Chapter 77: Memories

Even though inside, Alex had acted like he was so fierce and he was not so eager to see Isabella open her eyes and smile at him, he still raced as fast as he could. He did not even bother to wait for the traffic light, which thankfully the police did not trail him because of it. As he rushed directly to the hospital without even waiting for his sister to come out, he immediately threw the key to her and came out. 

As he raced into the hospital building, the first thing he did was rush towards her ward without even knocking or waiting. He opened the door only to see some nurses attending to Isabella, and even the doctors were checking her to be sure that she was perfectly all right. From the doctors' interaction, he could tell that she was doing okay. As they nodded with a smile, she also smiled back at them. He was so happy to see her actually greeting, actually blinking her eyes, and smiling at the doctor. 

She turned to him and looked at him like she couldn't recognize him. He was immediately stunned.

“What is going on? Is anything wrong with her?” 

Alex asked as he noticed his mom was at the corner and she used her hands to cover her face like she was weeping. He rushed to his mom before the doctors could even answer and removed her hand from her face.

“Mom, talk to me. Tell me what is wrong. Tell me, is there any fault? Is there a problem?” 

He questioned as his mom shook her head sideways.

“No, she is perfectly alright. Her heartbeat and everything is alright. But there is just one problem. She doesn't even know me. She knows nothing.” 

“Now the doctors were able to get the result, and it turns out that the herb was never meant to kill her. The herbs were only just meant to reset her brain again, and due to the shock she had, that was the reason why her eyes were like that when the drugs started taking effect.” 

His mom explained to him as he laughed.

“Very funny,” he muttered and turned to the doctor who nodded instantly without even waiting for him to answer the question.

“She is telling the truth, Alex. We could not have diagnosed it without her being awake. Yes, I have suspicions that the drugs that were used to poison her were not just merely for poisoning her; they had another motive. Now I have gotten to know everything. Her brain is still in shock and she doesn't know anyone at the moment. One thing I cannot really decipher is if it is from the drugs or if it is just her brain acting that way. But I really hope that it is just her acting that way because if it is from the drugs, then she would never be able to heal from it. But if it is her brain acting up just because of shock, then I promise you that she would heal before you even know it. Just believe it and it will work out perfectly.” 

The doctor assured Alex, who quickly ran his hands through his head feeling frustrated.

“What are you trying to say? What exactly is coming out of your mouth? What are these words you are uttering to me? Because it makes absolutely no sense. You can't tell me that someone who is perfectly alright, she had no sort of accident, neither did anything happen to her, only for you to tell me all of a sudden that she has no memory of anybody or the past incident. Do you know what this means? Even the lady who assaulted her, even the lady who did whatever she did. We cannot blame her for it because Isabella herself cannot remember.” 

Alex yelled as the doctor shushed him.

“Do not send her into a panic, okay? We are making her believe that everything is perfectly alright and whatever she remembers is actually her memory. We don't know, but we pray it is not drugs.” 

Just then, Alex remembered Lily's smile. Now it all made perfect sense to him. 

“It is not her brain being shocked. It is the fucking drugs, okay? It is those poisons that they fed her that is the reason why she is acting this way. Lily knew what she was doing. Lily knew that if Isabella should gain consciousness, then she would win this case. She knew exactly what she was doing.” 

Alex thought, but from the look of Isabella's expression, he could tell that his noise was really disturbing her. And she kept silent and dragged the doctor with him as they all stepped out, including Alex's mom, who was already crying her eyes out.

“I don't know what we are going to do right now. I don't know what else can be the solution out of this. But this cannot happen to her. She can never be in this kind of situation and we just watch it. We have to save her. We have to do something. We cannot just watch her go through all this alone. Please, we have to do something,” 

Alex's mom said as the doctor placed his hand on her shoulder gently.

“I wish there was something I could also do. I wish there was a way I could make all this injustice disappear. I just wish all this just goes away, but I swear to you there is nothing I can do but just watch. I cannot do anything. I cannot change anything back. Yes, I am a doctor, but that doesn't mean I would reset her brain because we don't know what it is. 

“Can we scan through her brain to even find anything? because it was taken from her mouth. It was not an accident. We cannot pinpoint a reason why she is… her memories are being so vivid and she could not remember the night likely. Could she remember anybody?” Alex asked in a worried tone.

“Please, we just have to pray and hope that things turn out right.” The doctor tried to assure Alex, who was now frustrated. There was no way they could walk out of this in one piece. Just then, Mirabel walked in and heard everything.