Valory said nothing, but I could feel her gaze on us.
“I, uh...My memories...they are coming back stronger, I think,” I said, twisting my hands in my lap.“I can’t...I can’t stop thinking about him.And then, in the bathroom, I?—”
“What?”Valory pressed, and leaned forward.“What happened?”
I sighed, and looked between the demon and angel in my presence.
I’d never know the truth, if I didn’t ask, right?
“I saw him.Not like a vision, like...”
“Like he was in the room with you?”Endor asked carefully.
I nodded.“Kind of, but then he disappeared, and?—”
Endor’s gaze hardened.“Like a ghost.”
“Something like that, I guess...”
Valory spoke, her voice soft, caring.“Memories can be quite haunting.”
I caught her gaze.“I could almost...feelthem.Like...like they were real.And then, I could’ve sworn I felt someone touch me, and?—”
I shook my head.Nothing felt like it was making sense anymore.“It doesn’t make sense...why...why can’t I remember?”I pursed my lips, trying to hold back tears.
I wanted to remember.I wanted to remember so badly...
What happened to me, how I ended up disembodied.
But I also wanted to rememberhim.I needed to remember him.
God, what if he was out there, all alone,looking for me?
What if he didn’t remember me?
What if?—
Valory shifted, taking a seat next to me, setting her hand on my thigh.She rubbed lightly.
“Because you loved him.”
Her words weren’t accusing or condescending, but sympathetic.
As if she understood on some imperceptible level what I could barely grasp.
Of course, I bet someone as gorgeous as her has had tons of boyfriends.
I can’t even figure out if I had one.
God, I am such a loser!
My silence spoke volumes, her words settled on me.
I wanted to say I’d never been in love, but the truth was...
I didn’trememberbeing in love.Not in my brain, but...
My heart skipped a beat, my insides rushed with warmth as Miles’s image filled my psyche, as the memory of his kiss lit up every nerve in my body.
