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Was I kidnapped?

Am I a prisoner here?

Panic surges inside me and I scream. “Leave me alone, get away from me.” They all freeze and glance at each other, unsure what to do.

Nico rushes forward again. “Leave her. Stop. Give her a moment.”

Every one steps back, and the doctor takes Nico’s arm, pulling him aside. I can’t hear what they’re saying, but Nico looks miserable.

Then they all leave, and I am alone with Nico again.

He walks to my bedside, sitting on the edge of the bed, he takes my hand.

“Bella, you are in my home. You aresafe.”

“But - but why?” I whisper.

Nico tells me what happened - from the last night that I can remember. The night that was meant to be my wedding. Which was apparently over a year ago. A year that I have no memory of.

I never wanted to marry Marcus - but what Nico is saying sounds insane. I ran away? I started a new life in New York City? I worked at a gallery and had my own apartment in the city -and- I have a son with Nico. A little baby boy called Dante.

“I helped you escape him, Bella.” Nico says with desperation. “We are in love, and we have a son.”

“But - what happened to me? Why can’t I remember any of this?”

“Marcus came back and kidnapped you.” He says. “We fought to get you away from him, but when I reached you had an injury to your head. The doctor says it has effected your memory.”

I reach up and touch the side of my head, wincing as my fingers brush across a bandage covering fresh stitches. “Will I remember?” I ask, nervously.

“They don’t know. We just have to give it time. There is a chance it will never come back.”

The overwhelming emotions that flood me cause me to break down. Nothing that he told me sounds familiar. Nothing sounds real. I can’t believe I did all of that and that I have a son. How would a mother forget her own son? How would my body not know that I gave birth to a baby?

I don’t know if this is real.

What if they’re lying to me, trying to trick me?

I crumble into myself as heavy sobs of fear take over.

Nico holds me close against his chest and rocks me while I fall apart.

Chapter 24

Nico

It has been a month since Bella woke up.

When I saw her open her eyes and look at me I thought it was the happiest moment of my life.

The doctors had warned me she might never wake up again -but she did. Because she is strong.

I was ecstatic.

Until I realized she had no idea who I was.

She remembered nothing. She still doesn’t.

Bella doesn’t even remember her own son.

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