Amnesia by Jaid Black

Author:Jaid Black [Black, Jaid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Valentina Antonia, LLC
Published: 2020-11-02T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Gaia was a tension filled wreck by the time Ryan came back. When she told him about what she’d seen on the television, he sat her down on the sofa and held her hands. “They don’t have you confused with another woman, baby. We married during the civil war.”

“When?” Gaia snapped, pulling her hands from his grasp. “I found the date December 1st on the back of that picture—” She waved a hand toward the photograph on the mantel. “—but there is no year on it.”

“Calm down,” he said softly. “I’ll answer all your questions. Okay?”

She sighed. Everything was getting to her. “I’m sorry. Okay.”

He inclined his head. “We’ve been married almost three years. Our third anniversary is just around the corner.”

“Then how is my identity unknown to everyone?”

“Not everyone, just most everyone.” At her look that said same thing, he quickly added, “That part is harder to explain because of your amnesia. Basically, neither one of us was known to the public when we married. I was just a nameless, faceless general and you were my wife. I didn’t rise to political prominence until the revolutionary war. By then you were in a coma and I refused to discuss you or your condition in public because I didn’t want the rebels to know if you were dead or alive. It just seemed safer for you that way.”

It was a lot to unpack and digest. She blew out a breath. “Why would they care?”

“You became a famous symbol during the wars. It happened quite by accident, but it still happened.”

“I don’t understand.”

“A television cameraman streamed live footage of you saving a little kid.” Her eyes widened, recalling her dream. “The footage was picked up and aired all over the world,” Ryan informed her. “Here was this beautiful woman with a child in one hand and a gun in the other, getting the little boy to safety. I guess you could say the footage became iconic.”

Her entire body stilled. “Did the little boy have red hair?”

Ryan’s eyes widened. “Yes. He did. How did you…?”

Gaia quickly told him about the dream she’d had while napping. To her befuddlement, he didn’t seem to be as excited at the prospect of her regaining her memories as she was. When she questioned him about that fact, he frowned.

“Of course I’m thrilled for you,” he snapped. “How could you think otherwise?”

“You don’t look thrilled.”

He snorted at that. “Baby, I always look like this.”

Right. A general. Military discipline. Poker face. She wondered how many times she’d apologize before the day ended. “It’s been a long day,” she hedged. “Too much new information all at once.”

“I understand in as much as I can.” He sighed. “Unfortunately, the day is just beginning. I came back to inform you that we won. It isn’t official yet in that the race hasn’t been called, but there is no path to victory left for my opponent.”

Gaia didn’t know how to feel. While a part of her was happy for him, another part—the bigger part—just wanted to go home to Atlanta and hopefully regain some lost memories.

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