With Benefits by M.A. Grant
Author:M.A. Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Escape Publishing
Chapter 7
You Didnât Think to Mention This Before?
Connorâs phone rang three times during the drive home, and by the time she angled the car into the driveway, his buoyant mood had deflated. It had hurt his ego to pass the phone over each time he hadnât known the answer to a question, and it had annoyed Emma to hear the interest in each callerâs voice when they had realised the two of them were together after hours. They werenât entitled to an explanation, but that hadnât meant that she hadnât wanted to offer one.
âYour bikeâs in the garage,â she said as she stepped out of the car. âThe boys arranged that for you.â
There was something a little pathetic about the plastic bag he carried. It was all he had to represent the last two weeks of his life. She had returned his keys to him this morning, and he withdrew these from the bag. As he unlocked the door, she held her breath. She wanted him to recognise something, to feel at home, but a lot had changed here in the last few years.
They stepped into the hallway and he gazed around, his expression inscrutable. Eventually, he touched the rim of a large terracotta pot then trailed his fingers along the spine of the indoor palm that it held. Both were a new addition. Sheâd been with him the day heâd bought them from a regional garden centre and, for a moment, when he glanced at her, his brows drawn together, she wondered if he remembered that. But the moment passed and he led the way to the kitchen.
He blinked at the stack of mail sheâd placed on the counter next to his landline phone. There was a bowl nearby that Emma had emptied of fruit before the pieces could rot. He went straight to the fridge where various magnets secured photographs to the freezer door. She waited in the doorway. Her gaze flickered to the photograph that sheâd tucked between the pages of a cookbook that he typically used as a coaster. That would require too much information too soon.
âWould you like a drink?â he asked, opening the fridge to check what was in stock. âSav Blanc, right?â When she didnât answer he turned.
âRight,â she whispered.
He straightened very slowly, and she didnât dare move.
âDid youâ¦do youâ¦?â
âI donât know,â he said quietly. âIt was automatic. I wasnât really thinking what I was saying.â
She tried not to appear as hopeful, as joyful, as she felt. Was his memory returning? Was it possible that the first memory to return to him was one of her? âDid your doctor explain how it would come back? Is this how itâs going to happen?â
âI donât know,â he said again.
âOkay.â She stepped farther into the kitchen, her hands up, palms out. âLetâs not get carried away, then. Youâve had a long day. Iâll fix the drinks. Have a look around, kick off your shoes. Youâre home now.â
They changed positions in front of the fridge. He touched
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