A/N Twilight and all it's characters remain the creation and property of Stephanie Meyer. I just use them in my little puppet theatre mind. Please review if you would be so kind xxx xxx

Chapter 2

The ride to the hospital passed by in a blur.

The woman I had hit had regained consciousness before the paramedics arrived and had seemed to speak nothing but gibberish. She had sat herself up against my protests.

I was asked the usual questions by a police officer that had pulled up with the ambulance, but to be honest, I had no idea what I'd told him. My eyes had been too transfixed on the woman sat in the road looking dazed and confused.

The paramedics had managed to get her to her feet and in the ambulance, though she didn't seem very happy about it. I watched through the doors as they prodded and poked her; took her temperature and vitals. They had just removed the pressure cuff when someone finally shut the doors to signal they were ready to embark.

The police had finished their questioning for that time and had told me they would be in touch.

Apparently I had rung my sister too. She had been the one that insisted we go to the hospital, though all I wanted was to go home and forget what had happened.

But I couldn't.

I had to call work, had to ring the associates over at William, Ephraim and Sons to explain my no show…maybe I could rearrange for later in the day and all would not be lost.

"…And send them a fruit basket as a gesture. Good."

"What are you doing?" Alice asked as she caught the tail end of my conversation with Rose.

I was trying to put damage control into effect.

"I'm arranging to meet with the partners over at WES." I coolly answered while scrolling through my phone's planner.

I would have a lot to rearrange thanks to the events that had unfolded.

"You're unbelievable!" Her hands lifted to the heavens as she looked at me incredulously. "You nearly kill someone with your car, she gets brought to the hospital and all you can think about it how to recoup potential losses?"

"Oh please…She's fine; she got up herself and climbed in that ambulance Alice, stop being so dramatic. And yes I'm sorting out the mess she's caused…it could cost us to lose out on that take over and that is not an option!"

"The mess she's caused? You really have no soul do you? What happened to you Edward? You used to be such a kind kid…a caring big brother…Now all you care about is that damn company and its profits." Tears threatened to spill from her eyes but she wiped them before they had a chance to fall.

"Alice, do you have any idea what this takeover means? Danali Toys would be the number one toy company in the whole, North West, of America and it will be because of me…because of the work I have done. I can't risk losing this opportunity to make partener."

She clearly didn't understand, nor did she share my enthusiasm for work.

"Say hi to the Devil for me will you." She sighed, turning her gaze back to the room door of the casualty. "God I hope she's alright…and I hope you can live with yourself."

Just then the door opened and out walked a doctor; he was just putting his stethoscope back around his neck when he spotted us.

"Are you guys the family of this young woman?" he enquired hopefully.

"No, I'm Alice Cullen; it was my Asshole of a brother, here, that's responsible for her being in here…" Alice still managed to scowl sideways at me.

"Cullen? As in…Dr Carlisle Cullen." He quirked his eyebrow.

"Chief resident, Dr Carlisle Cullen…Yes"

My Father had worked hard all of his life for that title and I always felt that I had a duty to point it out to the people that didn't seem to respect him enough to use it.

"Please ignore my brother, Doctor, How is she?"

I shut out my sister and the doctor's comments; allowing them to turn into background noise before I dared to peer through the door behind him.

There, sat in the bed, was the young woman, she had long, dark hair and skin as pale as milk. I couldn't see her face fully as she was bleakly staring out of the window on the opposite side of her room. I did manage to notice her hand rise to her cheek as it wiped away a trail of wetness.

At that very moment she turned, as if she had sensed she was being watched and our eyes met for the very first time.

For the briefest moment I felt a pang of guilt threatening to bubble up in my stomach as I lay my eyes upon her. I could not let that fester, so averted my gaze back to the other people around me.

"So you're saying she has amnesia?" My sister's concerned voice asked.

"We don't know yet. She hasn't got a clue about who she is or where she lives…Are you sure you have no clues as to her identity?" He enquired, looking back at me" Did you see any signs of a wallet or purse nearby her? Anything at all that could lead to us being able to find her next of kin?"

"No, but I fear some guy robbed her before I managed to get to her." I chanced a peek back into the room and saw her attention had been turned once again back towards the window.

"We're going to continue running some tests. I've ordered a full blood work to be done and an MRI for tomorrow to see if we can't figure this out." He glanced back at the door. "Overall though she has been very lucky. She only has a few minor scrapes, the most damage done was a knock to her head but again, luckily, it doesn't seem to have caused much physical damage."

"Thank you Doctor." Smiled my sister "Would it be ok if I when in to to see her?"

"It should be fine." He smiled in return before turning to make his way over to the nurses' station with his notes.

"You can't go in there Alice. You don't even know her!" I glared; unsure whether my unease at the idea was out of weirdness or worry.

Was I worried?

Yes I was. The truth of the matter was that I had hit her with my car and now she was in there with no recollection of who she was or how she got there…and she'd probably have a killer headache.

"You might be able to walk away from this without a second thought Edward but I can't." She stopped in the doorway and turned back to face me. "So go…Go off to your meeting and get on with your life like nothing's happened. But when you go to bed tonight just think on the fact that right now, this woman in here can't do the same as you, she can't go back to normal because you've stolen that away from her."