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7. Lost II

"Brett!"

"Hey Eddy"

"C'mon in. My roommate is out all afternoon today."

Brett stepped inside and looked around the small dorm room as he removed his shoes.

"Eddy.. I don't recognise this room at all. ..Is that ok?"

Eddy smiled.

"Yeah, that's ok. It's your first time here."

Brett looked relieved.

"Ok.. that's good. Thanks."

"Take a seat. So how've you been feeling?"

There wasn't much room in Eddy's dorm so they sat side by side on the small bed with their backs against the sidewall.

"Well, I'm really glad I'm out of the hospital. 3 days is a long time to eat hospital food."

Eddy chuckled.

"Yeah, I can imagine.. So Brett"

"Yeah?"

"Have you managed to remember anything else?"

Brett frowned.

"No.. look Eddy, I was wondering if you could take me to my work.. the pub. I know you rang them for me to tell them I was in hospital but I think I should go in and say hello and see if I can remember anything about them."

"Sure, not a problem. Have you since contacted any of your friends?"

"Well.. I looked through my phone list but none of the names jolts my memory and I'm reluctant to randomly ring up people and say hey you're on my phonebook but I can't remember you since I lost my memory, can you help? Sounds pretty suss."

"Hmm... what about your chat log or social media?"

"I'm obviously not very big on chat nor social media... even my phone log is pretty empty except for a few phone calls to work. And I don't know what the social media of my choice is, let alone my logins"

"Oh.."

"Eddy.. I feel so lost."

Eddy furrowed his brows. He imagined how isolated Brett must be feeling. He gently held Brett's hand.

"Brett, I'll call your work a bit later in the evening okay? I'll explain to them that we want to come in and have a look around"

Brett looked up towards Eddy.

"Okay, thanks Eddy, I really appreciate this."

"Brett, mate"

"Um.. hi?"

"I heard from Daniel.. I'm Keith, the security staff here."

"Hi Keith.. sorry my memory is still a bit messed up."

"Hey don't worry about it. If you don't remember me, maybe we should have a little chat later, we've known each other for a few years."

"Really? Man, I'm really sorry Keith.. I.."

"Hey, don't worry about it. Just come by and say hi when you finish up with Daniel, okay?"

"Okay, thanks."

"Brett"

"Daniel. You're my boss here, right? I'm sorry my memory is still dodgy. I'm also so sorry to have put you out when I ended up in hospital."