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head.
    “Well,
let’s see what the test shows. For now, it’s best we just let her continue to
mend at her own pace.”
    “I’m
not going to lie to her, Doc,” Baron said, to the man.
    Doctor
Kilgore nodded. “I understand, just don’t volunteer any information you don’t
think she’s ready for.” He looked over at Tony. “If she asks, then tell her the
truth.”
    They
both nodded, and the doc continued. “She’ll probably be gone for a while. At
least an hour, if you want to leave and get some dinner.” Then he left them
alone.
    “I’m
sorry, man. So fucking sorry,” Tony said.
    Baron
looked at his friend before sitting on the bed. “It’s not your fault.”
    “I’m
sure once she starts asking questions and getting answers it will trigger
something in her. Once she’s in familiar surroundings, her memory will return.
And that’s probably tied to her hearing loss. So when one comes back, so will
the other, and things will be just as they had been before,” Tony ended.
    “I
hope so, man. She’s my—she’s my everything .”
    “Well,
you got her to fall in love with you once, sight unseen. So do it again.” Tony shrugged.
    Baron’s
mouth curled slightly, appreciating his friend’s attempt to cajole him into
thinking positively. “She fell in love with the sound of my voice, which she
can’t hear anymore.”
    “Last
I heard there are five senses, so that’s just one. You’ve got four more to work
with.”
    Baron
frowned. Then he laughed for the first time in days. “You know, I remember why
we became friends and why I agreed to go into business with you. Thank you.”
    “All’s
good. Did you have a chance to eat?”
    “No.
Let’s go down to the cafeteria and see what’s on the menu for the evening.”
    Tony
grinned. “It’s a date.”
    They
got back to the room just as Jasmine was settling in. Baron took the chair
closest to her, and she smiled at him. She shifted, looking for Tony. When she
spotted him, her smile grew even brighter. And Baron’s heart contracted in
pain. Shit.
    “Hey,
there you are,” she said.
    “Ah,
yeah,” Tony said, taking the seat furthest away from the bed but directly in
front of it.
    Baron
couldn’t take his eyes off Jasmine. Hers, however, were on Tony.
    “Have
you guys eaten?” she asked. “The nurse said she’d bring something around for
me.”
    Baron
took the pad near her hand and wrote on it.
    ‘Yes, we ate.’
    “Okay,
that’s good.”
    Gladys
came in then with a tray and set it up for her.
    Baron
grimaced at the dry-looking chicken. At least the salad appeared fresh. “Well
that seems appetizing,” he joked. But when she looked blankly at him, he
remembered to use the notebook. He offered it to her so she could see what he’d
said.
    She
laughed and glanced at him. “Yes, yummy.”
    For
a moment their gazes connected, and she stared at him a little longer than
necessary. She blinked, as though coming out of a daze. But for that split
second, Baron could’ve sworn he saw recognition in her beautiful eyes before
they glazed over again.
    “Maybe
I better get going?” Tony said.
    “Yeah,
do that,” Baron replied. He saw her frown so Baron took the pad and passed it
to Tony for him to give her. His friend held it up for her to read.
    “Do
you have to go?” she asked Tony.
    Tony
glanced over at him and spoke as he wrote, ‘Yes.
I need to get back to the office for a bit. We’ve both been here for the last
couple of days and things are backing up.’
    “Well,
can Baron go instead?” she asked.
    Tony
shook his head and continued to write, saying it out loud again for Baron’s
benefit. “No. This is something I need to take care of, but Baron can stay and
keep you company. I’ll check in on you in the morning.”
    She
turned to look at Baron. “That’s all right. You don’t have to stay and keep me
company.”
    Tony
passed the paper to him when he gestured toward it. ‘I’d like nothing more. I don’t have any plans for