The Only One Series novel Chapter 22

I dressed and got on my bike and rode into town. Once there I pulled up in front of a Tattoo Shop I had passed on my way home. I saw that it had a tattoo artist wanted. I turned my bike off and got off. I took my helmet off and turned to put it on my bike when I heard "Is that Lana?" When did she wake up and does Gunner know she is back? I shook my head and turned and walked into the shop.

Hello, I heard. Hello, I am interested in the job you have upon your window. The woman looked at me and asked. Do you have experience? Yes, I do I handed her my pictures. She looked through them and said. I like these. I also handed her my references. America's Best Tattoos, Las Vegas Tattoo Company and Rise Above Tattoo. You do have experience and these are three of the best shops to work. You have to be really good to work here.

Let me give them a call and I will be right back. Have a seat and give me about five or 10 minutes. I sat down as she walked to the back. She came back smiling. You are hired. They all told me if I let you go I would be sorry I did. You can set your own hours. I would prefer that you not be here alone after 6:00 pm. If you have an appointment I want you to have Manic here with you. I will introduce you later. He is part of Gunner's club and basically our security.

I will show you the station you will use when you are here and you can either use the equipment here or bring your own if you have any. I do. I will use mine if you don't mind. Not a problem. I don't mind at all. I would prefer that actually. Good. Well, my name is Diamond and I am the owner. My husband is Gunner's VP. His name is animal. You will also meet him later. I have been with Animal for four months now. He can be rather bossy sometimes. But he is really a nice man.

Animal has been out of town on a run. I can't wait for him to come home. Oh, would you like a cup of coffee? God yes, with two creams. She came back and sat a cup down on the table beside be before sitting in a chair across from me. We were talking when the door opened and she screamed Animal running to him and jumping into his arms. He kissed her soundly before putting her down.

Come and meet my new artist she said dragging him across the room. I stood up and turned toward him. Lana? My name is Leigh. Why does everyone think I am this woman Lana? He pulled his wallet from his jean pocket and took out a picture. I looked at the picture of a pregnant woman and gasped. That could be me I said. But it isn't. I have never been pregnant let along given birth to a child. I handed the picture back. This was Gunner's woman, that is before he came back from the war. He was with her once long enough to get her pregnant.

She was gone when he woke up. She is supposed to be in a coma. I'm sorry she is in a coma but I wish everyone would stop calling me her. I looked at Diamond and said. I will be here in the morning. See you later I said walking out of the door and getting on my bike before riding home.

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I sighed and looked at Gunner with sad eyes. Depression is associated with short-term memory loss. It doesn't affect other types of memory, such as long-term memory and procedural memory, which controls motor skills. If you have depression, chances are you're experiencing a memory issue. Memory loss due to depression can either improve or worsen depending on your emotional and mental state.

Lana was very depressed before her pregnancy and after. This was because she loved you so much and you never came home to claim her. After she was taken from you she became pregnant and then hemorrhaged during childbirth. Her mind could have closed down to protect her. So it is possible that if she is Lana she doesn't remember you, being pregnant, giving birth no one from her past. Will her memory come back? I don't know. May not if she doesn't want to remember. Or if she keeps herself distanced from what caused her depression in the first place.

That would be me. Her brain could be associating her pain and depression to men. In the back of her mind, her brain knows that a man-caused her so much hurt and pain she doesn't want to remember. She doesn't want to relive the painful memories. So she chooses to forget. Not consciously but still she chooses to forget. Can we help her to remember? Maybe but it would have to be happy memories. Can you go back and relive them? I don't know. How can we find out if she is Lana or not? DNA testing. But I don't think she is going to willingly do that.

What about hair samples from her hairbrush. Or after drinking from a pop can, glass or coffee cup? That would work. Diamond I said. What you need Gunner. Tell her doc. You hired the new woman in town I hear. I did. We need to test her DNA to find out if she is Lana or not. Can you get a glass, can of pop, or coffee cup she drinks from and bring it to me. I can but I don't understand. If she is Lana she might have memory loss. We just want to find out for sure. Alright but I hope you are wrong.