Page 55 of Help Me Remember
ChapterThirteen
BRIELLE
“I’m going to miss you so much,” I tell Addy as I hug her again.
“I’ll be back before you know it.”
“It won’t be soon enough.” I kiss Elodie’s forehead one last time and hand her over.
So far today, I’ve done nothing but watch movies. If there’s one perk to memory loss, it’s this. I have no idea what I’ve seen before, so I get to watch everything that’s streaming for the first time all over again.
Addison leans in and kisses my cheek. “Be kind to yourself. You will get there. I have faith.”
“I am trying.”
“You have an appointment today?”
I nod. “Yeah. Holden’s friend from Seattle specializes in this type of trauma. He seems to have success with memory recovery, so I’m hopeful.”
“Is Spencer driving you?”
“No, Emmett is.”
Addison smiles and then turns.
“What?” I ask.
“Nothing.”
“That wasn’t nothing.”
“It’s funny that you asked Emmett instead of Spencer.”
I’m not understanding what makes it funny. “I have other friends.”
“Yes, but not other guys you lust after.”
I glare at my sister-in-law. “You should probably get on the road. You have a long drive ahead of you.”
Addy barks out a laugh. “I’m saying that you have always had feelings for him.”
“Maybe, but he has never had feelings for me. I’m that annoying girl who followed him around with puppy-dog eyes. I have no disillusions about how he sees me.”
“I get it. I’m not arguing with you, but you have to admit that it’s funny.”
I roll my eyes. “It’s called self-preservation.”
Addison settles Elodie in her car seat and then stands outside the driver’s side door. “Isaac used to joke about how you would never find anyone because you were so in love with the idea of Spencer.”
“He never said that to me.”
“I threatened to chop his balls off if he did. It was better for him to feign ignorance about your crush since no one would’ve been good enough for you.”
“He was such a worrier.”
“He loved with his whole heart.”
I was really lucky to have him as a brother. “He did, and you took up the most real estate.”
