Finished early soo... here you go.


"Courtney has a concussion." Monica told Jason as Sonny and Carly looked on. "The bleeding was from a gash on the back of her head, it looks like she was hit really hard, thought by what, we can't tell."

"But she is OK, right?" Carly asked Monica.

"Well," Monica took a deep breath before she had to deliver the rest of the bad news to her son, "Courtney seems to have lost short-term memory. But otherwise physically she seems just fine."

"What do you mean 'no short-term memory,' what does she remember?" Carly said at the time Sonny said; "Jason said she may have taken drugs, did you find anything?"

"The doctor is with her now, and is trying to determine how much of her memory was lost, and there is no trace of drugs in her system now, but she will be monitored for any symptoms of withdrawal."

"You can't tell what drugs she's been given?" Sonny asked.

"Not once the drugs have left her system, but if she shows signs of withdrawal we might be able to narrow down the list of possibilities."

"Monica, was she--uh," Jason tried to get out the words but his voice was thick with un-cried tears. "Can you tell if she was held against her will, was anything done to her?"

"Jason, I'm sorry," Monica said knowing what her son was trying to ask, "we did a rape kit, but we came up with nothing. We have also done a pregnancy test and screened for any STDs, both came back negative. Jason, I'm sorry there is no way to tell where she was, or why she was gone until she remembers. I'll go talk to her doctor now and see if you can see her."


"Courtney what is the last thing you remember?" The doctor asked her.

"I was lying in bed taking a nap, and Jason came in and woke me up, he seemed really freaked out. Can I please see him now?"

"And do you remember what happened before you woke up?"

"Yeah, I just finished my shift at Kelly's and I was exhausted because it was so busy, so I decided to take a nap until Jason came home. Why are you asking me these questions? I want to see my husband!"

"All right, I'll go get him now."


"Oh god!" Carly said.

"What?" Sonny asked as he and Jason looked at her.

"Mike! And Janine! We have to call them and let them know that their daughter is alive."

Jason leaned back in the chair and covered his face with his hands as he said, "I completely forgot about it."

"That's understandable, you were probably in shock," Carly said as she turned to Sonny, "you call Mike and I'll call Janine, OK?"

"Yeah, let's go." Sonny said as he got up and held his hand out to Carly. She grabbed and walked to the lobby to make, what would be shocking phone calls.

Jason watched as Sonny and Carly walked away. He saw Monica coming followed by a doctor he did not recognize. "Can I see her now?" Jason said as he stood up to talk to the doctor and Monica.

"Jason, this is Dr. Thompson, he is Courtney's doctor." Monica introduced the two men who then shook hands.

"Doctor, I'd like to see my wife now."

"Yes, of course, she is asking for you as well. But first there is something that we need to discuss. Courtney seems to have no memory of the past three years. Her memory seems to have left of the night she disappeared, but she thinks that she finished her shift, came home and took a nap, and then you came home and woke her."

"Why doesn't she remember?" Jason asked, the fear evident in his voice.

"There are a few possibilities; it could be merely from the concussion, or it could be that she experienced something quite traumatic these past three years and her subconscious is blocking it out. If her subconscious is blocking the past few years out then there is a chance that she may never remember." The doctor paused, letting Jason take in the news before he continued. "I know how difficult this must be for you, but we find it's easiest on the patient when a loved one delivers the news."

"You mean tell her that she has been missing for the past few years, that all of a sudden she just disappeared two and a half years ago." Jason demanded angrily.

"Well, yes, but I will advise you on what to say, it's just that your wife will take the news better when it's coming from someone she loves and trusts."

"Fine I'll do it."


Courtney sat in her hospital room, she was nervous and confused. She didn't understand Jason's reaction earlier, before she fainted. Why did she faint? How did she get a concussion? She didn't remember hitting her head. And her doctor was odd. Why was he asking her all of those questions. Where was Jason? Why couldn't she see him? She really needed him right now. She knew the doctor was keeping something from her, and she decided she wasn't going to wait any longer.

She was reaching for the call button when the door opened and her doctor walked in, followed by Jason.