"HOW IS it going?"That was Megan’s question to her the moment she got inside the car, sitting on the seat next to her best friend.Michelle let out a heavy sigh, grabbed the seatbelt to put it on herself, and leaned her head against the headrest of the seat. Her gaze met Megan's inquisitive gaze."He’s changed," she answered, the sadness visible in her tone of voice.Megan started the ignition of the car and drove away from their mansion."Give him some time. He might be a different person right now because of his condition, but he is still Ethan Steinfield, your husband," Megan said, trying to comfort her. "You know, people who have amnesia tend to have a drastic change in behavior. They are confused and hesitant. It’s going to take a while for them to trust and get soft. You have to be patient, Mich.""I know, Meg." She massaged the side of her head. "I can wait until he’s fully ready to be my husband again. It’s just that I can’t accept that Ellaine easily brainwashed him. We talk
SHE FELT like there was a hole inside her chest. The dreadful feeling started to overwhelm her, and she did not know how to explain it to her best friend. All she knew was that the entire situation had escalated in the worst way possible, and if Jasper had told her the truth, then Ethan was still in danger.Megan squeezed her hand, guiding her to sit on the bench in the long hallway. She gasped for air, and swallowed the big lump in her throat."Are you okay? What did he tell you?" Megan inquired in a worried tone. "You look pale.""He said that the person behind all this mess is one of Ethan’s families," she answered, gazing at Megan. "He’s one of them, and there are only two men in the Steinfields—his dad and...""Jacob," Megan supplied."What if he’s telling the truth, Meg?" She bit her lower lip and tried so hard not to cry. "What if it’s really one of them? How am I supposed to face this? How am I supposed to tell Ethan? He won’t be able to accept it."Her best friend tried to ma
“YOU know that everything you said will be taken against you. Once we find out that you are lying, this can add up to the current charges that are filed against you, Mr. Reid,” the detective remarked warily.“I am completely aware of that. This is the truth, detective. It is Ethan’s brother who wants him dead. That plane crash that happened? It was all planned out. It’s just unlucky of Jacob that his men failed to kill Ethan. That’s why he resorted to giving him to Ellaine and asked her to keep him away from his family. He was in coma for months, and when he woke up he can no longer see and can’t even remember, which they took advantage.” Jasper sighed, his fingers were tapping the table as he revealed everything he knew. “Jacob’s plan B was to kill him again, but he had fun seeing Ellaine getting so obsessed with his brother. He wanted him to suffer and as Ethan was being brainwashed by Ellaine, Jacob was working his way to get into Michelle Steinfield’s life. That motherfucker wants
AN involuntary shiver ran down her spine seeing the arrest of Jacob Steinfield being held all over the news the next day. The cops cornered the man in his own company, which shocked all of the people in that place. It happened that media reporters were there to cover an interview for Jacob as apparently he became the top one among successful business man in the city. But instead of witnessing how great a man he was, they saw his downfall.Michelle had no words to describe how she felt after watching the news. It was still giving her a terrifying feeling whenever she thought about how Jacob plotted all those tragedies perfectly to make his brother suffer, and whenever she thought about Jacob’s actions to comfort her during the lowest point of her life, she could not help but feel disgusted. Had she known all of these crimes he committed earlier than she did, she would have been able to save her husband immediately.The cops took Jacob to a correctional facility. Andrew would be handlin
EVENTUALLY, Ethan’s parents found out that he was alive. Michelle didn’t have the nerve to tell them right away as she wanted to protect Ethan. But since Jacob was finally arrested and the news that Ethan was alive was all over the news that shocked all the people in the State, she decided to give Selene a call and told her the truth.His parents rushed to their home to see Ethan. Selene almost fainted seeing the situation of her second child and could only cry in front of him as she apologized for everything his older brother had done that caused him severe damage.Ethan was still confused but tried his best to get a grasp of the situation. Even though he couldn’t remember, he didn’t make his parents uncomfortable, but rather talked to them like a polite little kid and assured him he was doing fine.“Why didn’t you tell us you’ve been investigating all this time, Mich?” Edward Steinfield asked her.Standing up in the corner of the living room and watching them, she only shook her hea
IT had been a week since that day Jacob was arrested, and the rest became a whirlwind to her family. If there was something that changed, it was the fact that Michelle was no longer dealing with the problem alone. She had her family, her in-laws and friends who never left her during the tough time of their lives.She had decided to move on from all those events and people that had hurt her and inflicted a painful damage in her family. Michelle was courageous to continue to fix all the holes that needed to be fixed, and it included her relationship with her husband.If there was one thing that she had learned after getting Ethan back, it was to be patient and understanding. She understood that Ethan would not be able to remember her for God knows until when, and so she had to be patient regarding how he treated her.Ethan was trying his best. She felt his sincerity to be the best man of the family he could, but they could not leave the phase of discomfort and awkwardness. It seemed tha
REMOVING her phone from her pocket, her gaze lingered on it. She wanted to call her mother-in-law to know how things were in the hospital. She could not help but feel worried. Thoughts after thoughts and what ifs made her mind so busy at that time, that even though she wasn’t feeling well, she could not put herself to rest on the bed.In the living room, Michelle paced slowly back and forth, practicing breathing exercises while organizing her haywire mind. Her father told her not to think negatively, telling her that there would be great news when Ethan and Marsha went home."You’re overthinking it, sweetheart," Gregory said as the old man watched her from the couch."Ethan is a bit fragile. I’m worried that if he heard bad news, he’d breakdown.""That isn’t the Ethan I used to know.""I know, Dad. But his conditions make him a different person now."Gregory arched his brow. "So you think he’s a different person now because of his condition?"Michelle bit her lower lip and stopped wha
“YOU’VE got this, Daddy! You’re going to see the colors of the world again!”Marsha’s optimism was so lovely to witness. Michelle crossed her arms against her chest, leaning on the doorframe of their daughter’s bedroom. She was right there, watching how her husband tucked Marsha on the bed. The way he caressed her little cheeks and pinched them gently brought warmth to her heart.Marsha giggled. “Daddy, are you excited to see me?”“Of course, I am. I want to see these chubby cheeks.” Ethan pinched Marsha’s cheek again that made the little girl laughed. “And I want to see my daughter’s pretty face.”“I am pretty because I inherited your eyes, Daddy!”“What’s the color of our eyes then?” Ethan curiously asked.“Mommy said they are marble gray!”“Hmm, marble gray... that’s interesting. I think it fits you well,” Ethan said and tickled their daughter once more before he kissed her forehead. “Time to sleep, princess. You have to beauty rest. Tomorrow, you promise to exercise with me.”“Oka