“Sar-..” he stopped after remembering she didn’t even remember her name being Sarah. “uhmm-..” he continued, “your family is waiting for you outside. I think they would want to see you and make sure you are okay. Would you want that now or you need more time to collect your thoughts since you probably don’t remember anybody. Yet. She sensed the hope in the last word. She didn’t remember her ‘family’, how would she relate to them if they came in? Was she going to smile, or cry, or just go poker-face on them? How sure was she that they were really her family?
“Thank you. But I think I still need some time alone, no visitors yet please.” She felt a bit guilty at the choice of words ‘visitors’ but visitors sounded safer than family right now. The doctor gave a knowing smile and nodded his head
“Sure. I understand”
She remembered him mentioning something about the other lady in the car with her and she got a bit curious.
“When can I meet with the other lady you said was in the car with me? She probably remembers more than I do right now” She could be the key to recovering her memories.
“You get better first, then we’d talk about you meeting her after that” he gave a small smile, he looked sad. Why was he sad? Did the other lady lose her memories too? He was about to turn around back to leave the room when Sarah remembered the bed was still in a sitting position