CHAPTER ELEVEN
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Jarod and Lyle were just sitting there staring at each other. None of them moved and everything was completely silent.
Finally Jarod broke the silence. "No, I'm not gonna kill you, I'll leave that to the Centre. But you're gonna come with me," he said.
"Why?" Lyle was suspicious. Oh great, what is he up to now?
"Because Miss Parker needs your help."
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Miss Parker woke up by the sound of people talking. She looked out of the driver's window and saw two men coming towards the car. She tried to focus, but her vision was blurred and she felt dizzy. She let her head lean against the window, closing her eyes for a while.
Suddenly the doors opened and the two men got into the car, one in the back seat and the other in the driver seat. Miss looked at them tiredly. She felt scared, what were these men doing in her car? When the man next to her reached out to touch her, she flinched, moving as far away from him as possible.
"Get away from me," she said dizzily. Please don't hurt me…
The man looked at her with a shocked expression and she didn't understand why.
"Parker, honey?" he asked.
Miss Parker looked around for a way to escape. But as she didn't recognise the surroundings, she decided she should stay in the car. She had no idea of where she was.
"Parker, what happened, are you alright?" the man sounded concerned.
Miss Parker shook her head. She gave him a searching look. "Who are you?" her voice trembled as she spoke.
"It's me, Jarod," the man was shocked, she didn't even recognize him anymore? Oh poor Parker… what was happening to her? Baby, I'll make everything okay again… I can't stand seeing you like this…
"Let me out of here, I don't know you… I want to go home… what am I doing here?" Miss Parker started to panic.
"Shhh, baby, it's alright. You can trust me," Jarod tried to calm her down; he put a hand on her trembling arm.
"No it's not alright… I don't know you… who are you?"
"Listen to me Parker, you have to calm down," Jarod started uncertain of what he should tell her. "You have a… memory loss…" he paused as the reality got to him. Miss Parker had lost her memory. He shook her head in denial. How could things have turned out this bad? "You're safe with me, I'm… your husband," he said.
Miss Parker looked at him with big eyes. "I'm married?" she asked tiredly. Jarod didn't have time to speak before she continued. "I feel strange… my head is hurting… I feel dizzy… hey, husband… I want to go home…"
Jarod smiled sadly. "It's Jarod," he said, trying to put the sadness away.
Miss Parker nodded slowly. "I knew a boy named Jarod when I was a child…" she mumbled. I really loved him… wonder where he is now…
Jarod was surprised, how could she remember that if she didn't remember him now? He looked at her with loving eyes. "I'm that boy, see you can trust me," he said softly.
Miss Parker didn't know why, but she trusted this stranger completely. It scared her, but she actually trusted him. Maybe he's right…
Suddenly she realized there was someone else in the car. She tried to turn her head to look at Lyle, but the sudden movement made her head ache. She screamed out loud, clutching her head.
Jarod understood what she was thinking. "He's your brother, you don't have to worry, you're with people who loves you," he said, not sure that was the whole truth, at least not when it came to Lyle. He didn't trust him at all, but he hoped it would make Miss Parker feel better if she thought she could.
Jarod started the car and began driving. He had no idea of where they should go. The Centre would find them anywhere as long as that chip was inside of Miss Parker' head.
"We need to get it out," Lyle said, just as if he could read Jarod's mind. "Or else the Centre will find us, and I'm afraid she won't make it much longer… it doesn't look good at all." Sis, you better be okay, or I'll never forgive myself…
Jarod just nodded. He didn't want to talk to Lyle. It was his fault this happened in the first place, his and Raines's…
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They drove for hours, Jarod decided they were going to a hospital, there one of his friends from a pretend worked. The friend had agreed to let Jarod use whatever he needed from the hospital to help Miss Parker. They were going there tonight.
Hours passed and finally they arrived. By now Miss Parker was almost unconscious. Jarod carried her inside. As he held her limp body in his arms, he felt sadder than he had felt in a long time. He loved her so much. And he had just stood by and let this happen to her, maybe he could have protected her better, made sure the Centre couldn't hurt her.
They said hi to the doctor who was Jarod's friend and he guided them to the room they could use.
Jarod thanked him and he left, knowing Jarod was trustworthy.
When Jarod placed Miss Parker on the operating-table, he knew this was now or never. He had to get the chip out of her head before it killed her.
Jarod looked at Lyle. "Let's do this," he said.
Lyle nodded and Jarod thought he looked nervous. But he was sure Lyle didn't feel half as nervous as he did himself…
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TBC.