’m not a doctor. It’s me Richard.”
She looked at the man blankly. The name meant nothing to her. She looked to the other blond doctor for help. He walked towards her slowly with a worried look on his face.
“Hi Louise.” The blond guy smiled.
“Hi doctor.” She looked at him hopefully and he frowned.
“It’s me Louise. It’s David.” He looked into her eyes, hoping his name would ring a bell and Louise felt a bubble of panic fill her.
“Where’s the doctor?” She tried to sound calm but she couldn’t stop the sharp tone from her voice.
“Let me get him.” The man named David rushed out of the room and the other man, Richard just stood there staring at her.
“I’m sorry Louise.” He looked at her with pain in his eyes and Louise felt sorry for him. She had no idea what he was sorry about but she didn’t want to see anyone looking so hurt. She closed her eyes so that she could block out the strange man who affected her so much. She fell asleep and awoke to hear the two men whispering to each other.
“I had no idea Richard. I’m so sorry.”
“It’s okay David. It’s my own fault. I should have broken up with Monique a long time ago.”
“I really thought you guys were engaged.”
“I had thought about it a long time ago, before I met Louise, but I knew that I could never remain with Monique after our day together.”
“You really love her huh?”
“Yeah, I really love her.”
For some reason, this made Louise smile and she fell back asleep again.
***
About two weeks later, Louise was awake and alert and she immediately knew whom Richard was when she spied him sleeping in a chair. She lay there and remembered being in
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