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I giggle and sit in the chair Abby put out for me. “Let me start from the beginning. Three months ago, I fell off a horse and hit my head really hard.”
“I fell off my bike last summer, hurt my wrist,” the boy with Logan on his name tag says. I can only assume the name tags were put on them with the hopes it would either trigger my memory or just make things easier on me.
“Children—” Principal Richards tries to step in.
I raise my hand that it’s okay. “It’s similar to falling off your bike, but horses are really high, so when I fell, I had a long way to go until I hit the ground.”
“That’s scary,” Kayla says.
“Horses are pretty. We have two,” Gia says.
“No one cares about your horses, Gia,” Evan says next to her.
She sneers at him, giving a look she’ll no doubt perfect over the years. I laugh on the inside.
“So I did forget some things, but I do know that I’m Lucy…” My gaze lands on Adam. Do I say Greene or Davis?
“Greene, Mrs. Greene. Your last name is Greene,” Kayla says, trying to be helpful, and the rest of the kids groan. “You don’t remember, do you?”
Adam shakes his head, trying to hold in a laugh, and slides into a chair at the desk.
“No, I do remember, but you guys know Greene is my married name, right?”
“Yeah, you’re married to Mr. Adam and he’s a park ranger,” Logan says. “I want to be a park ranger.”
Adam leans forward and high fives the kid.
“You had him come in and tell us about his job. Don’t you remember?” Kayla asks. She seems to be the one most concerned about my memory.
“Can he tell us the story of how he had to scale a mountain to save a man who had no business being up there?” Evan turns toward Adam.
I stifle my own chuckle, assuming that last part must’ve been Adam’s own words.
“Later, bud,” Adam says. “Let’s listen to Mrs. Greene right now.”
Evan turns back toward me.
“I guess you guys really enjoyed Mr. Adam, huh?”
“She doesn’t remember?” Kayla looks at Abby with wide eyes like Abby should be picking up the phone and calling 911.
Abby lowers her hands. “Relax. Mrs. Greene is trying to tell a story and you guys keep interrupting. Interrupting is terribly rude, remember?”
“I remember, but does she?” Kayla points at me.
My gaze lingers on Adam behind them and he nods for me to continue and disregard anything they say.
“Anyway, so I came back up here with the hopes that my memory returns.”
“And that’s why you left us right before the class concert?” Evan asks.
Principal Richards groans. “We discussed this before Mrs. Greene came in, Evan.”
“Unfortunately, Evan, that’s one of the memories that hasn’t come back yet.”
“My mommy said that Mr. Adam was really sad. I saw him at the store after you left and he was really nice, gave me a high five.” Kayla turns to him. Adam nods that he remembers. “Mommy said if it was her, she’d have a grocery cart full of ice cream and cookies. And I asked why. She said he was nursing a broken heart.” She shrugs. “I guess that fixes it.” She turns around again. “Did you break your heart too?” she asks me.
I close my eyes briefly.
