Phoenix came out of the shower with his towel wrapped around his lower body
"sigh"
"I miss Betty a lot"
After he had finished high school his parents relocated...
"Mum why do we have to relocate?"
"Son its for the best"
"Best of what?!"
"..." she didn't answer him
He had left in such a hurry that he never had time to let Betty know about his whereabouts. He had lost his contacts too
"This is too frustrating."
"How am I gonna get to see her again"
He had been a mess ever since he left her.
"Who knows maybe she might think I night have forgotten her...or I hate her...or"
"Sigh!"
"Oh...wait" an idea suddenly popped up in his head. He dressed up as he headed downstairs to meet his mum.
"Uhm..mum"
"Yes dear is anything the problem?"
"Not really but can I ask you for something"
"Anything for you"
.....
Betty couldn't deny that she missed Phoenix a lot. She never wanted lily to see her like this. She thought she might look weak in front of her. She knew lily had changed a lot ever since Steve left her. She had changed so much that she seemed emotionless at a point but when it came to her she was all open but she could not hide the fact that she noticed something off point about her
She was still scared of her and she didn't know why
"Little lily?"
"How come?"
She never knew how much that heartbreaking event turned out for lily, but she her self had a hard time moving on not just phoenix but her mom too. Ever since she graduated her mom stop coming to visit her she felt depressed at a point so she resorted to drugs and alcohol.
Lily had warned her severally
"Betty stop this! its not good for your health. I know you miss your mum but she would be back alright?"
but Lily's words never helped matters and Betty continued till it got her.
"Ouch" Betty screamed as she woke up
"Betty! what's the problem?" .
"My head.... it hurts...its burning" as she wailed
Lily took her to the hospital
"She's alright"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes no need to fear as you can see the drugs we gave her helped to reduce the pain"
"Thanks a lot" as she turned towards sleeping Betty
"Can u talk to you in private?"
"Sure" as they stepped out
"What of her parents?"
"Oh its a long story but you can tell me whatever the problem is" sounding worried
"Does she take in excessive alcohol or drugs?"
"Ye....s..yes"
"...She has retrograde amnesia"
"...."
"She had lost her memories due to the effect of the excessive drugs she must had taken."
"..."
"But she's in a safe zone for now but I urge you to make sure she gets enough sleep maybe with time she might get her memories back"
"But it only affected her previous memories so you have nothing to worry about" she said as she left
Lily stood rooted for some minutes before she went to Betty's room she looked at her for some minutes until she fell asleep