Chapter 15 A Candid Answer

It made sense why I'd wanted to forget everything—why I had forgotten it all to begin with. I now knew just how excruciating those memories were. My entire body was trembling, and even Louis noticed something was wrong. "What's the matter, Cassie?" "You disgust me, Louis." Looking him in the eye, I clutched my chest. All of a sudden, I made a retching motion. To be honest, I was disgusted with myself too. With that, my eyes fell shut, and I blacked out. … By the time I woke up again, I was lying in the hospital. The same doctor had come to check on me. Louis, who'd been clutching my hand anxiously, saw that I was awake and called out to the doctor. "Richard! She's up." The doctor was his friend, Richard Neely. Richard shone a light in my eyes and checked them. "She's fine. She only fainted because she was overwhelmed by her emotions. She had a blood clot in her head, but it has cleared up now, so it won't cause any problems. She just needs some rest." After exhaling in reli