Chapter Eight

Daniel woke up in a hospital bed. "Where am I?" he asked himself.

"He's awake!" a nurse yelled. A doctor came rushing in.

"Hi, Daniel. My name is Becka. Can I ask you a couple of questions?"

"Sure." Daniel was hesitient answering.

"Okay, who are your parents?"

"John and Alexia Fitz." Daniel said correctly.

"Okay, what year is it?" asked the doctor.

"It's 2005." Daniel was wondering why she was asking these weird questions.

"No, it's the year 2019. You fell and hit your head, do you remember that?" asked the doctor.

"Um, no. The last thing I remember is being in a car crash in the year 2005 and learning about my real father." he wasn't really paying any attention to Becka, just wallowing in this new information.

"Daniel, you fell and hit your head in the year 2008, I believe. You have been in a coma since then. It seems to me that you have no memory of anything since your car crash." the doctor said gently.

Daniel was stunned into silence. Then he was overcome with questions. "Wait, what? The last 14 years? That's impossible! I couldn't have!" he yelled.

"Daniel, I know this is hard for you to understand, but you need to stay calm. Your mom and wife are waiting are waiting for you downstairs. Would you like me to go get them?" asked Becka.

"Sure. Wait, wife?" Daniel didn't remember this last part.

"Um, yes. Her name is Paige. She's very pretty. Brown hair, brown eyes, about 5'2 or so. You have been married since, uhh, 2006. Your daughter is fourteen. Her name is Annabella. You call her Bella." the doctor said this all in one breath.

"I have a daughter?" asked Daniel.

"Yepp. Would you like to see her mother?" Becka questioned.

"Yes, please, but I want to see them both at the same time if that's alright."

"It sure is, I'll send them in."

"Actually, can I have a few minutes to get decent?" Daniel thought he looked horrible.

"Sure, sure." the longer he has time to himself the better, thought Becka.

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Paige was worried sick about Daniel. The doctors had said he probably wouldn't remember her, or Bella. He had been so charming when they had first met fourteen years ago. They met because he had, in fact, been in the hospital after his car crash. I was his nurse and Becka had been his doctor back then, too. We got married that next winter. It was such a beautiful wedding. We've had so many losses, though, Paige thought to herself.

Between me losing the baby and him losing his dad and Kara. He had to go on that stupid vampire hunting trip. Kara wasn't even worth it. He doesn't even know that she didn't really love him. She was just using him as a stand-in for her real boyfriend who her parents didn't like. Daniel is so handsome, and she had a different boyfriend. He is never going vampire hunting again.

Turning to Alexia, she said, "What if he doesn't like me anymore? What if he thinks I'm ugly? What will I do about me and the -?"

Alexia cut her off. "Shh, now that's enough. He will think you are beautiful. You and your friend will be fine."

"Friend?! So this is what you are calling it? That's real f-" Again Paige was cut off, but this time it was be Becka.

"Okay, it seems he doesn't remember anything from the last fourteen years or so. Which means he won't remember about your affair, Paige. You should be safe. As for him or her, or whichever, you will have to tell him yourself. I just can't break that news." Becka said.