in a towel. He took her to the bathroom and set her on the edge of the tub so he could fill it.
“I wonder sometimes what kind of person I am.”
“You are the sweetest, most loving, most caring person I have ever met, and you will be that person again,” he said as he lowered her into the tub. She didn’t say anything. She just let him wash her while she turned the words he used to describe her in her head. Could she really be that person he said she was, or was he trying to trick her into believing him? Everything about him screamed of how much he loved her, but without memories of her life, she didn’t know what to believe. She had some reasons to trust him, and she didn’t feel uneasy about him either. She just wished she could remember.
She didn’t realize she was sliding down against the tub until she had sunk down under the water. Isaac quickly picked her up from under the water. He remained calm. “What are you doing?” he asked with his voice low. She looked up at him, blinking several times.
“I don’t know. I was just trying to think over what you said,” she said, gripping his arms.
“Oh, let me help you out,” he said, helping her rise out of the tub. “It’s almost time for dinner.”
“Dinner?” she asked, stepping out of the tub. Isaac wrapped the towel around her again. “I’m not really hungry.” She was looking up at him now. He could tell she was hungry, and he was going to try to get her to eat.
“You haven’t eaten anything all day, honey, and your family is waiting,” Isaac said, helping her back out of the bathroom. She wanted to argue, but when she looked into his eyes, she melted. What was it about him that made her react the way she did? It didn’t make much sense to her.
She came out of the bathroom in a yellow sundress. He lost his breath at the sight of his beautiful wife, as she stood in the doorway of the bathroom. She looked at him with confusion. “You don’t like it?” she asked, looking down at the dress. He almost ran over to her. He wanted to touch her, but he refrained.
“No, it’s not that. You look beautiful. You took my breath away. You always have,” he said. He wanted to kiss her and hold her like he always had, but he didn’t want her to reject him. She just passed by him and went to the mirror over the dresser. She turned to look at her profile. She spun around to look at her other side. Her face was twisted with confusion.
“No, I don’t,” she said, looking at his refection in the mirror. He put his arms around her because he had no choice. He missed the closeness that they had together. Her eyes shot up in alarm, and she quickly moved away from him.
“I’m sure that I allowed you to do that before, but I hardly know you. I know you just gave me a bath and all, but I’m not ready for that. I don’t know why I’m so comfortable with you, but that is going too far,” she said with her hand up, keeping space between them. Isaac was close to tears. He wanted too much to have her remember him, but he had to endure until she could.
“I’m sorry, Carrie. I just couldn’t stop. I’m so used to touching you and loving you that I forgot for just a minute,” he said, looking down at her feet.
“It’s okay, but please don’t do that again. I think it’s time for dinner, is it not?” Carrie asked, putting her arm down. Isaac looked toward the clock then looked back at Carrie’s face.
“Yes, it is. I hope you can forgive me for my forgetfulness. I just miss what we had,” he said, trying to smooth out the hard edges of the last few moments.
“Isaac, I have no reason not to forgive you. This is as hard for me as it is you. The only difference is that you remember and I don’t. I want to remember—I do—and I just don’t know why I can’t. I feel that you love me—I do—but I don’t know what it is I’m feeling. I’m lost, and I have to find me,” she said, walking toward the door.
“And I promise to help you. I
“I wonder sometimes what kind of person I am.”
“You are the sweetest, most loving, most caring person I have ever met, and you will be that person again,” he said as he lowered her into the tub. She didn’t say anything. She just let him wash her while she turned the words he used to describe her in her head. Could she really be that person he said she was, or was he trying to trick her into believing him? Everything about him screamed of how much he loved her, but without memories of her life, she didn’t know what to believe. She had some reasons to trust him, and she didn’t feel uneasy about him either. She just wished she could remember.
She didn’t realize she was sliding down against the tub until she had sunk down under the water. Isaac quickly picked her up from under the water. He remained calm. “What are you doing?” he asked with his voice low. She looked up at him, blinking several times.
“I don’t know. I was just trying to think over what you said,” she said, gripping his arms.
“Oh, let me help you out,” he said, helping her rise out of the tub. “It’s almost time for dinner.”
“Dinner?” she asked, stepping out of the tub. Isaac wrapped the towel around her again. “I’m not really hungry.” She was looking up at him now. He could tell she was hungry, and he was going to try to get her to eat.
“You haven’t eaten anything all day, honey, and your family is waiting,” Isaac said, helping her back out of the bathroom. She wanted to argue, but when she looked into his eyes, she melted. What was it about him that made her react the way she did? It didn’t make much sense to her.
She came out of the bathroom in a yellow sundress. He lost his breath at the sight of his beautiful wife, as she stood in the doorway of the bathroom. She looked at him with confusion. “You don’t like it?” she asked, looking down at the dress. He almost ran over to her. He wanted to touch her, but he refrained.
“No, it’s not that. You look beautiful. You took my breath away. You always have,” he said. He wanted to kiss her and hold her like he always had, but he didn’t want her to reject him. She just passed by him and went to the mirror over the dresser. She turned to look at her profile. She spun around to look at her other side. Her face was twisted with confusion.
“No, I don’t,” she said, looking at his refection in the mirror. He put his arms around her because he had no choice. He missed the closeness that they had together. Her eyes shot up in alarm, and she quickly moved away from him.
“I’m sure that I allowed you to do that before, but I hardly know you. I know you just gave me a bath and all, but I’m not ready for that. I don’t know why I’m so comfortable with you, but that is going too far,” she said with her hand up, keeping space between them. Isaac was close to tears. He wanted too much to have her remember him, but he had to endure until she could.
“I’m sorry, Carrie. I just couldn’t stop. I’m so used to touching you and loving you that I forgot for just a minute,” he said, looking down at her feet.
“It’s okay, but please don’t do that again. I think it’s time for dinner, is it not?” Carrie asked, putting her arm down. Isaac looked toward the clock then looked back at Carrie’s face.
“Yes, it is. I hope you can forgive me for my forgetfulness. I just miss what we had,” he said, trying to smooth out the hard edges of the last few moments.
“Isaac, I have no reason not to forgive you. This is as hard for me as it is you. The only difference is that you remember and I don’t. I want to remember—I do—and I just don’t know why I can’t. I feel that you love me—I do—but I don’t know what it is I’m feeling. I’m lost, and I have to find me,” she said, walking toward the door.
“And I promise to help you. I
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