Chapter 27: Chapter 27

We do not remember days, We remember moments.

Cesare Pavese

I'm sad ... I'm just sad.

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He was outside Antoine's room awaiting the result of his condition. Nate is currently caring for it.

"Stop crying Consuela. It doesn't help," said Pietro.

"I said call me Fatima, not Consuela." Still crying she said here.

"You're weird. That's what you noticed." It was still fun while she couldn't hold back the tears.

She was distracted by the handkerchief in front of her. That was from Nick. Later, Matthew came over and gave her a glass of water. The three others were inside with Nate.

"Drink water Fatima to make you feel better. With the number of tears that come out of your eyes, you may be dehydrated"

They are also kind. It's touching!

She accepted Nick's handkerchief and Mattew's water. They also waited outside for a few hours before the door opened. Next came Nate, Thor, and Luke.

"How's Uno Nate?"

She listened intently. It looked at her before speaking. Its face wrinkled. She shows him her fist. It looks like he's planning to fool her again. She still has not forgotten when they agreed with him.

"He's okay now but he still needs to recover because he was hit hard all over his body. Especially the ones he hit on the head. It might take a while before he wakes up" He had a mild coma.

"The wound on his chest. Is it okay?"

"That's another one. With the amount of blood he lost, his body is still very weak. Maybe we'll just wait a few days, weeks, or maybe months for him to wake up."

She cried when she faced Pietro but immediately backed away because she remembered that they were not close to him.

"Tsk! Your choosy!"

Disgusted, he hugged her. He was pretty calm there.

"Pietro. While Antoine is gone. You take care of everything."

The man who hugged her nodded.

"Consuela rest first. When Antoine wakes up you have to be by his side so you have to be strong"

She nodded at what Pietro said. He is correct. She needs to be strong to take care of Antoine. Her body also hurts and to this day she still can't fully discern what happened. It's hard to imagine that the person who is important in your life is being injured in front of you. That you can do nothing because you are frightened and even yourself you cannot defend. If Marcus hadn't gotten him that wouldn't have happened to Antoine.

Marcus, who he knew was Uncle Oding's nephew, was another enemy of Antoine.

But what was the reason for him and did it initiate Uncle Oding's nephew? What is his real plan?

If Antoine was his target he would not have to go to their house and introduce himself to his parents.

She just fell asleep with those questions in her mind.

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It's been almost two weeks but until now Antoine is still unconscious. She is already longing for her rude boss. Every day she misses the charm he has. Its eyebrows always pursuit. The most always stationary. Her thrilled emotion every time he calls her babe. Hey ... it's thrilling. I just hope he wakes up.

"Good morning baby. I woke up around noon. I've already eaten. You're the one I always think about before I go to sleep"

Nate said that if she wants Antoine to recover quickly, she would talk to him every day. She follows that because she also wants to wake him up. She always goes there for a minute to talk to him.

There was a knock on the door and soon Nate entered. It's Antoine's checkup schedule.

"How is he, Fatima ?" Nate asked after entering the door.

"He still doesn't wake up," She said sadly here. She couldn't help but feel sad about his situation. She took his hand and brought it to her lips.

"Antoine..baby..please wake up. I miss you so much" she said as tears welled up in her eyes. Nate just bowed in feeling sorry for her. She was in such a situation when she felt the slow movement of his finger. Shocked she looked at the man. His eyes still close but she couldn't mistake the man's finger moved.

"Nate ... I felt his fingers move"

Nate immediately checked Antoine for any changes in his vital signs.

"Her heartbeat is normal." He examined Antoine again when his fingers moved again. Consuela cried and hugged the hand she had been holding before.

"Antoine ... baby I'm here." Full of emotion she touched the back of her palm to her lips.

Nate looked at them as his eyelids began to move. Soon after, Antoine awoke. To her joy, she could not stop crying. God finally heard his daily prayer here.

"Nate?"

He's poor droning.

"Yes Uno, how are you feeling?" Nate's natural smile flashed across his lips. It's happy when Antoine wakes up.

"My whole body hurts Nate as well as my head." He scratched his head with a bandage and turned back to Nate.

"How's Nick? Two bullets hit him?"

"Two bullets to Nick?" Nate asked Antoine in surprise.

"Didn't Nardo's bullet hit him? Did you eliminate the Yukuhama group?"

Nate's eyes widened as he caught the things Antoine was referring to.

"Antoine it's better if you take a break first. Don't even think about those things first. The group you're referring to is gone"

"Are they dead Nate?"

"Yes, Antoine." After Nate said that to Antoine he turned to him sadly. He was surprised at that look. Weakly she let go of the man's hand. For some unknown reason, her grip on his hand loosened and she finally let go of it.

"Fatima, can we talk outside first. I just have things I want to explain," Nate told her. She was wearied with what Nate said. How long she waited for Antoine to wake up. Why and what is the reason for sending her outside?

"No. Why should I go out? When my baby is okay then I can't talk to him?"

"Not like that-"

"Who's that woman Nate?"

She noticed Nate's sigh. It turned to Antoine. But she was shocked what Antoine said

"Look at her Antoine and remember who she is." Antoine stared at her. She couldn't believe it while she was looking at him. The confusion she sees in his eyes means he doesn't remember her. It was as if a dagger had been stabbed into his chest as it looked at her badly. He nodded as she turned to Nate and shook his head. Her knees seemed to be weakening for no apparent reason.

"I don't know her. I've only seen her just now." The words he spoke were like tiny needles slowly piercing her heart. I felt deep emotional pain when I shook my head in confusion while looking at her. Even before the tears that she had been holding back, she turned her face from his position. She didn't know her reason but she didn't want to see those tears dripping. All she knew was that she was hurt by the reaction she saw from him.

"S-Sir Nate..I'll just cook outside"

Trembling he walked toward the closed door. She slowly opened it and came out. Unaware that's she got into her room. There she swelled pain and resentment. She could not accept that Antoine had forgotten her. That she was one of the reasons why he was in such a condition. That's right, it's her fault why he can't remember. She was the reason it lost its memory. That she must have been happy because he woke up. That she must accept to herself that she no longer remembers him. That was only right for her because it was all her fault. Antoine became weak because of her as well.

It hurts ... it hurts so much in the heart. It seemed to be squeezing her heart in and that was tormenting her feelings. She could no longer restrain herself. She cried that almost there she could release the pain she felt. It's hard to think that you are the reason why the person you care about has perished but it's even harder than the person you love doesn't remember you. That you don't have the strength to introduce yourself to him because you know he'll just have a hard time remembering you.

She could hear the knock on his bedroom door. She determined herself first before he looked at who was knocking. That's Nate. He entered and open wide his arms. She hugged him tearfully. She badly needed that thing.

"H-he doesn't know me anymore. He forgot me, Nate," she said while crying.

"Don't lose hope, Fatima. Antoine will recognize you soon. Antoine had only a short time of amnesia. Just always be beside him so that he can easily remember you."

"Really? He'll remember me, Nate?"

"Yes, of course, the heart never forgets." She wiped away her tears. She needs to be strong because Antoine is now experiencing a hard time in life. She should always be by his side to support the man and at the same time to make him remember her.

"I'll take care of Antoine Nate you can count on me." Nate just nodded and left her. Nate said she must act as his maid again because it was Nate told to Antoine.

She fixed herself. She bathes and wears a nice dress. She will seduce her Monster boyfriends.

Just kidding!

She wore a dress as best she can be. She knows that Antoine cannot resist her charm.

She entered Antoine's room. she, of course, knocked on the door. It's hard for boss Antoine to get angry.

He saw it holding a folder. Nate seems to have explained the lies about what and who she is here. It only remembers things taken ago.

"Good afternoon sir. What do you want for lunch?"

The man turns his look to her. There's no expression discerns in his eyes. Just as always the serious one. She had no question to that unless the man in the bed was not Antoine.

"Sir ?" she asks when the man does not bother to answer her question.

He averted his looks and turned into the folder.

"What is your name ?" he asks while reading the document.

"I'm Patricia Consuela Perer but you used to call me Consuela"

"Consuela?"

She came near the man.

"Yes. That's my name."

"Your name sounds .."

"Familiar?" She concludes.

"No. Your name sounds old."

She was about to hope but she knows that those things are not easy as she assumed. She needs to invest effort. She will work on that.

"I'm the sorry boss but my name is the sweetest name in the world most of all when I heard it from someone," she said meaningfully.

"So what boss do you want to eat besides me. I mean I will eat my food too with you"

She looked him in the eyes. He didn't seem to hear what she was saying and just kept doing what he was doing. Eventually, he spoke. Maybe he felt so hungry.

"Please prepare healthy lunch and one more thing Consuela." She wants to cry as she heard him say her name. It sounds sweet into her ears.

"Will you stop looking at me like your going to eat me. It horrified me"

She nodded but smiling. He's back. Antoine is back. She's happy that her baby is now again giving her an attitude.

"Ahem..boss. Just wait for me within an hour and I lend it here."

"okay..you can go out."

It was as if in the tone of his speech he did not want her to be there.

"yes, boss,"

She cooked for him with all her heart. She will feed him with wholehearted love so that it will quickly make him remember things.

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Nate says 'the heart does not forget' but I said 'the person you owe a debt is more forgetful. It's even crueler because they don't sleep '

Happy reading guys!

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What Consuela should do to remember her by Antoine?