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 hit the brakes as he comes crashing down onto my windshield. His face contorts under the impact and his spread-out arms grab hold of my side-view mirror. The honking grows even louder in protest, but it doesn’t seem like he cares. 


I drove away to avoid him! Why is he here?! 


My whole reality changed no more than a few minutes ago and it’s like I’m meeting him for the first time all over again. My anger consumes me and I find myself rolling down the window to shout at Andrew. 


“What are you doing?! Get off the road!” He jumps. 


“Madeline? I- Okay, we can pull over in another area, I just lost my cat and-” 


“You have a cat?! What else do I not know?” 


Andrew scoops down to lift the supposed cat and makes it across the street just as the lights turn green. I drive heatedly after him and barely park my car before storming out. I don’t bother to shut the door behind me or stop the engine. 


Chapter Forty Seven