Christian.
I'm bursting into the room the minute I hear her scream, panicked adrenaline winding its way through my body. Lissa's sitting on the chair, whole, with her hands over her mouth. Rose is staring at her, horrified. "What's wrong with her? What did I do?"
She fits herself into my arms, and the wet on my shirt makes me realize she's been crying. "Oh my God. Oh my God. She remembers."
At that, I pull away to look at her. "What?"
"She remembers. She remembered me." Liss sobs, and I swear to God that, though everyone's face is unbearably hopeful, the look on Dimitri's is just heartbreaking. Poor guy. I mean, on one side, yeah, she remembers – but on the other, she remembers Lissa. Not him.
Rose's most intimidating of dads grabs my girlfriend by the shoulders. "Tell me. Tell me exactly what she said."
"She said: I remember you. You were here yesterday, weren't you?" She sniffs, and you can see everyone deflate a little, because, well, we thought she remembered.
"Oh. Well, at least her memory's improving, right? That's gotta count for something." Ms. Hathaway says.
"It's getting better. Her short-term memory, I mean." Adrian pipes up excitedly.
Dimitri looks doubtful. "Maybe she'll never really remember what happened before the accident. Maybe she'll just have to start all over again."
I notice Rose's puzzled look. "We need a doctor. Right now. And we need to discuss this outside."
"Wait! Where are you going? I don't understand…" She calls, just as Lissa is about to leave the room.
"Don't worry. I'll be back in a minute, okay?"
We close the door before there's an answer, huddled in the cold of the empty hallway where we've spent so much of our time. Ms. Hathaway vanishes, off to search for a doctor. Rose's father goes after her.
"So… what now?" Adrian asks, breaking the silence.
"Now we stop talking about this in front of Rose and do absolutely nothing until we talk to Deirdre." Dimitri says.
Lissa looks at him questioningly. "Nothing?"
Tall Russian guy nods. "We do the best nothing you've ever seen."
And, for the first time, I'm happy to wait.
Ah, Christian. You gotta love him. Don't worry, guys. Your questions WILL be answered.
Can you guess who told about the D/R sex?