Chapter 42 - Chapter: My Name is Elle

Elle just finished taking a shower when she heard a knock on her door. It was Erick. She knew that sooner or later Erick would come to her and ask her about what happened yesterday especially today that they already reconciled from the misunderstanding. She knew that she should give him a realistic explanation and good alibi so that he wouldn't suspect her.

After talking to Phantom, she decided to take his advice and stay with Erick for a while. She also needed to adjust and take things slowly for now. She attracted a lot of enemies and those two organizations were not a joke. They almost got her and Charles twice so they must be really careful this time. She might be impulsive and too arrogant sometimes but she learned her lesson. She knew her limitation now.

Everything would start to change right now. Her identity was revealed. She did not want to commit more mistakes. She only had one life and there were lot of things that she hadn't do yet, the reason why she was still alive until today.....her revenge.

She made up her mind and now she was ready to face Erick. She opened the door and she saw Erick standing, greeting her with his familiar smile.

"Can we talk now?'' Erick asked her. Elle nodded. He invited her to go in the living room. She followed him. They both sat down on the couch, facing each other.

"What happened last night? Where did you go?" Erick politely asked her. She stared at him. He was also looking at her patiently waiting for her answer. Even though she didn't want to talk that much but this time she had no choice but to explain herself. She said to him a while ago that she was willing to tell him everything. Of course, that was a lie. What she was about to tell him was another alibi.

" Elle." she simply said

Erick was puzzled. He didn't get what she meant by Elle. He gave her a questioning look.

"Pardon. What do you mean Elle? Who's Elle?"

"That's my real name." She said.

Erick was stunned in a moment. Then his eyes widened as realization came to him.

"Did you remember everything now?" Erick asked her with full of anticipation.

Elle paused for a while. She seemed to be contemplating about something. She was staring at him intently, observing his every reactions. After a moment of hesitation she continued explaining to him.

She shook her head "I can't remember everything but I remember a small part of my memory. I remember a scene, a place and there is someone calling my name. He called me Elle. I am certain, that was my name. My name is Elle." Erick didn't say anything and urge her to continue.

"I leave last night in order to go in that place hoping that I could remember everything there. I forgot to inform you since I am really desperate. I want to remember everything. Besides I know you are also busy with your work. You already help me a lot by saving me and taking care of me. I don't want to trouble you again with my personal problem."

Erick frown when he heard that. "I told you before you are not a trouble. And please don't do that again. Don't be so reckless. What if something happened to you? What if the people looking for you find you there? They won't hesitate to hurt you." He couldn't help himself to scold her a little. Just thinking about her going to a place alone and that bad people might do something to her making his heart so worried.

"I know. It's my fault." She lowered her head trying to avoid his gaze. She was smiling inside since she felt that Erick didn't suspect her at all and he looked like he believed what she was saying right now.

Erick sighed and looked at her helplessly. "I know I can't stop you from leaving the house. I also didn't intend to lock you here forever in order to protect you. But I am not at ease to let you alone knowing that the people who wants to harm you are just out there looking for you. I promise that I will help you recover your memories and I will protect you at the same time so please don't think that you are troubling me because this is my own decision."

When she looked up she met his serious but gentle gaze. She looked away quickly. She couldn't look at him straight in the eyes. She felt his sincerity just by looking into his eyes while saying those every words. She didn't know why but suddenly she felt a little bit guilty. She was now lying to him but here he is believing everything she says and still promising her that he will protect her no matter what.

'He was really foolish. Is he really a skilled detective? How come she could be easily fooled by someone like her.' Thinking about this, she felt a little bit annoyed. Funny right?

"If you want to go back there. I will accompany you next time. Okay?"

Elle just nodded. After that Erick stood up and he went to his room. When he came back, he was already holding the paper bags that he bought when he arrived this afternoon. Elle gave him a puzzled look.

" What is that?" she asked him curiously. Erick just gave him a meaningful smile before he picked the items inside the paper bag one by one.

"These are for you." He told her that made Elle speechless. 'Did he shop again for me? don't tell me these are another set of clothes.' Elle thought to herself while silently praying that she was wrong.

She was relieved when she saw that those are not clothes since those were exactly put in a small rectangular boxes. She became ore curious. She looked at him as her brows raised.

Erick opened the first box and Elle was shocked seeing the first item. It looked like a gun. 'Is he giving me a gun for protection?' She was about to rejoice inside but suddenly she heard the soft chuckle from Erick.

"Relax. This is not a gun okay? I will not let you hold a true gun." Elle face started to change. She almost forgot to hide her disappointment. She shot him with a sharp glare.

"This is a pepper spray pistol. It is way different than other pepper sprays as it doesn't require to be sprayed on eyes. As this spray act as irritant affecting the eyes and skin of the person. I want you to remember that two sprays are capable to affect someone. If you spray continuously then the bottle will be emptied in 6 seconds." Erick explained to her.

Elle looked at him with disbelief. 'Is he kidding me? Giving me this pepper spray pistol. I really want to shot him right now with this pistol'. But her alter ego remind her 'Remember, you are acting vulnerable victim who has amnesia in front of him. What did you expect him to do?'

Erick picked up the second item.

" This is rechargeable safety torch with shock effect. This LED Flashlight with hidden electricity can shake a person very badly."

What surprised Elle the most was the last item. It was a necklace with a small blue pendant. It was beautiful.

"And lastly this is a Safer Smart Pendant. This pendant is not the normal pendant. As it has a small circular device known as SAFER. Whenever you feel unsafe, just double-click the safer device attached to the pendant. Then automatically an alert will be sent to me. It also has GPS function, so that I can easily trace your location once the alert is sent to me."

"Please keep it by your sides always so that even though I am not with you I will feel at ease knowing that you have some protections. I will not limit you to stay here. You can go outside and enjoy the city and the scenery but promise me you will always inform me about your location and bring these items always." He said as he requested her.

Elle nodded gave her a forced smile. "Thank you."

"By the way, where is that place that you remember?" Erick asked her one more time.

"It is somewhere outside the City Z." She simply replied.

Erick just nodded "I will bring you there again next time. Do you have some more to say to me?"

"Nothing. Thank you for your understanding." She smiled at him.

"It's alright. We are now friends right?"

"Ahmm... yes... I think so." Elle replied to him. Erick burst into laughter when he noticed that Elle was not sure about her answer.

He gently patted her head and said "We've been staying together for quite sometimes but you are still not sure whether you want me to be your friend or not. What a cold-blooded woman!"