I must have squeezed his hand because he looked down at my hand holding his. When he glanced up at me, his beautiful green eyes captured mine, and I smiled.
“Hey, there. You really scared us,” I said as I glanced over at Elizabeth and Greg.
“Did I now? And who is us?” Josh asked with that damn crooked-ass smile of his.
“Well, for starters, your parents and me,” I said with a chuckle.
Josh’s smile faded, and he looked at me funny. “I’m sorry. How do you know my parents?”
Oh god. Oh god…please…no.
I let go of his hand and brought my hand up to my stomach. I felt sick. When I glanced up at Victoria, she gave me a faint smile. I looked back down at Josh, and he was still staring at me.
“Josh, don’t you know who I am?” I asked with panic in my voice.
“Um…no. Should I?”
With that, my legs slowly started to give out.
Greg was next to me in two seconds flat. “Josh, buddy, you don’t remember Heather?”
“Hey, Dad. I thought y’all were in Paris,” Josh said with a perplexed expression on his face.
Paris? What the fuck is he talking about? He’s confused. That’s all. He is just confused.
“Mr. Hayes, it would probably be best if Heather and…Amanda, was it?” Victoria looked between Amanda and me.
“Yes, it’s Amanda,” Amanda said with sarcasm dripping from her voice.
“It might be best if they stepped outside for a bit. I’m going to call for the doctor. ”
Greg gave me a weak smile. “Josh, buddy, I’ll be right back. Liz…” He waved for Elizabeth to come over and talk to Josh.
As soon as we got out into the hallway, I wanted to collapse to the floor. Greg and Amanda helped me over to one of the waiting room chairs.
“Oh my god. He doesn’t remember me. He doesn’t remember me, Manda! Greg, why doesn’t he remember me? Why did he think y’all were in Paris?”
“Um…well, considering his confusion with Victoria working at the hospital and then his comment about us being in Paris, he must think it’s his sophomore year of college. ”
“What?” Amanda and I both yelled at the same time.
Greg took a deep breath in before he slowly let it out. His eyes filled with tears, and he looked at me with such sadness that I felt like my whole world was about to be ripped apart.
“The only time Liz and I ever went to Paris was for our anniversary when Josh was a sophomore at UT. He was dating Victoria at the time. ”
I just started shaking my head. No, this is not happening. This can’t be happening.
“So, you think Josh doesn’t know who we are because…because he thinks he’s back in college?” Amanda asked.
“And dating Victoria…he thinks he’s dating Victoria,” I said as tears started to roll down my cheeks.
Chapter Four
My mother was just staring at me as I watched Victoria walk around the room.
What the fuck is going on? How in the hell is she a nurse?
“Mom, what the hell happened? Tori, when the hell did you get a job as a nurse?”