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?"

and had come for a routine check-up

over Clyde, and a casual inquiry revealed

to find

Clyde together;

been by Clyde's side for so long with no sign of him waking up, and then

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

though I wasn't

physical functions were

college days, other times the period after being recognized by the Patterson family. Throughout it

he even casually said, "Rachel went abroad for

Rachel and I shared a dorm room, and

at

I

know this is a tough ask, considering you and Melanie are friends, and you're friends with Clyde too. Could you look after Clyde? He seems to

a hint of reluctance in

to himself was the priority. Everything

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

the most important asset for

Rachel eventually sighed and