I’m Dedicated To You

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After entering the study room to complete some of my work and also to win the Tukes group sale off he quickly got myself busy with work but some minutes into it I was interrupted by the sound of my phone ringing.

“Hi man,” the person greeted.

“How are you Douglas?” I greeted my best friend.

“I am fine so, what is this that I have heard,” Douglas asked but I kept mute and he can’t help but say it himself “why are you after the Tukes”.

“They offended your sister-in-law”.

“What sister-in-law? what! that girl from 14 years ago that you have been looking for”he screamed and I pity whoever was beside him at that time.

“Yeah, I found her,” I say with a soft voice laced with excitement.

“Who is she? Is she at your house now? can I come over?” Douglas asked, bombarding me with different questions but I ignored him anyway because he is too talkative for a psychiatrist.

“Georgina doesn’t remember a thing about me which hurts but I am going to make her love me as Bradley Hale,” I say into my phone and I can hear Douglas gasping in shock at the revelation.

“So you mean when you finally found the girl you have been looking for she doesn’t remember you again”, he asked trying to get the scenario.

“Did you think there is something you can do about her memory loss because I think she doesn’t want to remember it at all? “I asked because I think as a psychiatrist he should be able to help.

“I don’t know what exactly caused her memory loss but you can bring her along or I might even bring Fred along,” he says excitedly but I didn’t feed his curiosity anyways.

“Ok, maybe I will make some visitors to your clinic and maybe some donations too,” I say hanging up on the phone without giving him the chance to refute anything.

I decided to get back to my work but was interrupted again by someone entering my study room. I was angry that someone dared to enter my room by knocking but when I looked up to see who it was I was all smiles.

“Oh it’s you did you get tired of watching your operas,” I asked smiling but I saw that she has a complicated expression and I don’t know why.

“Bradley Hale, is it a coincidence?”Gina asked and I got confused about what she was saying.

“What are you talking about, “I asked, trying to help her to sit on one of the chairs in my study room but she avoided my hand and when I looked into her eyes she looks so troubled like she was fighting within herself.

“Mr. Hale, can you please tell me what exactly is going on here,” she asked and I still didn’t understand what was going on.

“Can you please calm down and tell me what’s going on?” I asked.

“I am going to ask you again Mr. Hale. Have we met before don’t give me a tricky answer this time,” she says. I looked at her wondering why she was suddenly asking that question and then it clicked that she might have overheard me and Douglas speaking on the phone.

“Did you want to know the truth?” I asked her to study her eyes. I can say I know how to read her the best because the various expressions she is displaying right now are just so much that they can’t go unnoticed.

“I….. think… will….. like to know” she answers stuttering but I know behind that bold statement of hers is a girl scared of a revelation that she is not ready for.

“Don’t you think you lost that memory because it was unpleasant?” I asked her and she looked worried.

“But I still want to know even though it’s unpleasant but how did you even know that I lost my memories, y”memories, ked but I just smiled at her.

“But I think I shouldn’t be telling you this. I am very sure your friend will be a good narrator of the events”.

“Isn’t that another way of avoiding answering the question?” Gina says and I could sense that she was provoking me so, I could say what she wanted to hear but I am Bradley Hale anyways I could still see through her little trick.

“Did you know you were a victim of human trafficking once?” I asked because I am very sure she might lose it if she knows how we struggled to free ourselves from those horrible gangs and then we still lose ourselves after all that hassle.?

“I know because my friend told me because I don’t have the memory but I don’t think it’s that bad,” she says not bothered by whatever happened back then.

“You don’t have the memories anymore, that’s why you don’t know how terrified we were at that time, “I say, almost losing my cool.

“We?” Gina asked, raising her eyebrow and I can’t help but facepalm myself about how I just lost my cool and gave myself out.

“What did you mean we?”Gina asked again”Did we have an encounter before Bradley?” she asked to jitter and I can’t help but smile.

“Why are you smiling? Does my question sound funny to you,” she asked, annoyed.

“This is the first time you are calling me my name,” I say still amused but when I looked up to see the woman in front of me I quickly stopped smiling and there were also some changes in the temperature of the room.

“So, this is funny to you Bradley Hale,” she asked in a cold voice that scares me because she has never been like this to me before.

“No, it’s not” I quickly answered and if anyone in the country just witnessed how docile I am acting now they will faint in shock.

“Since Mr. Hale doesn’t take me seriously then I think I will stop asking for your explanation but that also means you approached me with an ulterior motive and if I later get to know the reason I will be sure to cut ties with you and I won’t care about contract or not,” Gina says turning to take her to leave.

“I will tell you what you want to know, “I say panicking because I just can’t see myself losing the person that I have longed for all this while walking away from me again.

“But I don’t think you will be able to understand it since you don’t have your memory”.

“I will be the one to decide for myself Mr. Hale,” she says.

“It all started in the year 20XX”.

“14 years ago,” she asked me and I nodded my head.

“Yes, we met 14 years ago as a victim of human trafficking” …