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?"

come for a routine check-up when

paths had crossed before over Clyde, and a casual inquiry revealed

to

ties you and Clyde together; otherwise, he might

no harm, but his words stung. I had been by Clyde's side for so long with no sign of him waking up, and then Rachel returns, and suddenly he's

around my shoulder. "Melanie, don't worry. Now

nodded, though I

functions were

by the Patterson family. Throughout it all, his girlfriend was always by his

abroad, he even casually said, "Rachel

shared a dorm room, and I

at

I

a tough ask, considering you and Melanie are friends, and you're friends with Clyde too. Could you look

hint of reluctance in her eyes, but I

the priority. Everything else took

chimed in. "It's just a mix-up in his memories, like tangled

asset for

Rachel eventually sighed and