I Woke Up Holding My Nurse’s Hand… Then She Whispered, “You Still Don’t Remember Me?”
Chapter 11
Three years later, Daniel and Emily married.
There was no enormous wedding.
No celebrity guests.
No extravagant venue.
Just family and close friends.
Sophie stood beside Daniel.
Emily walked toward him.
When she reached him, Daniel took her hands.
“I remember everything,” he whispered.
Emily smiled.
“Good.”
“But I want to forget one thing.”
She frowned.
“What?”
“That we ever had to be apart.”
Emily’s eyes filled with tears.
“You are terrible at romantic speeches.”
“I know.”
They laughed.
After the ceremony, Daniel found an old photograph.
It showed him and Emily years earlier.
They were younger.
Happy.
Neither knew what was coming.
Daniel looked at it for a long time.
Sophie approached.
“You okay?”
“Yeah.”
“Thinking about the accident?”
“A little.”
She sat beside him.
“You know what I remember?”
“What?”
“You waking up.”
Daniel smiled.
“You were there?”
“No.”
“You weren’t.”
Sophie laughed.
“I remember Mom telling me you were awake.”
Daniel froze.
He had never asked.
“Mom?”
Sophie corrected herself.
“Sorry. Emily.”
Daniel smiled.
“That’s okay.”
She leaned against him.
“She saved you.”
Daniel nodded.
“She did.”
Then he looked at the photograph.
“I think I saved her too.”
Sophie smiled.
“How?”
“By giving her something to fight for.”
Sophie thought about it.
Then nodded.
“Love?”
“Love.”
