Thanks to Lauren, Tricia and Cate for reviewing and thanks to anybody else who is reading this story... I hope you like this chapter, I wrote most of it on holiday.... please R&R. Kate

It was half past midnight by the time Chloe pulled into her drive. She glanced up at the house and found the study light on, causing her to sigh and drop her head on the steering wheel. Rob was waiting up for her. She used to think he had been protective like this all his life, however after what she had discovered today she was starting to have her doubts. She had no idea how she was going to deal with him now, and she had a feeling she wouldn't be able to stop the tears that were forming in her eyes and threatening to cascade down her cheeks. She lifted up her head, pulled her keys out of the ignition, reached over for her bag and got out of the car before slowly walking to her front door.

Suddenly a flash of light assaulted her eyes and she looked up to see Rob's silhouette in the doorway. Whilst she approached him the wheels were turning quickly in her head to create an excuse for her weak appearance. She heard him gasp.

"Chloe? Sweetie? What's wrong?" He asked, stepping out of the doorway to grab her arms, tilting his head to look more closely at her face, unsure as to whether it was just a trick of the dark.

Ugh. He's looking right into my eyes. I can't lie to him like that.

Chloe knelt down and pretended to adjust the strap on her heel, effectively averting her eyes so she could speak. "I just had a really bad day at work. A few incidents just got me in a foul mood and I started snapping at people... I may have gone slightly overboard and emotionally hurt them… I, uh, was pretty wound up. I'm just regretting it deeply now" She said as clearly as possible, hoping he would believe her and leave it be.

Rob gently released his grasp on her arms and led her into the living room before going to fetch her a cup of tea, giving her ample time to figure her out how she was going to approach him….

I guess I should start by asking about the bank job, that was the main factor in my life before the accident after all… and I could swear that Julia has something to do with a bank… It's just this strong feeling I get whenever I think of a bank. Maybe I met them through the bank and I didn't tell Rob about them. Or maybe he thought I didn't need to be reminded of the life I led at the bank that caused more than twenty years of memory to be erased and the addition of a titanium plate in my head. I can't believe I never really asked him much about the people I worked with there… what was I afraid of? They couldn't have harmed me anymore, and I needed to learn as much about my past as possible. What was I thinking? I guess I just assumed my closest friends were the ones that approached me in the hospital… maybe Julia and her partner didn't know I was there. No, that cant be right, they would if they worked at the bank, and thinking about it, I said to Leo earlier I thought they were American so they wouldn't have been working there… maybe they worked at a US branch. But how did I meet them? It seriously looked like I was living with them but I don't remember being told I had visited and stayed in America….

Rob striding back in the room broke off Chloe's string of thought; he placed her drink on the table and scrutinised her.

"Chloe? Is this all purely down to a bad day at work? You've had them before but you haven't got like this." He asked curiously, it seemed to Chloe that he had been doing a bit of analysis in the kitchen.

Damn, now what do I say? I'll have to phrase it so I can ask my questions about the bank… I'll have to say something about staff

"It was um, an even worse bad day than usual. See the thing is, I got slightly frustrated about my memory thing as well. Whilst I was doing reports on how security minded the staff were I got to thinking of how I thought of them more as friends than colleagues. Then I started wondering about what my colleagues at the bank were like… I don't recall meeting any after the accident…" She mumbled, hoping it would lead him to give her some answers.

"Well, um, you weren't that close to them… A few came by when you were in the coma, dropped off flowers… but recalling the event was quite distressing so I don't think they wanted to bother you… is that what all this is about? Wanting to know why people didn't visit you?" He grew slightly agitated "Its not something to get this worked up over Chloe, you really had me worried for a minute then"

Chloe started to get annoyed, she could see he was quickly making up lies because his aggression was starting to show through.

"No Rob! It isn't about the amount of friends who cared about me! It's about remembering my whole life! Though thinking about it would be nice to know people cared as well!" She shouted at him, before storming out of the room and up to bed.

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Next morning when Chloe went down for breakfast she found Rob buried behind his newspaper, he didn't even lift it to say good morning.

Well two can play at that game... though he should be the one apologising not angry.

She walked over to the toaster and slammed a couple of pieces of bread in it, before sitting down with the food and drink section, not caring what he thought anymore. They sat in silence the whole time, only broken up by Rob saying he was going to work and then striding out of the house. Though Chloe felt she should be upset, she actually felt very relieved. She hated tense situations and she wanted some alone time where she could debate her life, such as it was.

She lounged around the house for several hours and was just considering making lunch when her mobile rang. She checked caller ID and it said 'Jules' the codename she had given Leo which wouldn't arouse suspicion if Rob asked who was calling, she could just say it was a new friend. She pressed answer.

"Hello?" She asked apprehensively, she was unsure why he would be calling so soon.

"Hi. Its Leo. Can you talk?"

"Yeah, I'm on my own. Is something wrong?"

"Well I've found who you are looking for but I don't want to go into it over the phone. Can you come over to the office?"

"Yeah, I've got the day off. I'll be there in an hour."

"Great, see you then."

"Bye" She replied before ending the call.

An hour later she was back in Leo's office. The situation was this. He'd tracked her name to an apartment in Rome. He however couldn't travel there at the moment; it would be a week before his workload decreased enough.

She sat and listened to his apologies whilst forming an idea in her mind, speaking out when she was sure it was what she wanted to do.

"I'll go." She said clearly and firmly.

"Excuse me?" He replied, taken aback by the sudden announcement.

" I said I'll go to Rome, if that's alright with you of course. I don't mind confronting her face to face. I can call into work and say I need some personal time. They will probably give it to me." She said confidently.

"But what about Rob, your husband?" He questioned, raising his eyebrows and leaning back in his desk chair.

"I've thought about it and I can tell him that I have been asked to go to an important conference in the place of someone who is sick. I've been to a few before, he won't question why I'm going to Italy. Just in case he calls work, I'll ask them to cover for me. Tell a couple of close colleagues on switchboard I'm having marital problems and need a quick break without Rob knowing where I am exactly. They'll tell him I'm at a conference."

"OK. I think you should go. I'll give you a number for my Rome contact and tell them you'll be in town for a couple of days, they'll be able to help you out." He answered.

And this was how Chloe ended up in Graz airport two hours later. She had called Rob and asked him to excuse her from the dinner, he was still pretty cool with her but she let it go. She knew they would make up soon, he never stayed mad at her for long.

"Flight 485 to Rome, Italy is now boarding at gate 5, I repeat Flight 485 to Rome is boarding at Gate 5" The voice over the intercom said in English, French and German.

"Well this is it" Chloe mumbled aloud before lifting her head and striding confidently over to check in.