Chapter 4

A headache was growing, he could feel it. Leave it to his mom to suggest she comes to live with them since she was being discharged within the week. Add fuel to the fire, he's also ordered to move back home. Which didn't sit well with him. She was making it sound like a family reunion, his elder sister was visiting because her husband had gone on a business trip and she didn't want to be alone handling her daughter. Doreen could be a handful; she was a typical version of him, just a female one. Not that he was against a reunion but he was only asked to come home because he'd made someone lose her memory. Although unintentionally.

"Danny?"

"Yes Mom" he looked up from the hospital tiled floor reflecting fluorescent lights to look at his mother. She had her hands on her waist meaning she was angry he had been day dreaming. They both stood at the same height but right now he felt he stood inches shorter before her.

"Mom I'm sorry but I don't like the idea of her living in our house. We could find a hotel for her even a motel" he suggested
Her eyes narrowed, "Really? And for how many months or years do you think you can pay for her to stay there?"

"Years? Why years?"

"That is if she doesn't remember everything after a couple of months. The doctor did say it could take weeks, months or years" she put emphasis on the years.

He ran a hand over his face, he hadn't thought of that, that put a dent in his plans. But he was still not giving up on his wishes.

"Okay so she can move in with you but I'm not moving in"

Mrs. Asamoah stared at him before nodding, "Okay, that's fine, have it your way then" she said slinging her bag on her shoulder and started walking out of the hospital. Daniel stood confused after his mother.

'Had she just agreed so easily to him not moving in?'

Something was wrong. Very wrong

"Mom" he ran to catch up with her. She stood by his Nissan pickup waiting for him. "Are you sure you don't want me to move in?"

She looked at him, "Why? Do you want to move in?"

"No not at all" he said quickly

"Good you better get your place prepared because she'll be moving in with you"

Daniel choked on nothing, "That can't be possible, I hardly stay home"

"Well make time from now on" she climbed into the car and slammed the door.

'I knew it' he thought as he climbed in and started the car.

"Mom you know I can't do that" he tried again.

She shrugged, "You could take her with you to the car shop and teach her how to change a car tyre or something"

"That's impossible mom" he let out a frustrated groan.

His mother was enjoying this way more than she should. "Of course it's impossible, she's got her hand and leg bandaged up. How would she move a car tyre or lift those metallic tools?"

"Okay fine mom, I'll move in" he gave up arguing. "But I'm moving out once she's able to find her way around without help"

"You make it sound as though she's an invalid. She only has an arm in a sling, last I remember doctors didn't qualify a slinged arm as cause of invalidity, at least I'd remember"

He turned to look at her "Sorry. Mom that's my condition so do you accept it?"

Mrs Asamoah smiled at her son as they drove out of the hospitals parking space, "I'm absolutely okay with that. That wasn't hard, was it?"

A groan escaped in response.

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"Where are we going?" she asked as they drove by blurry trees.

"We are headed to my house, where I grew up. Mom wanted you to come over to live with us" Daniel answered eyes on the road. His voice firm and void of emotions.

She nodded. Daniel's mom seemed to be a lively woman judging from the times she'd been over to see her at the hospital. But her son was a different story all together, he was-she didn't want to say difficult but he was hard to read. That was for sure. He felt like a ticking time bomb to be around, she could almost hear the ticking of the timer whenever he was around her.

The car pulled to a stop in front of a yellow house, there was a small patch of green grass growing in front of it. It had a homely feel. Daniel ran to her side opening the door and extending a hand. She stared at the hand offered suspiciously making him drop it and she got down on her own doing her best to avoid bumping her left arm in a sling.

Daniel moved to the pick the little bag containing the clothes she wore when she was knocked down with the drugs the doctor had prescribed for her. His mom had gotten her a new dress, her free hand smoothed down the green short sleeved dress to try to remove the wrinkles. Her feet were adorned in sparkling golden slippers.

A little girl ran out of the house into Daniel who dropped the bag and picked her small frame up twirling her around.

"Who missed me?" he asked laughing, leaving her to wonder how the man could laugh, he had never smiled before. At least not around her.

"I did!" the little girl yelled.

"I can't hear you"

"I did!" she yelled even louder amidst giggles.

Daniel stopped the twirling pressing a kiss to her cheeks, "No, I missed you more princess". She stood watching them till Mrs. Asamoah appeared.

"Danny, why are you keeping her standing? Her poor legs might be aching now" she scolded him.

"It's okay I'm fine" she told them. But Mrs Asamoah wasn't taking it and quickly ushered her inside, leaving Daniel to carry the small carry on bag in one hand as he supported the little girl with the other arm.

"You must be tired right? You can take a nap in your room if you want"

She opened her mouth to deny that she was tired when a pregnant woman walked into the room holding a ladle so she guessed she was from the kitchen.

"Hi I'm Rhoda!" she said pulling her into a quick embrace. "And you are?"

She looked at the smiling pregnant woman, "I don't know"

"Oh I'm sorry" she said apologetically as her smile fell before shooting a look towards Daniel.

"It's okay" she said to her. Daniel was still carrying the little girl who was staring at her, the stranger who was being fussed about in her home, her face half hidden by Daniel's shirt.

"Well let's not keep you. Off to your room you go" Mrs Asamoah said taking the bag from Daniel.

"But she doesn't know where it is mom" Rhoda spoke up.

The older woman laughed at her forgetfulness, "Age can do a lot of things to you, I didn't know forgetting things was part of its' job, follow me dear" she joked.

She was led into a room with walls painted green. There was a bed pushed into a corner with a side table which had huge books on it right in front of the window, it had been strategically placed right in the middle of the window, a wardrobe was opposite the bed with a door by the side.

"That door leads to the bathroom if you need to use it" Mrs Asamoah pointed out to her after she had put the bag inside the wardrobe.

She nodded, "Thank you"

"I'll leave you now dear get some rest, you deserve it" Mrs Asamoah excused herself and left.

She climbed into the bed after removing her flats and fell asleep dreaming she was walking into a room where she saw a man and a woman with their hands entwined. They were both wearing smug smiles. Almost looking satisfied. Just as they were turning to look at her, everything went black.

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