She woke up to the sunlight streaming on her face. She tried to remember what happened to her, but couldn’t. Where was she? Where was her family? Then she tried to picture her mother and then realized that she didn’t recall what her mother looked like. Then, she realized that no matter how hard she tried, she could not even remember her own name or age. She had no idea who she was.

The door opened and in walked a nurse. She was in some kind of hospital. The IV was hooked up to her and she really needed a bath.
“Ah, you are finally awake,”
She nodded then asked, “What happened to me?”
“You do not remember?”
“No, ma’am, I don’t”
“You may have amnesia. Tell me, what is your name and what year is it?”
. Surely she knew her own name! But she couldn’t get past the fog in her mind,”
“I-I can’t” tears started flowing, “I don’t know,” she whispered. She started trembling.
The nurse gently soothed her.
“. Your name is Leah Soileau and you have no children. You were born in Bossier City , LA , though you chose to attend school in 2004 in Atlanta , GA. You lost your parents to Katrina in 2005 after they moved to New Orleans . You in the mall when there was an armed robbery.. You took two bullets in the head, yet survived it. Then there was the fire. Only one of your friends survived and she is here in the city as well,”
“So I am in Atlanta ,” Leah, now knowing her own name murmured, trying to remember the events as the nurse just spoken.
“No, you are in your home in Bossier.. Colonel Arrington lost his family in the mall and wanted to save you and Clarisse. You are actually at Barksdale Air Force Base.,”
Leah struggled to take all of this in. A bombing, shopping at the mall, and being home in a place where she has no memory.
“Rest now and the doctor will see you later,” The kind nurse, whose grandmotherly presence that Leah felt attached to all of a sudden, left. Leah instantly fell back to sleep hoping she would wake up with her memory intact

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