When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 197



Everyone's eyes were glued to Clyde in disbelief, and I felt as if my blood had turned to ice. Was Clyde suffering from amnesia, or were his memories all jumbled up?

I approached him, cupping his face in my hands. "Clyde, look at me closely. Who am I?"

"Melanie, have you lost it? My girlfriend's right here!" he yelled, then turned to Rachel and said, "Babe, I swear I didn't do anything! It's all her fault."

"This isn't exactly my idea of fun, you know!" I retorted, just as he shoved me away. Rachel quickly caught me, then whispered in my ear, "What on earth is happening?"

I shook my head; I was as clueless as she was.

Fortunately, a nurse came to wheel Clyde out for a CT scan, and the room quieted down.

Rachel and I exchanged bewildered looks.

"I barely said two sentences to him when I got here, and he woke up, nearly gave me a heart attack."

"He wakes up and claims I'm his girlfriend. I thought he was joking, so I played along."

"Do you think he's developed some sort of psychological disorder?"

returned from abroad and had come for a routine check-up when she stumbled

had crossed before over Clyde, and a

to find

ties you and Clyde

Fenton meant no harm, but his words stung. I had been by Clyde's side for

arm around my shoulder. "Melanie, don't worry. Now that he's

though

examination showed Clyde's physical functions

recognized by the Patterson family. Throughout it all,

going abroad, he even casually said, "Rachel went abroad for further studies, right? I

was speechless; Rachel and I shared a dorm room,

looked at Rachel

I

with Clyde too. Could you look after Clyde? He seems to only recognize you now, won't even take his medication otherwise."

me, a hint of reluctance in her eyes, but

the priority. Everything else took a

in his memories, like tangled

important asset for any revolution.

Rachel eventually sighed and