Wayne Farmer, the Vampire Lord could not believe how bereft he felt as soon as Alexa and the pups left for their home. He knew he knew he cared for Alexa, deeply but had not actually expected to feel this lonely. Not when he would be travelling to meet them in a couple of days. Why then did it seem like he was never going to see them again? If only she would accept to be his bride, then his search would be over....
He recalled the discussion he had with the doctor a few days after he found them.
'This type of Amnesia is mainly brought on by a traumatic experience. Did you experience something traumatic lately?'
She did not know how to answer the question. It was Wayne who had answered the question for her.
'Giving birth and to twins can be counted as traumatic, can't it?' he asked.
He had been driving past and suddenly felt pressed. He drove for a while, wanting to get to the hotel before relieving himself but he must have drunk too much wine at the club for him to be unable to hold it in.
He packed his car, away from the road and walked to a nearby building that seemed abandoned. He was just finished easing himself when he heard the cries of babies and that smell, he could not be mistaken. It was the smell of blood and it attracted him. At first he thought that the drink was causing him to hear and perceive what was not but the cries persisted and he decided to investigate.
He entered the building and found a young lady unconscious on an operating table of some sort and two babies on a makeshift bed on the floor. The stench of blood was overwhelming. He had trained himself at his father's behest to abstain from blood but feed only on synthetic blood and so though his fangs protruded, he quickly got himself under control. Moreover, there was something strange about the smell of their blood and he didn't do babies. He wanted to go call the cops to come to the rescue of this family when the cries of the babies pierced his heart and he bent down to look at each of them and as soon as he did that, he knew he was hooked. He looked at the lady and saw she was beautiful, what a pity she was d... what a minute, she might not be dead, he thought as he checked for a pulse and felt a very tiny one. She looked pale, very! Which explains why he thought at first that she was dead. Who could have abandoned this woman and her children here? They had obviously been left here to die.
His numb limbs sprung into action as he carried the woman to his car and then came for both babies. He was just driving off when he heard the police siren. Someone else had obviously seen the same thing and called the police but he could not say exactly why he did not feel inclined to wait for the police to get there but drove off before he was found at the scene.
'Giving birth can be pretty traumatic especially a first birth for someone as young as she, if the pups don't have a father and the woman is going to be a single parent', the doctor informed him looking very thoughtful. ' but that is not her case, she has you. You are her husband and the father of her pups aren't you?'
Wayne was shocked. If he denied it, then he would have to get an explanation for having these three people with him and reached a decision quickly.
'Er.. yes, of course', he agreed. 'I am the pups' father and her husband. But since I revived her, - she collapsed after giving birth by the way - she seems not to remember anything and it is getting me bothered!'
The doctor who was suspicious when he seemed to hesitate at first, felt he understood the reason for it, the young man was confused. Who wouldn't be in such a situation. He smiled at Wayne. 'Don't worry. She'll be alright. Don't force it though, just take it easy and if it isn't a Psychologically induced Amnesia, then she will recover her memories very fast. But if there's something she is trying to block, then it may just take longer!'
'How long?' Wayne asked.
'As long as her subconscious does not want to recall it.
He had been drawn to her from the start but had not counted on falling in love with her. How it had happened, he didn't know. He only knew that from being a good passerby, who wanted to save three innocent lives, a playboy like him who had not wanted to settle down started thinking of a family, after a couple of months of living with them. It may have started when the doctor assumed he was Alexa's husband and his subconscious thought, why not?
Living with them these past five years had been the best times he's had in his life and he would have loved to make it permanent but he knew Alexa was just not ready.
Before she regained her memory, he had been tempted to lie to her that he was her husband and even mark her, not so he could take advantage of her but because he wanted her to get used to that idea and ensure she was his forever, but he found out that her opinion of him mattered so much to him. He did not want her to hate him when she regained her memories and finds out he had lied to her. He wanted her to grow to love as he had. But he wondered what beast of a husband would abandon his own wife, sorry girlfriend, because she didn't have a ring on her finger, when she just gave birth. Why not take the pups and ask her to go after she had recovered if he didn't want her anymore?
He had tried to stop her. 'Why don't you wait for a while longer?' he asked. He knew it was his insecurity talking. He didn't know what she would find out. What if it turned out to be that the father of her pups was repentant and wanted her back and she finds that she still loved the bastard?
'Wayne, I have to do this and you know it', she said. 'I can never truly be happy of I don't find out. It will keep troubling me and make me resentful. I need to find a closure of some sort'.
He nodded. He understood what she meant. He had felt that she might call as soon as they got there telling him how she had missed him but when they spoke, she had said nothing remotely close to it.
'Landon and Leigh are having a great time already, thanks so much for all your help, I really appreciate this!' she said, sincerely.
'You don't have to thank me. Landon and Leigh are like my own children. I see them that way', he said, hoping she would take the hint. 'What about you? Are you having fun too? How does it feel to be back?' he asked when she did not say anything to his confession that he considered her children his.
'No time for fun. I am going to visit my parents tomorrow ', she said. 'Wish me luck!'
'I wish you best of luck!' he said but as soon as he disconnected the call, he hit his fist on the wall because he despised himself for not wanting Alexa to find the father of her pups so he could assume the position.
He could take the loneliness no longer, he lost interest in all the activities, because Alexa was not there and for all he knew, she might have found her boyfriend who may already be trying to win her back. He started throwing his clothes into a case. He had to be there for Alexa, she needs me now more than ever, he told himself. He did not want her to be hurt again!
'Is that the only reason, you are rushing after her this way?' an amused voice asked in his head.
'Of course, it is. What else could it possibly be?' he countered harshly as he packed a suitcase hastily.