Checkmate Duet Series, #3 (Logan & Kayla) by Kennedy Fox

Author:Kennedy Fox [Fox, Kennedy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kennedy Fox

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KAYLA

Waking up in a room you don’t recognize with a person you don’t know staring back at you is one of the weirdest moments of my life. I woke up to a pulsating ache on the back of my head and a fuzzy memory. Trying to think of the last thing that happened is harder than it sounds because I can’t remember much at all.

I don’t know why I’m in here or who that insanely good-looking guy was, and although he claims to be a detective, I have a feeling that’s not the entire truth. He called me Angel and kissed my hand. So, if he’s more than just a detective, wouldn’t I know something like that?

Feeling anxious, a million questions swirl in my mind as I wait for the nurse to come back. I squeeze my eyes shut, trying to focus on the last thing I remember.

Viola had baby James a few months ago. I remember holding him.

Courtney and I were talking about wedding details and bridesmaid dresses for Viola and Travis’ wedding this fall.

I just had my first real promotion at my job.

Nothing else comes clearly to mind. Dating wasn’t something I did a lot of, yet I have a feeling that guy was something to me. I just can’t fucking remember!

Finally, the nurse walks in with a smile and tells me the doctor is on his way to speak to me.

“Can you tell me what happened?” I blurt out before she walks out. “Or what year it really is?”

She turns and faces me, her expression not giving much away until she lowers her eyes, and I can tell there’s something she’s not telling me.

“All I can say is that it’s 2017. You had an incident that involved you smacking your head, and we kept you sedated for a few days while we waited for the swelling in your brain to go down.”

“Has it gone down?”

“Yes, that’s why we felt confident in decreasing the sedation.”

“Then why do I think it’s two years ago? That doesn’t make any sense.”

She walks closer to my bed and wraps her hands around the railing. “There’s still a lot we don’t know about the brain, sweetie. Sometimes to protect you from tragic events, your brain blocks out the memory of the event. Usually, it’s temporary.”

“But sometimes it’s not?”

She swallows and nods. “Sometimes it’s permanent.”

I blink. “Wow.”

“There’s no way of knowing for sure. Patients wake up and lose days to years of their life without ever getting those memories back. Sometimes it takes a few weeks and things starts to come back to them.”

“Then what? What do those people do who don’t remember?”

“Well, they go live their life the best they can. Fortunately, you have great friends who have been here for you, and I have no doubt they’ll help you get through this.”

“Yeah, Courtney and Viola. How come I can remember them?”

“You knew them in 2015?” she asks, and I confirm with a nod. “Your brain is only blocking memories up to a certain time frame.

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