Turnabout
“Reed mouth the word to Dr. Jimson: “Alzheimer’s?” And she saw Dr. Jimson shake her head, ever so slightly. The puzzled frown deepened on Dr. Jimson’s face.
“What’s the last thing you remember?” Dr. Jimson asked gently.
“Seeing your husband whisper to you about whether or not I have Alzheimer’s,” Amelia replied tartly.
Dr. Jimson had the grace to look chagrined. She exchanged a look with Dr. Reed.
“No,” she said. “I mean the last thing you remember before you took PT-1 and came to the agency.”
A...melia thought back, honestly trying. This memory loss upset her more than she wanted to let on. That’s why she had bothered to tell the doctors. It was the morning after her birthday now—she was ninety-nine again, she reminded herself—and she was absolutely certain she no longer remembered her first one hundredth birthday. Even the ghost of memory she’d thought she had, had slipped away.
“What do you remember about the year 2000?” Dr. Jimson prompted.
“There was a war in Africa,”MoreLess
“What’s the last thing you remember?” Dr. Jimson asked gently.
“Seeing your husband whisper to you about whether or not I have Alzheimer’s,” Amelia replied tartly.
Dr. Jimson had the grace to look chagrined. She exchanged a look with Dr. Reed.
“No,” she said. “I mean the last thing you remember before you took PT-1 and came to the agency.”
A...melia thought back, honestly trying. This memory loss upset her more than she wanted to let on. That’s why she had bothered to tell the doctors. It was the morning after her birthday now—she was ninety-nine again, she reminded herself—and she was absolutely certain she no longer remembered her first one hundredth birthday. Even the ghost of memory she’d thought she had, had slipped away.
“What do you remember about the year 2000?” Dr. Jimson prompted.
“There was a war in Africa,”MoreLess
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