Noah let out a frustrated breath. “I’d hate to call Kizzy and say, ‘Hey, can you fill me in on the last two hours? I’ve completely misplaced them.’”
Dante smiled sadly. If he had to say something like that to Mallory, he knew she would understand. Even if she didn’t, they’d shared enough weirdness that it wouldn’t even be creepy. She’d just try to help him. But would Kizzy be that understanding? He didn’t think they had the same kind of easy relationship. “Maybe it will come back to you later.”
“I don’t know. It’s not like I just forgot a name or address. It feels more like a dream, and the further I get from it, the more it disappears.”
“Maybe you should call in sick tonight.”
Noah stared at him. “And do what? Just rattle around the apartment, hoping something will come back to me? I might never remember this rumored book or experiment. But I do remember how to fight fires. I think that would help me more than anything right now. Not that I wish for a fire… I’d never do that. I’d just like to feel normal.”
Dante wasn’t going to call him on the fact that the book wasn’t a rumor. He had seen it with his own eyes. But if he was in the same situation… Yeah, Noah needed to get his mind on something else besides questioning his own sanity.
“I get it. So you’d better clean up and put on your uniform.” Dante checked his watch. “We have another forty-five minutes before we have to leave, but we should get moving.”
As he walked to the bathroom to grab a shower, he couldn’t help wondering what the hell had happened to his brother and how to deal with it. Would just ignoring it make it go away?
Did he have the right to question his brother’s girlfriend, who seemed to have something to do with this? Listening briefly to his own heart, his inner wisdom quoted his mother.If you don’t know what to do, don’t do anything.
But if some sort of solution didn’t present itself soon, he might talk to their dad. That’s what he was there for. The head of the family always listened and was the last word on problems any of them faced.
He might not like it, but if Noah didn’t regain his memory, that’s what Dante would do.
