She woke up in a dark room with no idea how she got there. She doesn't remember who she is. Will she ever find out? Will she ever know what happened to her? Will the love that she finds be at the time that she is destined to be? Will she choose security, power, or neither? Or will time choose for her?

Discovery (Revisioned)

I hear someone walk into the room and I open my eyes. Somehow I had rolled over and was lying with my head against Derek's chest. His chin is lying on the top of my head so I can’t see who entered. 


"Well, what have we here?" Bernie asks teasingly. 


Derek obviously didn’t hear him enter the room because he jumps and falls out of the bed. I can’t help but to laugh. He reminds me of a kid that just got caught kissing his girlfriend, by her parents. Bernie was laughing, too. 


"Not funny, Bernie." Derek says, with a sheepish smile. 


"Actually, it was very funny." Bernie teases. "You would have thought that I had just caught you doing something illegal." 


Derek stands up and brushes off his legs. I’m still smiling when he looks back at me and then he joined us in laughing, while staring at me with adoration. 


"I was afraid that I was going to have to give you Xanax for anxiety. It's refreshing to see you smile. How are you feeling?" Bernie asks. 


Chapter 33