Chapter 435 - Forgive me? (1)

11 May, JL International Mall, City F

Matthew hurried over and sat down on the stool placed by the bedside, and took Lexi's left hand in his, carefully raising it to his lips, and placing a kiss on her palm before gently placing it back down on the bed, while keeping a hold of it.

After a period of silence, Lexi questioning said "Matthew, when did you get back. Phillip told me that you were being posted to the other side of the country yesterday at lunch?"

In that moment Matthew realised that being knocked out had caused her to lose almost six months of memories, he said "Lexi, what day to you think it is?"

"The day after Christmas. Chester and Phillip got engaged yesterday, so did you come back fleetingly to congratulate them before your new deployment?"

Matthew took a breath before saying, "Lexi I just need to speak to your doctor?"

"Doctor, why am I in hospital? I need to get home to my son." Lexi started to move, and she screamed in pain with the movement of her right leg.

"Lexi stay still. You were knocked out and have a broken arm and leg."

Lexi's mouth opened, but before she could say anything, Colonel Zhang and two other medics came running in.

"General," started Colonel Zhang. "What is it I told you about keeping Madam Rong calm. If you cannot follow medical directives, get the hell out of my facility."

"Colonel, watch it…"

"No General, you know as much as I do in a military medical facility the senior medic has complete control, so unless someone from the capital has arrived I outrank every medic on site and am in control."

Without thinking Lexi said "General, Madam Rong. No, No, No, that is not right. Phillip told me yesterday you were a colonel, and how in the hell are we married. We have not seen each other than before I married Richard."

Colonel Zhang looked at Matthew and then back to Lexi before saying quietly "Amnesia, I should have been prepared." She turned to Matthew and said, "Go outside General, I will speak to Madam Rong."

While he wanted to argue, seeing the look of confusion on Lexi's face Matthew turned and moved outside the curtained area, pulling the curtain closed.

Inside the area, Colonel Zhang, said "Madam Rong, I am Lieutenant Colonel Zhang, but if you want you can call me Dr Zhang."

"What is happening…?" came Lexi's quiet question.

"Let me examine you further, and I will let you know." With that she signalled to one of the nurses before quietly directing them what equipment she wanted.

Ove the next twenty minutes, Colonel Zhang performed several examinations, before wrapping her stethoscope around her neck. "Madam Rong, I want to bring the General in, so I can tell you both what I see." With that she called out "General, please come in."

When Matthew entered Colonel Zhang said "As you have figured our Madam Rong, you have broken both your right arm and leg. Presently we must wait until another procedure is performed at another location to properly set both breaks. But as you have already guessed General, Madam Rong is suffering from a level of post-traumatic amnesia and retrograde amnesia causing her to lose under six months of memories. Hopefully, this is only temporary, caused by the impact of the shock wave from the explosion you were caught in Madam Rong, which resulted in your other injuries."

"But we are married… No way would I marry you Matthew Rong."

Matthew took a calm breath. He remembered about five years ago after the senior officer on the team he was got injured and lost part of his memory and ordered they all inform him about the situation. As he knew information none of the rest of them did, he almost killed the whole team. It as just by luck that only one person was seriously injured, and they were able to evacuate the situation without any deaths. That resulted in everyone in special forces receiving training on what to do in cases of amnesia. Do not give information, and let the person try to recover the memories on their own. If that resulted in the termination of a mission, then that was the outcome. Lives, in that situation were more important as those with memories may not have every piece of information required.

Taking a breath, with everything else going on Lexi needed to be calmed down because even to his untrained medical eye he could see she was agitated.

"Lexi, I was scheduled to be deployed to the other side of the country after Christmas, but at short notice that was changed to City K and I returned just after Christmas, with a promotion to Major General along with the new posting. We married shortly after my return. It is now mid-May, and Chester and Phillip, and Andrew and Sally married in Las Vegas. Chester and Phillip's marriage was planned because they could not marry here, even though it is recognised legally. While we were all there, Sally and Andrew eloped having a middle of the night ceremony without telling anyone."

"Andrew married, I never thought that would happen."

"It did. Their relationship got exposed by our friendly policeman…"

"John. How…?"

"Apparently he caught them making out in the city part in one of your Ferraris, I think it was."

Lexi chuckled, causing her to slightly grimace as she said "That I would have loved to see…"

"You tore into Andrew for treating your car as he did, and afterwards he promised you not only a new Ferrari, but that he would arrange for to drive the two longest permanent racetracks in the world…"

"Nordschleife [1], and let me think… That new circuit in Australia, what is it… That is it, The Bend Motorsport Park's GT Circuit [2]. He must have messed up big time to get me that."

Matthew laughed and continued "He did. While the Nordschleife is easy to arrange as you are often in Europe, he has said he will try and organise when you go to Australia drives at Phillip Island [3]and…"

Lexi squealed, before saying "Bathurst [4]. That seals it. He really messed up."

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