Hearing this, John immediately ran to the room to see her. There on the bed, she lay drowsily staring at them as they approached her.
"Who are you?" asked the girl confusingly
"Why? Don't you remember anything?" asked John
"I don't know, I just feel like my head has been hit by a big stone. I t feels very stiff and heavy."
"Sorry for that. Actually I had accidently hit you and you've lost your memory."
"What? Then don't you know anything about me? How am I supposed to live with a lost memory?"
"That's why I have to take your responsibility till you fully recover." John said looking slightly to the police.
"Doc, when will she be discharged?" asked John
"Tomorrow will be fine." Replied the doctor
Then John looked at the girl and said, "See you tomorrow then, I'll come and pick you up."
John turned to leave but gets interrupted by the police.
"Not so fast, young man. You have to stay with her until she's discharged."
John made a frown and said, "Oh man! I'm busy."
"I think the empty room of the jail would be finally filled today." Teased Richard smirking
"Stop it! I am not going anywhere!" said John rolling his eyes.
Finally the police left and Randy also had to leave. John was left alone with the girl.
"Hey, don't you remember your name?" asked John
"Uh…I think my name is …I don't know. My head hurts a lot when I try to think and remember anything."
John felt guilty and said, "You know, I truly am sorry. I didn't-"
"I know, you don't need to be sorry. Accidents can happen to anyone. My luck was not in my favor. I just feel like I am missing out on something in my life."
"It's okay, you will regain your memories soon." assured John patting gently on her shoulders.
"John paused for a moment and went on, "But what would I call you if you don't remember your name? How about I give you a name?"
"Okay…what name?"
"How about…uh-"
"Carol?" interrupted the girl and went on, "I don't know how I got this name but it just came into my mind."
"If you want that name then I'll call you Carol even though it's my mother's name."
"Really…Thank you."
"So you must be tired, it's better if you sleep."
"Okay. Nite"
"Nite"
John couldn't sleep so he went to the corridor and kept on thinking about Carol.
Poor girl, I wonder who her family is and what they're going through. They must be freaking worried.
John thought to himself.
But she really reminds me of Gizzel.
He smiled as he said.
"Gizzel, she must be having a great time in Europe."
The night passes away swiftly with the remembrance of Gizzel for John.
John goes back to Carol whether she's fine or not and gets surprised to find the bed empty.
"Where is she?"
John goes around asking all the people near her room but none of them knew.
John immediately called Richard and questioned him about Carol.
"Where is Carol?" asked John anxiously
"Carol? Who?" asked Richard
"The girl who I have hit."
"Oh! That girl I drove her to your home."
"What?! I…mean why?"
"When I came to the hospital, I saw her alone. I asked her about you but she didn't know where you were. I thought you left there so I drove her to your house."
"Oh …ok…Thanks"
John drove there quickly and found Carol sitting on the porch. They went inside and had an awkward silence. Out of boredom John decided to watch a movie with Carol.
"Carol, wanna watch a movie?"
"Sure"
John grabbed the first DVD he could find when he saw Carol grab for the movie Titanic.
"Can we watch this one instead?" Carol said as she showed the DVD to John.
"It's fine with me."
They sat on the couch and began to watch the movie with popcorns.
Two hours passed by without a single word exchanged when John suddenly heard a small whimper. He saw that Carol was the one who was making the sound. John saw Carol with her eyes filled with tears while she was having hiccups.
John clearly remembered that day when he and Gizzel used to play in the backyard of his house. When they were playing, Gizzel felled and scraped her knee and cried. John made fun of how Gizzel hiccupped when she cried.
John thoughts were disturbed by Carol's hiccup.
"You remind me of someone I know." said John looking at Carol.