27. No Choice

Nicolas nodded. "Good luck, friend. See you tomorrow at the office."

"Sounds good. Make sure you come with Dianne. I'm having trouble answering the other employees' questions about why she hasn't come in since your accident."

"So, what do you say?" Nicolas escorted Keenan to the penthouse terrace.

"I said that she's on leave because she's still in mourning," Keenan said.

"Mourning? What do you mean mourning?" Nicolas, who was suffering from memory loss, was surprised to learn that Dianne was in mourning. The girl had never told him anything.

"You weren't told by her? Her mother died three days before your accident,"

"What?!"

Keenan continued, "That's right."

"What kind of person doesn't tell his fiancée that his mother died?" Nicolas asked, surprised.

"Well, I guess Dianne had her reasons," Keenan replied with a shrug.

Nicolas felt a sharp pain in his chest. He never knew about the death of the girl's mother. "Then, what was she like all this time? She took care of me in the hospital e