Eve looked up at me again. “Can you truly do that while you are lying to her?”
“Yes,” I said, and hoped it was true.
The next day, Amelia was moved out of emergency and into the slower-paced side of the hospital. I stayed with her as much as I could, with the kids visiting before and after school, and Jake and his parents there throughout the day.
For a few days, the routine stayed the same. Amelia’s health didn’t change at all, nor did her memory return.
Finally, the healers stopped finding reasons to keep her for observation and she was finally allowed to go home.
The minute we walked through the front door, the girls insisted on showing Amelia around. Amelia laughed good-naturedly and allowed them to drag her. As she went though, she clearly remembered much about the estate, comme
