***DISCLAIMER*** I am not a doctor and know very little about medicine. I have never had broken ribs, head trauma, or eye problems. This is made up so don't pick at any inaccuracies because...well yeah...i made it all up so hope you like and as always leave comments.

"OK, then what?" Carly asked again.

Bo just sat, gazing at Carly and trying to collect his thoughts. Marlena had warned him not to tell her too much at one time. He didn't want to overwhelm her. But just thinking about the three short years they were together was overwhelming. So much had happened. How would he explain the heartbreak he had caused her? How would he tell her about all they went through to be together? How could he put the intensity and the depth of their relationship into words? He felt his face flush at the very thought of the physical relationship they had shared, but that paled in comparison to the emotional and spiritual connection they had. It was a connection he had felt since their first meeting on the pier all those years ago.

Bo tried to force his mind back to the present but his head was only filled with more questions. How would he explain her marriage to Victor? How was he going to tell her that she ended their engagement in order to go back to Lawrence? Not to mention trying to tell her about the things Vivian had done. How would he tell her about Nicholas? As far as she knew in this moment the child she had shared with Lawrence died shortly after his birth. How do you fill someone in on the last 20 years of their own life?

"BO?!" Carly's voice broke through his reverie.

"Sorry. What?"

"I asked what happened after we came back to Salem."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Princess, I was trying to pull my thoughts together."

"Why? What happened in the last 20 years that you have to 'pull your thoughts together'?

"Well, Carly, 20 years is a lot of time to go over. And like I said I only know some of it, not all."

Carly couldn't see it but a big grin spread across Bo's face as she swung her verdant gaze in his direction. She wasn't aware of the joy that he was feeling as he looked into those gorgeous eyes again.

"You know what, Princess, why don't I fix us something to eat and we can talk about it later."

Before Carly could answer Bo had jumped up from his chair and headed over to the little kitchenette, wishing he had told Roman to bring them some real food. He busied himself with finding and fixing them some dinner. In order to keep Carly from questioning him he turned on the small radio he had brought up with him.

Carly decided not to push Bo. Instead she sat, propped up against the pillows and listened to the radio that Bo had turned on and the sounds of him making dinner.

"OK, Roman. What's the deal?"

"Deal?"

"Tell me what's going on, Roman. I came with you because I know that whatever is going on, you wouldn't be involved if it were illegal. And I understand that you didn't want to talk about it in public. But now that we're alone, I want to know what am I getting myself into?"

Roman took a deep breath. He knew that Daniel wasn't being unreasonable. Especially since Roman was driving him into the woods that were up in the mountains just north of Salem.

"OK. But what I tell you goes no further than us."

"No problem. It's part of my job description to keep confidences."

"That applies to your patients, not to me or Bo."

"Well, I am coming with you as a doctor, to see a patient and so I see this as doctor-patient privileged."

"Alright. The woman you are going to see is named Carly Manning. Ever hear that name before?"

"No."

"She's Bo's ex-fiance."

"Bo was with someone before Hope? I thought they were each others first love."

"They were. It happened 20 years ago. Hope was abducted by a man named Ernesto Toscano. He faked her death. I wasn't there at the time but from everything I was told after the fact; Bo was devastated when he thought Hope had died."

"Where were you?"

"That is a long story that we can leave for another time."

"OK. So Bo thought Hope had died…" Daniel prompted.

"Yeah, anyway at about the same time Carly Manning came to town. Again, I wasn't there, but from what I've heard they argued a lot at first but they got really close. Ma told me that they seemed to have a connection from the time they met. Bo said the same thing to me a few times. My sister Kayla said they took forever to really get together. They had to fight hard to be with other."

"Why?"

"Bo pushed her away for a long time. From what he said, he felt like loving another woman was cheating on Hope. Anyway, eventually Bo decided he wanted to be with her and wanted to spend his life with her. But by the time he was ready to be with her; she had given up on Bo and had married another man on the rebound."

"Man that sucks."

"Yeah. Especially since that man was Bo's father."

"Wait! This woman was married to Victor?"

"Yep. Now I don't know all the details, but apparently Victor plotted to keep Bo and Carly apart, because he knew that Carly wouldn't marry him if she had any chance to be with Bo. When she found out, she left him. After that I know Bo got sick and Carly saved his life."

"How did she save his life?"

"She helped develop some kind of cure for whatever disease Bo had gotten."

"Wait a second. Is she a doctor?"

"Yeah. And a damn good one. That lady has saved the lives of half of the Brady family, myself included. Anyhow, after that, Carly filed for an annulment from Victor."

"Bet that went over well."

"You'd win that bet. Victor made their lives hell. You'll have to ask someone else about most of it. I do know that when I came back to town, Carly was in the hospital after Victor rigged an elevator to crash."

"Victor tried to kill her?"

"He almost killed her, but Bo was convinced that he was the true target."

"Victor would never kill Bo."

"Things were different back then Daniel. Personally, I think Vic was trying to kill Bo, but there was never any proof."

"So what happened after she recovered?"

"Victor faked his death and framed her for his murder."

"Are you serious?"

"As a heart attack. They found him hiding out in Mexico."

"Wow."

"Bo and Carly were together for almost another two years after we all got back from Mexico. They went through a lot in that time, and they loved each other very much."

"Why didn't they get married then?"

"Another long story and it's not really mine to tell. When they broke up Carly left town with her ex-boyfriend and married him so they could raise their son together. We never heard from her again. Until about three weeks ago."

"What happened three weeks ago?"

"Bo got a letter, delivered by a messenger. I don't know exactly what was in that letter but a couple of days later, a group of us who all love this little lady managed to snatch her from her husband's compound in the Middle-east."

"You kidnapped her?!"

"I look at it more like we liberated her."

"ROMAN!"

"Daniel, we did what we had to do, to help someone we all love. By the time we were able to get things set and got her out of there, her husband had beaten her to a pulp. She was unconscious. We took her to a private hospital to have her checked out. She had a massive concussion and all her ribs were broken."

"Damn!"

"Yeah. The doctor we had with us when we took her told us that she was malnourished too. I think there was more to her injuries, but Marcus was too upset to tell us. After he had determined the extent of her injuries we brought her back here and hid her."

"She was hurt so badly that she's been unconscious for more than two weeks and you removed her from a hospital and brought her to the middle of nowhere?"

"Daniel, we had no choice. She wouldn't be safe in a hospital, even under an assumed name. Her husband is a very rich and powerful man. He's also a bastard. None of us liked the idea of hiding her out here, but Bo was adamant."

"OK. Well did Bo say anything about her condition when she woke up?"

"Yeah, he did. I already told you about her eyes, but it seems that she doesn't remember some stuff."

"Well, it is possible that if her head injury was severe enough it could lead to some memory loss. Did Bo say how much time she was missing or the last thing she remembered?"

Daniel heard Roman sigh as the car slowed to a stop. After a quick glance at the clock on the dashboard confirming that they had driven for about an hour after leaving Salem city limits, Daniel opened the door and stepped out of the car. He looked around at his location. It was just after sunset and the air was frigid. Daniel couldn't really see a lot because it was almost completely dark, but he could tell there were lots of trees, and he could hear the gentle lapping of water. He didn't know if it was a stream or a pond but there was water nearby. He looked up to at a small, rustic cabin. It looked to be one room, nothing more, but there was smoke coming from the chimney and the windows were brightly lit.

"20 years."

"What?"

"You asked how much time she was missing."

"She's missing…"

"20 years."

"Damn, Roman."

"I know. Well, let's get you inside to check her out." Roman looked up at the sky for a moment as they headed towards the cabin's door. "It might snow."