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Making Her Whole Again Chapter 10: Arguments
The next morning Amber’s mother is waiting for her as she leaves her room for her run. “I need to talk to you” she says “you know how important my morning run is, its also an early start for me today. So, it will have to wait until tonight” Amber tells her.“Can't you leave your run for one day?” her mother asks “mum is this about Grant?” Amber asks “yes, yes, it is” she replies “then no, I’m not willing to miss my run, I will come home after work and listen to whatever you have to say” Amber tells her before grabbing her water bottle and heading out the door.She turns up her music and runs to the beat, trying not to think about anything other than what she has to do that day. Her mother is in her room when she gets back. Amber gets a quick shower and grabs a banana and calls bye to her mother before leaving.She hits the ground running once at work. Doesn’t stop until just after lunch where she manages to grab a sandwich and eat it on the go. She manages to text Grant saying h
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 11: Dreams
It’s Tuesday and Amber, is very excited about seeing Grant again. He will pick her up from work at 11am and take her around his family’s research facility. They’ve made some very interesting discoveries over the last few years. To help not just the visually impaired, but other disabled people with a number of impairments. Not long ago they made a watch that will monitor your heart rate and alert you if it starts to fluctuate too much. It can also send the info to their doctor, so they are kept up to date with any problems they might be having.“See you later Clive, have a good day” Amber says as they exist the elevator and she walks to her office. “Don’t forget you promised the boys that you’d go swimming with them later?” he reminds her, making her laugh “as if you’d let me forget! I know you want Mary all to yourself” she jokes, he shrugs as she’s not wrong and salutes her as he disappears down the corridor to his own office.She has just sat down at her desk and turned the co
Making Her Whole Again chapter 12: Revelations
Amber wakes wondering why she would dream of her sister with Grant. She ponders on it while she gets ready for work and decides the best thing to do is talk to her doctor. Over the years she has helped her with her feelings of guilt about being alive when her sister isn’t. Maybe this is the same thing?The boys are having breakfast when she goes down. “Well, we’ve just heard that Grant went swimming with you and the boys” Mary says looking a little too excited by the news. “Yes, I looked around his family’s research facility yesterday and mentioned it to him. He taught the boys to dive from the one-meter board” Amber explains“He did? You didn’t tell us that boys” their mother says turning to them. “Nate has been a little preoccupied by other things” Clive says in way of explanation, which has Mary all smiles again. Not liking the look on Mary’s face Amber makes an excuse about needing to get to work early.“Go, you lucky girl. We’ll talk tonight” Mary says a little cryptical
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 13: I Love You
Amber really does feel that Grant does like her, for herself. But there is still this doubt she has, that there is something more. She has asked Grant to give her some time to sort out her feelings, but she already knows she likes him a lot. What she really needs is time to figure out if she is going to be living in her sister’s shadow?The trip back to the city was a quiet one, as they each thought about their own things. Last night though, Grant sent a text wishing her a goodnight. She dreamt of Grant again only this time they were married and living happily with two children of their own. It had left her feeling all warm and tender when she woke-up.Now she is back at work trying to finalise her work schedule with Alice. In order for her to be away for a few days with Mr. Lacey’s stores fronts. She is due to leave later today and will be away for three days. Once she is finished with her assistant she then sighs and picks up her office phone. She calls her mother “now you
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 14: Truths
Grant and Amber stay in the hospital together that night. When he comes around and see’s he is on a bed with a drip. He looks over to Amber “you passed out due to low blood sugar levels and shock. Are you feeling better?” Amber explains and asks. “How embarrassing, sorry I was in a bit of a state while looking for you. I can’t believe that anyone would go so far as knocking another person out and locking them in a room that isn’t being used. If you hadn’t been meeting Clive, we might never have known you’d gone missing until it was too late” he says setting the monitor off that is attached to his finger.A nurse comes in and checks his blood pressure and vitals. “It is important to try and stay calm. Think of pleasant things or best yet sleep” she tells him. He nods apologising. Amber though worried for him. Is secretly pleased he feels so much for her. They talk a little more before falling back to sleep again. Grant wakes to find the drip gone and Amber still sound asle
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 15: Unexpected
The boys love their gifts and Amber leaves happily. She arrives home to find a note from her mum telling her she is out with the women’s group and that she’ll be back later. Amber sends a text to Grant telling him she is home and about to take a soak in the tub. But her mother hasn’t dried the floor to well after having a shower and Amber slips banging her head again. She loses consciousness just for a short time. When she wakes up she picks up her phone and calls Grant.“Hi handsome, I think I just hit my head. But I’m alright, thought I’d give you a call just in case. How was your day?” Grant looks at his phone and frowns as it sounds like Stacey calling him. “Are you sure you’re alright?” he asks “don’t worry, maybe I shouldn’t have called you? It’s not like you could jump in the car and drive over. Sorry, my mistake. I’m going to take some pain killers for my headache and then I’ll have an early night. You have that meeting with the publishers so, you should get an ear
Making Her Whole Again chapter 16: Time
Grant pretends to be asleep, so Amber can get up and grab her clothes before running to the bathroom. He gets off the bed and goes into the kitchen to start breakfast, while waiting for Amber. She comes out a little later, looking refreshed, even wearing the clothes from yesterday. “I’ll grab a quick shower and then breakfast will be ready. You didn’t call your mum last night she might be worried?” he tells her. Amber smiles at him “I received a text from her saying she was going to go visit her sister. She’ll be back sometime next week.”Grant nods and goes to get his shower. Amber lays the table and makes them coffee. Grant is true to his word and is back just ten minutes later. They sit and have breakfast and then a thought hits Grant. How did she know where everything was? “Did you find everything okay?” he asks herAmber looks at him and then the table “I did thank you” she answers looking thoughtful. “So, if your mum isn’t about, you can spend another day with me?” G
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 17: Memories
Over the next few days Amber switches from herself to Stacey. She begins to remember some of the time's, she is Stacey. But doesn’t realise that she has changed personalities. She just thinks of them as memory lapses, that she then remembers some of. She is becoming stressed about it though, thinking she has an underlying mental problem.When she talks to her doctor, she asks her to go in and does some tests on her. The tests show that her memories are slowly coming back. She is told to not stress over it too much, as there is no health problems to worry about. Her doctor does ask her to keep a journal of the times, she can’t remember and to jot down when she does remember things and what they are.They go to watch the first ground breaking of the joint project. The first phase has been approved and they have started to prepare the ground for the foundation to be layed. Grant made sure to keep Amber next to him and hold her hand whenever possible. To let others know they wer
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It’s been six months since Grant and her mother have seen Stacey properly. They did go up for the open house day, two months ago. But it was too short and if anything, they just missed her more. The therapy was going well she was remembering more and more but she still referred to Stacey as the third person. Liz had explained that it was her last string to cut. She is apprehensive, so was finding it hard to let go of that final piece of Amber.They are together again, planning another video to send her. “We could do another baking video, let’s bake her some of the coconut squares that Stacey loved?” Grant suggests to her mother. They were sitting in the coffee shop near the entrance of her mother’s apartment. Grant had made the decision about four months ago to buy there too. He now lived in the third block of apartments, that was furthest away from the entrance of their gated community. But closer to the small lake, park and trails. He had become much closer to her mother
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 19: Missing You
Amber arrives at the country clinic and shown to her room. Liz has explained to her on the trip up. That they will use some intense therapy, showing her pictures retelling stories that happened in the past. All to jog her memory. She has been warned that it can sometimes be very painful, but to imagine it as forcing a very rusty door open in your mind. Once it’s opened the pain has gone and the future is whole and open to you again.Images have been flashing in her mind but come so quickly she is unable to see them clearly, but with the images come different emotions. It is the emotions that linger far longer than the images. Liz has told her to just take it easy for the rest of the day getting to know her surroundings and settling into her room.She is allowed to do some off line work after breakfast for an hour. Then after that she will go to Liz before lunch, then break for lunch and then go to group therapy. Until mid-afternoon and then rest for an hour. They have dinner
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 18: Revelations
They spend the day, relaxing in Grants apartment. Both happy to stay at home as they both feel as though they have things to think about. When he’s walking her out of his apartment building, later that day to hail a cab for her. Amber pauses as a car break’s hard causing it to screech along the road out front. The sound causes Amber to relive the accident. As her head hits the car, she staggers back. Making Grant grab her around the waist to stop her from falling. As she remembers hitting the ground her hand goes up to her head and she feels the scar along her scalp.She looks at Grant wide eyed and her eyes roll back in her head as she passes out. She isn’t out long though. Just long enough for Grant to lower her to the floor and hold her to him. She blinks open her eyes “it was me, that was hit?” she questions, “Grant I want to go home, I need to talk to my mother?” she continues before he can say anything.“You aren’t feeling dizzy?” he asks her, she shakes her head no.
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 17: Memories
Over the next few days Amber switches from herself to Stacey. She begins to remember some of the time's, she is Stacey. But doesn’t realise that she has changed personalities. She just thinks of them as memory lapses, that she then remembers some of. She is becoming stressed about it though, thinking she has an underlying mental problem.When she talks to her doctor, she asks her to go in and does some tests on her. The tests show that her memories are slowly coming back. She is told to not stress over it too much, as there is no health problems to worry about. Her doctor does ask her to keep a journal of the times, she can’t remember and to jot down when she does remember things and what they are.They go to watch the first ground breaking of the joint project. The first phase has been approved and they have started to prepare the ground for the foundation to be layed. Grant made sure to keep Amber next to him and hold her hand whenever possible. To let others know they wer
Making Her Whole Again chapter 16: Time
Grant pretends to be asleep, so Amber can get up and grab her clothes before running to the bathroom. He gets off the bed and goes into the kitchen to start breakfast, while waiting for Amber. She comes out a little later, looking refreshed, even wearing the clothes from yesterday. “I’ll grab a quick shower and then breakfast will be ready. You didn’t call your mum last night she might be worried?” he tells her. Amber smiles at him “I received a text from her saying she was going to go visit her sister. She’ll be back sometime next week.”Grant nods and goes to get his shower. Amber lays the table and makes them coffee. Grant is true to his word and is back just ten minutes later. They sit and have breakfast and then a thought hits Grant. How did she know where everything was? “Did you find everything okay?” he asks herAmber looks at him and then the table “I did thank you” she answers looking thoughtful. “So, if your mum isn’t about, you can spend another day with me?” G
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 15: Unexpected
The boys love their gifts and Amber leaves happily. She arrives home to find a note from her mum telling her she is out with the women’s group and that she’ll be back later. Amber sends a text to Grant telling him she is home and about to take a soak in the tub. But her mother hasn’t dried the floor to well after having a shower and Amber slips banging her head again. She loses consciousness just for a short time. When she wakes up she picks up her phone and calls Grant.“Hi handsome, I think I just hit my head. But I’m alright, thought I’d give you a call just in case. How was your day?” Grant looks at his phone and frowns as it sounds like Stacey calling him. “Are you sure you’re alright?” he asks “don’t worry, maybe I shouldn’t have called you? It’s not like you could jump in the car and drive over. Sorry, my mistake. I’m going to take some pain killers for my headache and then I’ll have an early night. You have that meeting with the publishers so, you should get an ear
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 14: Truths
Grant and Amber stay in the hospital together that night. When he comes around and see’s he is on a bed with a drip. He looks over to Amber “you passed out due to low blood sugar levels and shock. Are you feeling better?” Amber explains and asks. “How embarrassing, sorry I was in a bit of a state while looking for you. I can’t believe that anyone would go so far as knocking another person out and locking them in a room that isn’t being used. If you hadn’t been meeting Clive, we might never have known you’d gone missing until it was too late” he says setting the monitor off that is attached to his finger.A nurse comes in and checks his blood pressure and vitals. “It is important to try and stay calm. Think of pleasant things or best yet sleep” she tells him. He nods apologising. Amber though worried for him. Is secretly pleased he feels so much for her. They talk a little more before falling back to sleep again. Grant wakes to find the drip gone and Amber still sound asle
Making Her Whole Again Chapter 13: I Love You
Amber really does feel that Grant does like her, for herself. But there is still this doubt she has, that there is something more. She has asked Grant to give her some time to sort out her feelings, but she already knows she likes him a lot. What she really needs is time to figure out if she is going to be living in her sister’s shadow?The trip back to the city was a quiet one, as they each thought about their own things. Last night though, Grant sent a text wishing her a goodnight. She dreamt of Grant again only this time they were married and living happily with two children of their own. It had left her feeling all warm and tender when she woke-up.Now she is back at work trying to finalise her work schedule with Alice. In order for her to be away for a few days with Mr. Lacey’s stores fronts. She is due to leave later today and will be away for three days. Once she is finished with her assistant she then sighs and picks up her office phone. She calls her mother “now you
Making Her Whole Again chapter 12: Revelations
Amber wakes wondering why she would dream of her sister with Grant. She ponders on it while she gets ready for work and decides the best thing to do is talk to her doctor. Over the years she has helped her with her feelings of guilt about being alive when her sister isn’t. Maybe this is the same thing?The boys are having breakfast when she goes down. “Well, we’ve just heard that Grant went swimming with you and the boys” Mary says looking a little too excited by the news. “Yes, I looked around his family’s research facility yesterday and mentioned it to him. He taught the boys to dive from the one-meter board” Amber explains“He did? You didn’t tell us that boys” their mother says turning to them. “Nate has been a little preoccupied by other things” Clive says in way of explanation, which has Mary all smiles again. Not liking the look on Mary’s face Amber makes an excuse about needing to get to work early.“Go, you lucky girl. We’ll talk tonight” Mary says a little cryptical
