Lilly fell asleep in no time as she was already tired but it was clear to Emma that whatever happened took a huge toll on her.
The poor girl was not even able to sleep properly as she kept on forcing her eyes to remain open to think about something.
" What are you thinking, Lilly? ", Emma asked feeling sorry for the poor girl.
" Nothing. I am just scared and worried. I am trying to think what else I could have forgotten beside the past week. I am trying to remember each and every day and the things I did, since the time I could remember. I remember everything but I just can't get anything about the past week. ", she replied and tears kept rolling down her eyes.
" Aren't you sleepy? "
" I am but I can't even imagine that I could forget things like this. I never knew that I can also lose memory. There are hundreds of questions running in my mind but I am trying my best to contain myself from asking. ", she replied, trying her best to stop her tears from rolling down, to no avail.
" Even if you ask, I don't think that I will be able to answer any of your question as I, also don't know anything. I told you that it was Alex who brought you here and I just treated you. "
" I know but I still can't take my mind off all the things that is happening to me and I am being completely helpless. ", she replied.
" So you are feeling sorry for yourself? "
" No. I am feeling mad at myself for being so pathetic and vulnerable. ", she replied, wiping off her tears.
" Alright, think about all this tomorrow. Just go to sleep, for now. ", Emma said, fiddling with the IV drip again.
" I have increased the amount to help you relax and sleep and don't worry, this is just a sedative to help you relax and sleep. ", she explained as she sat beside Lilly.
" Emma, does this Alex live alone? ", she asked, suddenly.
" Of course. That is the reason I am here. "
" Then is it not possible for you to just stay for tonight. I am really scared and I don't think it is right for me to stay alone with a man. ", she said.
" Oh! Don't worry. Alex is not like that. I know him. "
" I know and I can feel that you trust him a lot but, how can I, when I have not even met him. "
" I get where you are coming from and I understand. You are still young so you can think like that. Alright, I will stay just for tonight for you. ", she replied to Lilly's relief.
" Really? Thanks. ", said Lilly, smiling brightly.
" Now, go to sleep. Hurry. I know it is not easy to stay awake when you are getting this drip. "
Lilly, then closed her eyes as exhaustion, pain, sorrow, fear hit her and swallowed her, making it impossible for her, to stay awake.
" Aww. What exactly happened to this poor girl that Alex had to take such a decision. Sleep tight sweetheart. I don't know how you will be able to accept the truth later. ", Emma said, ruffling through Lilly's hair after she fell asleep.
After waiting for about half an hour, after Lilly slept and then, even though, she promised not to leave, she quietly, tip-toed and left the room.
She slowly shut the door to make sure that Lilly's sleep does not get disturbed and then, she ran to the study which was just at the other end from Lilly's room.
She just knocked one time and without waiting for any reply, she just swung the door open and went inside, making the man sitting on the table, startle, forcing him to switch off his laptop.
" Emma, at least wait for a second after knocking. This is not knocking, this just entering and invading. ", he said, hurriedly closing his laptop.
" Forget it. Do you even know the girl you brought in? ", Emma asked angrily.
" Oh right! How is she now? Has her condition improved now? ", he asked with a glint of worry in his voice.
" She is physically fine but I can not say the same about her mental health. "
" What do you mean? ", asked the man, frowning his eyebrows.
" She has amnesia. "
" You mean that she has lost her memories, all of them? ", he asked, surprised, not able to believe what he was hearing.
" No. She has just lost memories for the past week. It seems like she remembers everything except the last week. She believed that today was 16 and the last thing she remembers is the time she went out to party with her friends. ", Emma explained to him.
" Are you sure that it is just a week? "
" Not yet but that's what I am presuming right now. "
" So, is she asleep? ", he asked, still worried about her.
" Yes. I gave her a sedative to calm her down and she is sleeping for now. "
" Did you....tell her that she has now turned? ", he asked, hesitantly.
" NO WAY. It is something you will have to tell her yourself. I can't even imagine how she will react after finding out the truth. "
" What about her wounds? ", he asked.
" I could not see any wounds on her body so I am presuming that they healed when you turned her. "
" Alright. So Doctor Emma, please give me proper diagnosis of your patient now, along with whatever you did. ", he said, suddenly.
" You are not going to make me write a report about this, right? ", she asked, worriedly.
" No, just consider me guardian of your patient and explain to me whatever you did and observed. "
" After you brought her to me, I just hydrated her as she was dehydrated and she woke up after resting for a while. ", Emma began. " We talked for a while and found out that she does not has memory for the past week, making her panic. Because she was panicking, she started hyperventilating and that was the main reason I had to give her a sedative. After that she fell asleep without eating anything but I think she has also been starving for sometime. "
" Food is not that big of a deal but I am worried about her thirst. Right after turning, it can cause a problem. "
" Don't worry, I will take care of that but make sure that you tell her the truth tomorrow morning and I will be staying here. ", she said, as if informing him.
" Why are you staying in my house? ", he asked.
Emma glared at him with piercing cold gaze and came near him, giving him very little to no personal space.
" Because the girl you brought is scared to be left alone in a man's house, who she has never even met. ", she said angrily and then moved away from him.
" So she wants you to stay with her? "
" Alex, I was restraining myself from asking anything because this is your personal matter but, you don't know her at all, right? ", she asked.
" Of course, I know her. ", he said, trying to avoid Emma's eyes.
" Oh really? Then at least tell me her name. What is her name? ", she asked, quirking her eyebrows while smirking.
" Her name... Her name... "
On seeing him stammering, she interrupted him.
" You don't know right? Tell me truthfully. ", she said, anger was clearly visible on her face.
He just shook his head, not wanting to say anything to her.
" THEN WHY IN THE WORLD DID YOU EVEN TURN HER? ", she asked, angrily, at the top of her lungs.
" I just had to. ", he replied, trying his best to avoid looking at her.
" Why? You are not the type to make such a huge decision like this, so what happened? Do you like her? "
" No, not at all. ", he strongly denied.
" Then what? "
" Emma, I will tell you the reason later. Don't you think you should not leave her alone if she is scared? I swear, I will tell her everything but, just let her rest for now. ", he said.
" I know that you are trying to change the topic but I don't want to argue right now because you are right in a way. I can already guess that she must have gone through a lot, considering the condition she was in, so I am not going to leave her alone and monitor her condition. "
" Emma, then should I prepare a room for you or are you going to stay in the guest room only? ", he asked. " If you want to stay in the guest room, I can prepare a bed for you too. "
" Forget all this. Just answer my questions later and make sure you tell her the truth before going to work tomorrow. ", Emma said, before turning to leave.
" I am going to take a day off, tomorrow, for her. ", Alex replied, making Emma smile.
" Lilly, her name is Lilly. ", she said, before leaving, smiling.