D A Y
"So you don't know what's wrong with June?" Eden asked me. We're both sitting on the couch while Eden is hunching over the table in front of us working on an engineering project. He marks and scribbles down numbers on one of many papers scattered across the table.
I shake my head even though he can't see me. "No. I'm waiting for Tess to call me."
It's late now. I left the hospital five hours ago. I stare out the balcony window and see that the sun has already set. I wonder if June's okay. I would visit her, but she's been keeping her distance from me lately. Because I still can't remember her. I don't want to bring her more pain than she's already in. If I remembered her, I would be there sitting by her side.
June doesn't know it yet, but I've come to love her. I've come to memorize everything about her. I know why I fell in love with her. I just don't know how to love her the way that I did ten years ago.
I'm suddenly pulled out of my thoughts when I hear the phone ring. I pick it up and hear Tess calling my name.
"What is it?" I frantically ask her. She stays silent for a few seconds. She's hesitating.
"Tess…" I urge her.
She sighs. "June won't let me tell you." I feel my breathing become slightly ragged. She doesn't want me to know. Is it because she cares for me? Or does she feel that I have no right to know?
Eden notices my pause and stares in anticipation.
"Why?" I ask her quietly.
"It's not just you," she reassures me, "she doesn't want anyone to know. She needs to have surgery for it, but she doesn't want to go through it." Tess' voice begins to quiver.
Before I could respond, Tess beats me to it. "I'll tell you everything. I'll be at your place in ten minutes."
Bewildered by what she meant by everything, I ask her.
She replies, "Everything you went through with June ten years ago." She hangs up, leaving me listening to the static.
