Port Royal
I had been awake for days now, Though I was still too weak to leave my bed. The stranger spent a lot of time with me, talking to me. It seemed to hurt him that I didn't recognise him.
Amensia. Amnesia the doctor called it. Temporary memory loss. When I asked him how it had happened, he went quiet and left the room. Did I do something? To get amnesia?
On the fourth day since I had woken up, when my beautiful sttranger came to see me, he was not alone, the young woman who had been there whn I woke up was with him.
"How do you feel, Annie?" She asked, her perfect features cloaked with concern.
So I was Annie. "Much better" I said. Just looking at both of them together made my head hurt, forgotten memories threatened to surface. I winced and clutched my forehead.
"Annabelle, my love, are you alright?" Asked my love, rushing to my side and grasping my free hand in his. My head throbbed even harder and a tear slipped down my cheek.
My love wiped the tear away and spun to the woman. "Elizabeth, fetch the doctor!" Elizabeth.
A whisper of memory flutted across my consiousness but was gone before I could grasp it. Then the darkness claimed me once again.
Will's POV
As I watched Annabelle again surrender to oblivion, my heart lurnched in my chest. It hurt that she couldn't remember me. I wished so badly that I could have paid more attention to what she was doing that fateful night. It was all my fault.
"Mr Turner, could I have a word with you?" I looked up as Governor Swann came into the room, a look of wonder upon his face.
I nodded and reluctantly left Annabelle's bedside.
A few minutes later, I was ushered into the governor's study by one of maids, who closed the door behind me.
"Ah, Mr Turner, sit down will you?" The governor asked.
Warily, I lowered my self onto a delicate french chaise, near the door.
"Well, Mr Turner, It has come to my attention, that you seem to spend a remarkable amount of time
by my daughter's bedside. I must ask you, sir. What are your intentions?" Asked the old governor, his eyes on me.
I flinched under his strong gaze. "I care deeply for Miss Annabelle, sir, and when she regains her memory would like to ask for her hand in marriage." I explained in a rush.
The governor nodded, betraying no emotion. "The doctor says she may never regain her memory for she seems to be ailing badly. What will you do if she never remembers you?"
Easy question. "Then I will spend everyday of my life trying to help her. I...I love your daughter, Governor Swann, and I will guard her with my life."
The governor was speechless, I surmised. His face clouded in an unreadable expression. He waved his hand to me. "Very well, Mr Turner, I will consider your request. Now go home and get some rest, you have not left my daughter's side since we have returned."
And I left. With a song in my heart and new hope ahead me.
I stopped aruptly. Jack was due to hang in two days. He and Annabelle were the best friends I had ever had. I couldn't let him die.
