Chapter Forty

If perplexed, take a walk to put things in perspective…

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Picking up the leftover food someone kept on the bench, Mike, distracted, broke them into tinier pieces for the ducks in the water. Seeing the attention he was giving them, the cute birds waffled closer to the edge of the fountain to have more of the food he was throwing to them.

Depressed, Mike could not suppress his guilt, he knew he had over reacted just now and he honestly wished he could take back all the harsh words he spat at her.

‘For geek sake, the girl was in a coma, a long fearful coma before waking up and to what? To the reality that says she had lost her memories. It honestly would take a strong person to withstand that and not break down.’

‘And how she had accepted everything like a gallant soldier, including his lies about her accident. She had listened and accepted his words even though he could