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older. Not bad,” he clarified quickly. “You look good. Your hair is longer.”
                                “Yeah,” Lil said softly.
                                They were quiet for a moment. Lil was letting all that Sam had said sink in. She thought back to that day he last remembered. She had everything she wanted. Then she didn't. In the last three years she had worked really hard to gain back her life.
                                “How?” he asked in a whisper. “How did we go from being what I remember – happy and in love – to,” he waved his arms around the space that kept them apart, “this? To you standing what feels like a world away? Lil, we promised one another forever.”
                                The tears ran down Lil’s face. She knew eventually, if Sam didn’t regain his memories, she’d have to answer this question. But for now, the only response she could give was the lamest excuse she could muster.
                                “I’m sorry,” she said between sobs. “I’m so sorry, Sam.”
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    CHAPTER 5
     
    Lil was two seconds from bolting from the room. She couldn't take the look on Sam's face a minute longer. He was heartbroken. His world had just been turned upside down. Lil knew the feeling. She knew all too well what it felt like to have your world come crashing down around you.
    Before she could make a run for it, Dr. Walker stepped in. “How's it going in here?”
                                “Um...” Lil stammered. “I need to be going.”
                                “Sam, have you had a chance to talk to Lil?” he asked, ignoring Lil altogether.
                                Sam didn't speak. He stared at Lil from across the room like he was still waiting for her to tell him what had happened to them.
                                “I think it's a good idea for the two of you to talk. Sam, I know this isn’t easy for you.”
                                “Lil has told me enough.” Sam said, his voice void of any emotion.
                                “I see,” Dr. Walker said in a disbelieving tone. “And you’re okay with all that she’s told you, Sam? You completely understand that the two of you are no longer together? That you no longer live in the same house? Did she tell you the events that led up to that point?”
                                “Stop it!” Lil yelled. “Please, just stop!” She couldn’t stand to listen to the doctor talk like she wasn’t in the room. It was her who should open up the past to Sam. Yes, it was a past they once shared, but if Sam wanted to know what happened, it was going to take time.
                                Sam regarded Lil as her body was racked with sobs. She almost felt naked the way he was giving her the once over. His eyes took in her face, her body language, everything about her as she stood helpless five feet away from his bedside.
                                “No,” he finally said. “She hasn’t told me anything.”
                                “Because it’s not easy for me, Sam!” Lil exclaimed, her voice rising.
    “And you think losing three years of my life – apparently three very important years – is easy for me?” he yelled back. “You think it’s a walk in the park for me to hear that you don't love me? That you don't want to be with me? Pardon the hell out of me, Delilah, for wanting to know what happened.”
                                “Don’t you dare,” Lil said in an eerily calm voice. Damn him for using