After a recent, painful breakup, Madeline Beckett has been diagnosed with amnesia. With a broken relationship and lost memories, can she sort through her problems and find herself? What happens if people decide to use her condition as an advantage? How can she decipher real from fake when all Madeline knows is pain?

Playing Pretend

I lay in bed for a few moments then shift to another side. Then another. And another. I turn the pillow over. Turn off the lights. Turn the lights back on. 


I get up to take a shower. Who needs showers, I flop back on the bed. My hair smells weird, I need a shower. 


Walls of tile and floors of marble greet me like I stranger I never met but slightly remember. Taking off my clothes, I jump into the walk-in shower and turn the knob. 


The water is lukewarm water graces my body and I exhale. 


It’s been too complicated living alone. And too lonely now that I think about it. My mom is amazing and exactly who I wish I was brave enough to be. 


I make a mental note to ask her what she would’ve done if she never married my father or had me. 


Chapter Thirty Eight