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A/n: I am sorry for lack of frequent updates but I have a lot going on in my life. I am a mom and I work full time so making time to write can be difficult some days, but this story will be completed. It just might take a little bit longer.
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Narrator: The last time we saw our Jane, she was in Montana with Jason. Jane is starting to believe Michael has memories back and he does. What Jane doesn't know is Michael is working with Sin Rostro, but we don't know what their plans are.
"Sorry um it took longer than I thought it would," He said casually when he finally came back home two hours later.
Jane had found herself a spot on the grey sofa and a book to keep her mind busy. It wasn't much help because she had so many questions on why he was pretending to have amnesia. They were always honest with one another before he died.
"Um it's okay I kept myself busy," She said as she raised her book up at him. He nodded his head and sat next to her on the sofa. "Thank you for the pancakes um banana pancakes are my favorite," She said trying to trap him.
He remained stoic. "Charlie made me banana pancakes when we uh first started dating," He said callously.
Jane felt her heart sink maybe he didn't have his memories back after all. She had been wanting him to remember her. Remember the love they had for one another. She wanted her husband back fully.
"Oh," She said disheartened. "I thought you maybe had remembered something for our life together."
"Jane, it's been four years," He reminded her. "It would be a miracle for my memory to come back."
Jane felt the guilt wash over her again. She should have been there for him, but she wasn't. She believed he had died and he would never come back. Now looking at him, she was starting to believe he had died. Her Michael would never come back to her. It was like she had lost him all over again, but this time it was happening right in front of her.
"Michael always wanted me to be happy," Jane looked at Jason and placed her right hand on his knee. "And I never once thought about his own happiness over mine, but that's going to change. I want you to be happy Jason. So what will make you happy?"
You.
If this were a movie he would have said it, but this isn't one.
"I don't know," He told her. Jane felt like someone had punched her hard in the gut. "But I like you, Jane and I would like to see if there could be something between us but," He paused for a moment and looked into her chocolate colored eyes. "I am not him and you have to accept who I am now."
Jane felt a lump in her throat how could she fall in love with Jason when her heart always belonged to Michael? His blue eyes remained the same, but everything else had changed. His voice was slower and had a Southern drawl to it. His hair was grown out and messy. He wasn't the man who made her heart glow, but her heart was telling her to take a chance on him.
Narrator: No Jane! Go home and leave him here.
"Well," He prompted after several moments of silence.
Jane smiled at him and said, "I want you to be happy Jason and I'm sorry but I can't make you happy because I am still in love with the memory of my husband."
Narrator: Yes, Jane! You still love Michael, but Michael doesn't love you. He is using you so run.
"Do you want to know why I didn't sign those papers?" Jason changed the subject.
Jane was taken back she had forgotten about the reason why she had come out to Montana. The moment she saw him all she could think about was his life here. She wondered if he was happy during the past four years. She missed out on four years of his life. Maybe his memory would have come back if she knew he was here all along.
"I didn't sign the papers because a voice inside my head said you were worth it," He took her unusual vow of silence as his opportunity to tell his side uninterrupted. "And it was that same voice that had told me about destiny-"
"Please don't say that word," Jane interrupted him, because if she hadn't she would have started to cry. "But Jason my life is in Miami not here."
"So you are just going to leave me even after what happened last night?" He sounded a little hurt and Jane didn't blame him. She blamed herself for everything.
"I'm sorry," She said sincerely. "But I think I should go back home."
Jane pushed herself off the sofa and headed to his room to pack her things. He needed her to put his happiness first and she would do exactly that by leaving him to live his life without her. She missed Michael more than anyone could understand, but she had to let Jason go. She couldn't fall in love with Jason without secretly yearning for Michael to come back to her.
Jason's home was in Montana. Michael's home was in Miami with her.
Jane had finished packing her belongings and made her way to the front porch. She pushed the white door open and saw his truck was gone. He left without a goodbye.
"He'll be back soon," a voice said causing Jane to jump. She looked to her right and saw Charlie sitting on the white porch swing. "Uh he told me to tell you that."
Jane could sense the woman's nervousness. Charlie looked like the female version of Jason. Her light brown hair was pulled back into a pony-tail. She was wearing a red flannel with dark blue jeans.
"Take a seat," Charlie patted the empty spot next to her. Jane was hesitant but sat down anyway. "So you are going back to Miami. I thought you would have stayed and helped him remember his old life with you,"
"He seems happy here," Jane said sheepishly. She felt uncomfortable talking to the woman her husband was dating. Her husband who didn't know who was suffering with amnesia.
"He wasn't always like this," Charlie said ambiguously. Jane looked at the woman with a confusion. "Uh he didn't smile or laugh for the longest time. One day I whipped up some banana chocolate chip pancakes and he smiled…" Charlie paused for a moment as if she wasn't sure she should be telling Jane all of this. "But he told me that I made them wrong. He said-"
"I don't need the chocolate chips, because your eyes already add the sweetness," Jane finished for her. Charlie nodded her head.
"You can only imagine my reaction," Charlie added. Jane looked into her green eyes and felt sorry for the woman.
Jane didn't know what to say next. She didn't know why Charlie was telling her this. She could have said nothing and let Jane go back to Miami. Then she would have Jason all to herself.
"You're probably wondering why I told you that," Charlie said as if she was reading Jane's mind. "But I have never seen Jason so damn happy before he left for Miami. Your husband is in there somewhere so don't give up."
"I don't know," Jane said doubtful. "It's been four years. I doubt his memory will comeback."
"Don't doubt yourself," Charlie said with great enthusiasm. "Because if anyone can bring his memory back it is you."
Jane was growing suspicious of Charlie's motives. Why would she want his memory back? Jane knew if she was in Charlie's position she wouldn't be pushing the man she loves back to his old life.
The sound of loose gravel broke through the air. Both the woman looked up and saw the familiar red truck. Jason was back. Charlie stood up from her spot first to go and greet him. Jane sat there watching the two of them and wondering what they were saying about her.
Charlie gave him a kiss on the cheek and waved goodbye to Jane before she left in her own pickup. Jason sat there in his truck waiting for Jane to get in, but Jane was rooted in her spot. She had a gut feeling something was off with both Jason and Charlie, but she didn't know what.
"We don't got all day Princess," Jason called out to her from his truck.
Jane rolled her eyes and made her way to his truck suitcase in hand. Suddenly coming out to the remote country of Montana felt like a bad idea. Jane tried to act normal as she threw her luggage in the bed of the truck and climbed into the passenger seat.
"Are you okay?" Jason said as he reversed the truck out of the long driveway.
"Fine," She lied. "I just miss my son."
The rest of car ride was silent. Jane couldn't shake the feeling that Jason was hiding something from her.
Narrator: He is Michael, Jane! Dios Mio.
"Here we are," Jason said as he had pulled up to the small airport.
"Come with me," Jane found herself saying.
Narrator: No, Jane what are you thinking?
"What?" Jason said surprised.
"I want you to come with me to Miami," Jane reassured him. "So are you coming?"
"Sure," was his reply.
Narrator: If you thought this would all end in Montana you are sadly mistaken, because what you don't know is our deviant Jane has a plan. During the silent ride to the airport Jane had been texting Rafael getting all the information out of how he had learned about Michael's fake death. She learned Sin Rostro had lead him to Michael's location. Jane knew something wasn't right when Charlie tried to push her into Jason's arms. Now she will be able to find out the truth or so she thinks…
Keep your friends close but your lover even closer.
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I have decided to put the narrator's voice in bold to easily separate it from the rest of the story.
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