The Day They Looked For Me, I Had Already Forgotten Them Chapter 06

The Day They Looked For Me, I Had Already Forgotten Them Chapter 06

“Actually, I meant to ask about her as soon as I came in. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, Maya was diagnosed with

progressive amnesia. She should have returned for a follow-up several days ago.”

“Where is she now?”

The longer Dr. Ellis spoke, the more agitated he became, and reproach crept into his voice.

“That girl’s condition is far more serious than these superficial wounds.”

“How can you be so unconcerned about your own daughter?”

Mom and Dad were too stunned to react.

Progressive amnesia?

It was the first time they had ever heard the term, and they had no idea what it meant.

Julian’s expression changed instantly.

He grabbed Dr. Ellis by the arm and demanded anxiously, “Doctor, what did you just say?”

“What is progressive amnesia?”

Dr. Ellis looked at their faces and immediately understood.

None of them knew.

He let out a long sigh.

“Progressive amnesia. Put simply, it’s as if the patient’s mind were a whiteboard being erased a little at a

time.”

“She will gradually forget the people and events in her life, starting with those she knows least well and moving toward those closest to her. Eventually, she will forget where she lives and even who she is. That is why I told her to come back as soon as possible for a follow-up so we could discuss treatment options.”

“I specifically told her to inform her family and return for further testing,”

Dr. Ellis looked at my parents with open frustration.

“Didn’t either of you notice anything unusual these past few days? Hasn’t she been carrying a small notebook and writing things down? Hasn’t she sometimes needed several moments to recognize even the people closest to her?”

Mom and Dad fell completely silent.

Julian did too.

They had noticed that something was wrong with me.

They had simply assumed it was another manipulative attempt to compete with Olivia for their attention.

It had never been an act.

I was truly sick.

Mom lowered her head, struggling to speak

“I.»

Dad’s face had gone white.

“I did see her writing things in a notebook these past few days. I just never imagined…”

Before he could finish, thunder exploded outside as lightning split the sky.

Julian suddenly realized what he had done.

Then it hit him all at once-the violent storm, the middle of nowhere, and someone with progressive

amnesia.

I couldn’t remember where I lived.

I couldn’t remember who I was.

He was the one who had left me stranded there in the pouring rain.

“Fuck!”

Julian swore and bolted from the hospital room.

Mom and Dad stared after him and suddenly thought of me.

Without another thought for Olivia, they stumbled out of the room after Julian.

“Hurry! Get the car! We have to find her!”

“Maya is still out there!”

Rain poured from the sky.

Two cars raced along the deserted highway.

At last, they reached the desolate intersection.

It was empty.

There was no one there.

June up the car door and ran into the rain, roaring my name across the vacant fields.

Mom climbed out after him, already sobbing so hard she could barely speak.

“Where is Maya!”

“Where where is she? Why isn’t the here?”

Julian wiged the rain from his face and forced himself to stay calm.

He turned to my parents,

“I’ll search the fields and hills around here. You follow the road toward the city. She may have tried to go home, or she may have gotten lost and wandered somewhere else.”

“Call the homokespers too. If she comes back, have them contact us immediately,”

Mom and Dad nodded frantically, scrambled back into the car, and started the engine.

Jellian can dine into the fields beside the road.

He storiched through the mud, sinking with every step as he shouted my name.

“Maya Yeomans!”