Page 88 of Merciless Sinner

Two of them, and I have to acknowledge that being around Virgo is helping me in more ways than I imagined.

It was like I had to find him to complete the rest of a puzzle, and I’ve done a complete turnaround.

I'm still scared of what I'll remember, but now I'm also curious.

I'm on my way to meet with Amelia for lunch at the little Italian bistro she pointed out the other day. As it’s walking distance from Dr. Belmont’s office, I walked.

Amelia has been away with her company for the last few days, so we didn't really get to speak much. I messaged about seeing the doctor, but I haven't told her about my memories yet.

I wanted to speak to her face-to-face to tell her.

When I go inside, I find her sitting across the room in one of the furthest booths. She's right near a wall with a fish tank that has a group of multicolored fish swim by her head, but she's got her focus on the menu she's reading like a newspaper. Today, she looks more studious with her hair piled up in a messy bun on top of her head and a dress suit that makes her look like she's ready for work.

I make my way across to her, but she doesn't see me until I'm actually at the table.

"Oh, my goodness. I'm so sorry. I was so focused on picking the right food, I didn't see you walk up." She giggles.

"That's okay." I give her a quick hug before sitting in the chair in front of her.

"How did the appointment go?"

"Really good, but a lot has happened.”

"What?"

"Well, it looks like I'm starting to get my memories back."

"Oh my God. That's fantastic." She sounds excited, but I sense an undertone of hesitation in her voice. "What did you remember?" She searches my eyes.

"Just an incident from when I was nine. Virgo pulled me out of a hole."

She gasps "You remembered that?"

"Were you there, too?"

"No, but I heard about it. I was away with my family for the summer. Oh, Olivia, did you remember anything else?"

"Just seeing Virgo's face. Him kissing me."

"Aww. I’m so happy. This is good news. I was hoping that being away from all the stress would spark something.”

“It sure did.”

“What happens now?”

"Just more sessions with Dr. Belmont. I'm also going to increase my visits to twice a week until things change."

She nods. "Well, that sounds promising. It really does."

"I hope so. I guess the next thing is trying to remember what happened to my parents."

She reaches across the table and takes my hands. "Don't worry. Like Dr. Belmont said the other day, you have support now. You just have to remember that."

"Yeah, and thank you."

"That's what friends are for.”

“It's funny that both my memories include Virgo."

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