ok this is my first time blogging and my first story i've ever written.
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`Robert’
`Robert time to wake up now’
Someone is calling me, someone but who? I could hear nothing
but silence, no cars no birds nothing!
I can feel a breeze blow across my face and someone holding
my wrist, two fingers on the inside and what must be the thumb on the other, I
open my eyes slowly, the natural sunlight stung my eyes a little but I can
still see.
I was in a small white and pale green room, a TV above the
bed on the wall facing me a door to the right of it, I can see the sink through
the door, bathroom! Where the hell am I?
`Oh hello Mr.thero or can I call you Robert?’
Of course a nurse! Duh!
A very pleasant looking lady about late twenties, brown hair
up in a high pony tail, a build that I class as medium wearing pink scrubs, she
smiled a friendly smile, a smile that would put any one at ease.
` Whaaa’
`don’t talk yet Mr.thero lets gets some water in you and we
try again take your time, I will explain everything that has happened, but you
are safe and in good health.’
Mmmmm something tells me that I shouldn’t be.
She starts pushing buttons on the side on the bed and it
starts moving pushing me to the upright position.
I can see more of the room now, behind my nameless nurse was
a window I could a green field and what looks like an outline of a city, I
couldn’t tell which one.
I start checking I have everything in the right places arms
feet etc yep everything there pheww!
`Mr.thero my name is Stacey; you have been here now... oh,
um, gosh 8 weeks now!’
8 weeks??? What the hell! What happened? I’m franticly thinking
of the possibilities and you know something I remember nothing and I don’t mean
nothing of an accident I mean nothing don’t know if I have mother father sister
wife friends co-workers, hell kids even! Nothing!! I’m not sure that Robert
thero is my name!! What the hell! I’m looking for the nurse now I need answers
she must know who am i??
I see her by a trolley, she’s pouring water in a beaker and
walks back to me, she pulls out a straw from her pocket and puts it in the
drink and puts the tip of the straw to my mouth, I start sucking on the straw,
it might have been just water but by god it was wonderful! Cold and wet! I was
so thirsty I couldn’t stop.
`ok Mr.thero, let’s take things slowly shall we, I rather
you weren’t sick on your first day back with us’
She chuckles a little and I couldn’t help it so did I, it’s
her smile very infectious.
She puts the beaker down on a small table next to my bed and
sits on the edge on the bed in hands reach of me.
`Ok so you came to us 8 weeks ago in emergency with a broken
leg and a rather nasty open wound to your neck and what looked like teeth marks
on your wrists.’
` Why? What happened? Where am i? I... I....’
`Its ok it’s ok, calm yourself, you’re in community general
hospital in Detroit and... you really don’t know?
`No! I don’t know anything, nothing’
` It’s ok if you don’t remember what happened, it can happen
but it might come back to you in...’
`I mean I don’t know ANYTHING!! I don’t remember anything
about anything! Who am I?’
`Oh umm, well I think I best get a doctor to come and see
you, amnesia is common in your case,
Just relax while I go get a doctor’
She ups and a basically runs for the door, great not even
she knows who I am.
All I could do was stare out the window in to the green
mass. Nothing would come to me other than the thought that I’m alone. I feel the need to wee. I start to get up, a
bit to fast for my liking. I quickly learnt I don’t like being dizzy! Bloody hell I’m thirsty did they not give me
any IV drips whilst I was under? Feel like I can drink a lake dry! Toilet then
drink! That’s best.
Before I had chance to even think of moving out of the bed
Stacey comes back in.
‘And where do you think you’re going Mr.thero?
‘Um bathroom?’
‘Oh um you have a cathitor in. Let me remove it and take
from there, doctor is with another patient and shouldn’t be too long’ Stacey
helped me to the bathroom and advice I sit rather than stand, she left me to my
business and went to see what’s keeping the doctor, if she thinks I’m waiting
for her to come back tough luck.
I wash my hands and looked straight in to the
mirror wow not bad looking if I don’t say so myself! Clearly I need a hair cut!
Slightly long brown hair, green eyes, a tight square jaw line and a nice body!
Go me! Pecks to flex!
I couldn’t help myself but I stared at my neck looking for
the scars, but nothing on either side? Did she have the right patient? Because
sweetheart there’s nothing there! I checked my wrists nothing and doesn’t a
broken leg take more than 8 weeks to heal? Mmmmm some new treatment they used?
At that moment a Sharpe pain down my throat no not a pain as such like a
burning feeling and my stomach growls. I walk back to out to the main room and
go for my beaker, everything in the room looks so clear, I poor myself another
drink and couldn’t help myself but downed the water as fast as I could. As soon
as I finished the cup of water I knew it was a big mistake, Ohh this doesn’t
feel good? Shit its coming back up! I
just made it to the toilet and brought it all back up, I was warned!
`Mr.thero my name is dr.marcus, how are we... Mr.thero?
`In here!’ Nurse Stacey comes over to help me back to my
bed. At the foot of the bed was a tall, lean built smartly dressed man,
complete with grey hair and gold framed glasses sitting on the end of his nose
flicking through a flip chart.
No sooner had I got myself back in to bed he wanted me to
get out and start testing my leg and checking other vitals.
`So Mr.thero apart from the loss of memory how are you
feeling?’ he’s touching my glands and staring in to my eyes.
`Well apart from being sick just before you came in I’m
great! I feel like I’ve just taken a power nap!’ truth be told I felt like a
was bursting with energy
`Ok well that’s good because you took a long power nap, ok
Stacey says you don’t remember anything about your life at all, is that
correct?’
`Yes nothing! Not even my favourite colour!’
Dr.marcus is now deep in thought, `some thing we have
considered Mr.thero, your coma was not medically induced but there was no head injuries at the time of your
admittance, ER doctors think you might have hit your end at some point. So
basically memory loss is expected but it will take time for that to come back,
how much time we can’t say, a week two or a month perhaps.... longer in short Mr.thero
we just don’t know. So you been sick?’ there was no emotion in his voice, just
doing his job sort of tone.
`yes well I did drink a cup of water a little too fast’ I
said sheepishly looking at Nurse Stacey, she looked like she wanted to laugh
but kept it under wraps
`yes well that would happen you need to take your time with
this, we don’t know how long it will take for your memory to come back but it
will in time I’m sure of it but until them Mr.thero I’m ordering some tests to
make sure nothing is wrong’ he turns away to write some notes but over his
shoulder he continues talking to me` once I’m happy you’re in perfectly working
order we can release you, I will inform social care, they will visit and get
all the help and support you need’
And with that he was gone, yeah cheers doc! Still no
answers!
Chapter 2
I spent another 2 weeks in hospital having tests, talking to
so many doctors but no one could tell me about my incident or why I healed so
quickly and not one doctor could tell me why I have no memory of anything and
if it would return. After two weeks of being poked and prodded a rehabilitation
team was assigned to me to help me back to a normal life. After digging they
found that I was stock broker and a damned good one at that, I was part of a
massive businesses corporation and made my first million within 5 years of
being with them. But clearly that came at a price; apart from work collegues I
didn’t have any friends all business contacts. No family I was an orphan from
birth, the only foster family I had was the Hanson’s and they died when I was
18 not that I remember!
It was advised that I should visit my office a few times see
if any memories would come back to me but nothing did, it felt so wrong, it
felt like I was intruding into someone
else’s life. There was no pictures of anyone nothing personal it was like a new
office that needed someone to put a personal touch to it, I would just sit
there at the desk and just think was I a bad person to have no one in my life?
Was I that bad that all I cared about was making money? Getting the next big
deal? Was I liked at all?
It was the fifth visit that I decided that I just don’t want
that life, I didn’t want to be that person (again) I didn’t want to be alone.
With help from the rehab team I managed to get a job working
in a nightclub and re-do my driving test, and with a silver Mazda rx7 sitting
in an underground garage waiting to be driven I didn’t hang around in passing
my test. My home was a top floor apartment above the Detroit skyline, for some
unknown reason I had a 4 bed roomed
apartment, nothing in the other three bedrooms just one sparsely decorated with
a king-size bed, bedside tables either side complete with lamps that’s it. it
was the same for the rest of the apartment enough furniture to tell what room
you were in, it was cold, it had no life no personality to it, it didn’t take
long to want to sell it and I was very lucky to have a not only a buyer but a
new smaller apartment in the same building to buy and move into.
And it would have of been a perfect world if it wasn’t for
the fact of a few strange medical problems, even back at the hospital they
couldn’t understand, but I couldn’t eat any more than a mouthful of something
and I was full, anymore than that and I was ill. I could drink no problem well
so long as its tea, coffee (no milk) wine or water. Dr.philips my doctor since leaving the
hospital has been doing weekly tests and is collecting the results I was inspecting
him any minute.
Bbbzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz the intercom goes off speak of the
devil, I buzz the door open, and I have a good 6 minutes till he’s made it the
5th floor, best get the coffee pot on the go!
In exactly 6 minutes dr. Darren
Philips walks in and puts his large bag on wheels to the side and throws his
coat over the dining room chair whilst walking towards me, I hand him his
coffee and he’s just smiles and takes a deep breath in of the coffee and lets
out a sigh. Any one would think he lived here!
In between the first and second sip of coffee he’s says ‘looking good
rob! Mmmmm is this a new coffee brand? ‘
‘Good to see you too Darren, how’s
the traffic out there? Was thinking of taking the Mazda out for a spin fancy
it? I’m so hoping it says yes, it’s been a few days since I taken my test and
passed and really didn’t want to take it out on my own
‘Maybe on the weekend if you not
working? Oh, um this here is dr. ann. Stuart.’ He points towards the door and I
notice her for the first time, she’s tall, brown short hair, she had a striking
look about her high cheek bones perfect lips and blue eyes and a slim build,
she was wearing the classic beige pants suit with a white blouse under the
jacket, Dr.stuart was standing with her hand on her hip holding one small brief
case looking me up and down?
`Hi, sorry um yes I’m ann. Stuart
I will be taking over from dr.philips....’
I spin and look at Darren to look
for an answer but by the look on his face he didn’t have one.
`Lets sit down and talk, and I
can explain what’s happening’
jeez again, I bring a fresh pot of coffee and two more cups over to the
dining table and sit opposite dr.stuart.
`ok so as you know I’ve been
taking samples from you now for a while now and the results are well... um...
shocking to say the least’ he’s joined us at the table now and is looking for
the right words to say one thing about dr.philips he’s easy to read. `Well.’ He
continues but looking into his coffee cup. `the results show that you really
shouldn’t be here so to speak, your food intake isn’t... shouldn’t be enough to
keep you sustained you eat nowhere near the right about of calories per day and
yet your still here bright as a button.’
`Okay? So what does that mean?
Should I be taking vitamins or something?’
`no because your body doesn’t
need it, it’s all very strange this is why
dr.stuart here is to help’ he looks over at her and gives her a small
tight smile but she doesn’t look away from me, there was something in her eyes
and if I wasn’t so bloody horny all the time I would swear it was lust.
`Dr.stuart? Do you want to
explain what you would like Mr.thero to do? He could see she was lost in her
train of thought and gave out a cough
` ah yes well Mr.thero regarding
the results as explained they are very unusual and further studies need to be
made’
`Are you a specialist in
something?’ I must have said something
funny cause she smiled slowly as if was some big secret to her trade; her eyes
stared right at me with some dark intent behind them
`yes and no’ she says ‘ but
nothing to worry about its not a disease or anything like that I’m sure my team
can find out what’s going on and if any treatment is needed’ she licks her lips
and not in a no one will notice sort of way in a I don’t give a shit sort of
way? I do not like this dr.stuart I want her to leave but she might be the only
person who can help me what choice do I have.
`ok so what would you like me to
do?’ so long as it’s not taking my brain.
`just come to the gta clinic and
spend a night with us, that’s all, just so we can give you more intensive tests
it won’t be pleasant I’m afraid but we really need to have them done to find
out what’s going on.’
`Just one night?’ hmmm only one
night?
`Yes, we have a team waiting to
start at 10am’
`umm sorry but I don’t finish
work till 5.30 in the morning I won’t be up in time’ yes I still work I know I
got money and I could stay home all day and play some sort of console all day
long but I’m lonely after waking up from an 8 week coma and finding out no one
cares about you because you didn’t care to know anyone made me feel really low,
I hated that feeling and really wanted to get out there and have a life. So
instead of a job that took me away from meeting people I chose bar work, I work
in a night club called jaks that’s open till 5am.
`Oh um okay well that shouldn’t
be too much of a problem unless you can’t get time off from work?
No problem there they owe a week’s
worth of holidays
`No probs there’
`Right ok so would 2pm be ok for
you?’
`Yes that should be fine do I need
to bring anything? My medication? ‘I turn to Darren’ I’m still have that bloody
water infection is there anything else you could give me to try and get rid of
it?
`ah yes there is something you
can try I had a feeling you might of needing something stronger, I have written
you up a new script’ he gives me strange look when handing me my script but I
just put it in my top shirt pocket.
`if I forgot anything just give
me a bell and I will sort it okay?’ he looks quickly at dr.stuart who is still
looking at me but it’s like she’s hungry, in a flash she’s back in the room
`Ok with that sorted Mr.thero I
will see you tomorrow at 2pm and yes bring your meds with you and your overnight
bag of course’ she says with a warm smile her first warm smile!
And with that they left.
Chapter 3
It was mid November and I must be
the only person in Detroit that didn’t have a coat on! I didn’t see the need I welcomed
the cold, it felt refreshing. I was on my way to work and thought I pick up my
prescription first I don’t start work till 10 pm tonight but I like to hang out
and talk to willow, now willow is my first real friend and my boss. She’s not
what you call umm normal, willow is 4ft 7 slender with a rather large chest for
her size, she loved nothing better than to flash a bit of flesh, you could
never miss willow she had short funky choppy hair with purples and blues going through it and green
eyes just like me. When we first met was to have my job interview, she never
asked once weather I could pull a pint or not but we sat there for hours just
talking, by the next night I was working.
I stood in Harvey’s chemist
waiting to be served, you can’t help but look around see if there’s anything
else you need like dental floss or shampoo but nothing is there that you really
want. There was one other person waiting with me, a sweet old
lady hair tightly curled but purple rain coat on and smelled of peppermint. A
classic.
`I’m so sorry IV been a bit
backed up today with deliveries.... oh Mr.thero and mrs.dorit how are you both?
How can I help? May a lovely girl but very troubled in her own private life
`Fine thank you May, yep I have
it here’
`oh and me dear!’ mrs.dorit beams
at may and hands May her script as I did, May motioned us both to sit down but I
let Mrs.dorit take the seats the smell of peppermint was starting to make me
feel sick. It must have been about five minutes till I heard my name being
called as I turned to towards the collection desk I caught Mrs. Dorit staring
at me, a long intense stare just when I was about to say what you looking at
she licked hers lips! It was a seductive licking of her lips! A 70 plus woman
is licking her lips at me!
`Mr.thero?’ May called me
breaking mrs.dorits thoughts and shaking her head
`Um yes’ was all I could manage
`Ok so here’s your medication and
I don’t think this was for us?
She hands me back a one of the
prescriptions I gave her
`oh right ok thanks’ I turn to
walk away and look at the prescription knowing Darren he’s giving me someone
else’s prescription turn it over and start looking at it wasn’t a list of medication it was a note to
me
ROBERT
DO
NOT GO TO THE CLINIC.
I
DONT KNOW HER OR HEARD OF THE CLINIC
IS Darren playing games with me?
Because it’s a sick joke if he is, but how could he not know her? He must know
her, how could he not? And why would he not want me to go to a clinic to get
some answers? Doesn’t he want to know if there’s something wrong with me? I
thought this was a good thing. Ok so he
doesn’t know her and he’s never heard of the clinic before but maybe it’s a new
clinic that dr.stuart has started and she just starting to get her name out
there. Would it really hurt to go and spend one night with them so they can do
there tests? It’s not like they can run away with me I’m a medical mystery I’m
sure someone would notice if I went missing. Only one way to find out what he
meant and that was to call Darren, I call his office Darren’s receptionist
hasn’t seen him come back since he left for his 3.30 appointment which was me; there’s
was no answer on his cell phone. Must have finished work for the day. Best try
again before I go to the clinic, as far as I’m concerned I need answers so I
was going.
Jaks was once a
mill factory down town off one of the main streets, until 4 years ago it
was just a disused building, willow bought it and gave it life again, from the
outside it had its neon sign JAKS! But
all the windows had been boarded up, but the inside was given the makeover of a
lifetime, once you’re passed the bouncers and coat check you walk in to a big
open space, you had to walk 50feet to the bar! To the left was the stage, now
and again willow would have some live bands come in and play now and again but
it was mostly used for a dancing area, the whole floor was mainly the dance
floor, a balcony area above the front door over the dance floor was the seating
area. one of the main reasons people loved to come here was the atmosphere
because there is no dress code no one feels like they have to impress anyone.
Its 7.30 and willow was sat at
the end of the bar with her bottle of beer waiting for me.
`Hey sugar! What did doc say?’
willow jumps down from the bar stool and gives me a hug which I have to bend
down for! She’s wearing her classic black leggings and knee high boots (3inch
heel) and tight grey top with a bands logo on that’s low cut and has a cut on
each shoulder, silver jewellery from earrings to the bangles but a touch of
makeup to highlight her eyes.
‘Best get another drink in I got
something to tell you’
I tell her about the Dr. Philips
visit and how this new Dr. Stuart wants me to go to her clinic for an overnight
stay and about the note that dr. Philips left for me.
`That’s odd? Why would he say
that? Maybe you shouldn’t go?
`Why wouldn’t I go? I have loss
of memory and I’m not eating like a normal person wouldn’t you want to know if
there was something wrong?’
`don’t know sugar, I mean if they
say you can live on that much food then why worry, and like you said before
would you really want to remember what your life was like before?’
`Yeah I know, i don’t want that
life, I love the life I got now! But it’s the not knowing that’s getting me,
and what if my body decides to give up or it needs more calories and I just can’t
eat anymore than I do now!’
`it doesn’t sound like it hunni,
what is this clinic?’
`oh umm it’s the GTA clinic’ willows face froze, her smile was
replaced by a grim line, her eyes full of fear.
`Willow what is it? Do you know
it? And like that she snaps out of it looking at me with one of her all time
best smiles
`no sugar, thought you said vta
now that’s a story but not now sugar cause the party’s starting! She says
nodding towards the entrance as the first lot of customers comes walking in.
