บททั้งหมดของ The Day She Married My Friend: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

They shoved me into the bedroom, and my knee smashed into the bed frame.Before I could catch myself, the door slammed shut.I just stood there.There was some noise outside, then the party kicked right back up.They kept me locked in there from noon until dark.Nobody opened the door.Nobody even checked on me.I yelled until my voice gave out.Then all I could do was lean against the door and slide to the floor, listening as the voices outside slowly died down.My head finally started to clear.When the apartment went quiet, the door opened.I braced myself against the bed and got up, my legs numb.My parents came in first, with Juliet and Paul right behind them.Mom's eyes were red, like this hurt her too."Noah, here's the deal. Remember those medical tests you and Juliet took before you planned to get married?""We saw the results. The doctor said you had a low sperm count and probably couldn't have kids."I went stiff.Juliet and I had done that screening before

I still had rent to pay. Food to buy.No matter how wrecked I felt, I had to keep going.Eventually, I landed a job waiting tables at a restaurant.One night, my manager sent me to check on a private room.The second I opened the door, I saw them.My parents. Juliet. Paul. A bunch of relatives.They were all sitting there, laughing like one big happy family.And there I was in my uniform, frozen in the doorway with a pitcher of tea.The room went dead silent.Mom's face changed first.Juliet looked up and froze.Paul recovered a second later and gently put a hand on her shoulder.I gripped the tray tighter but kept my mouth shut.Head down, I walked in and refilled their drinks.Mom lowered her voice."Why are you working somewhere like this?"The relatives started whispering too."You went to college. How'd you end up here?""Didn't he used to have some office job?"I stood there, the pitcher hot against my hand.Their words burned worse.I turned to leave, but Pa

She finally understood.None of this had ever been for Noah's own good.He wasn't infertile.There'd never been some impossible choice to make.From the start, Noah hadn't done anything wrong.And they'd pushed him so far he couldn't even remember who he was anymore.That day, Juliet rushed into his room.Noah sat on the edge of the bed, holding his stuffed animal and eating cookies.He looked up.She seemed familiar.But she scared him.Juliet's eyes instantly turned red."Noah..."He shrank back and looked at the nurse."Why does this lady keep coming here?"Those words shattered her.When Robert and Adaline arrived at the facility, both looked pale.Adaline stood frozen in the doorway.She opened her mouth but couldn't say his name.Only then did she understand.Noah hadn't been throwing a tantrum.He was her son.He'd been hurt. Angry. Fighting back.Waiting for her to choose him for once.Now, that Noah was gone.Meanwhile, Paul started to panic.The clin

The doctor said Noah's memories were slowly coming back.With treatment, more might return little by little.They started showing him things from his past.Noah would pick something up and ask, "Is this mine?"Most of the time, he'd look at it for a second, then put it back down.Whenever Adaline watched, hope flashed in her eyes.Then disappeared.She was searching his face for any sign of the old Noah.But Noah couldn't give her that.Later, his rehab therapist, Dr. Tom Harper, showed him a video.A little bird chirped, repeating Noah's nickname.At first, Noah just watched.Then tears started rolling down his face.He didn't even know why.He only knew his chest hurt.Like he'd lost something that mattered more than he could remember.Outside the room, Adaline saw it and broke down.She finally understood.Some pain didn't disappear just because the memory did.Even if Noah couldn't remember, his body remembered what he'd lost.Meanwhile, Paul's life fell apart.

After that, Noah started having nightmares almost every night.Always in fragments.And he always woke at the worst part.Drenched in sweat. Hands shaking.The doctor said his memories were coming back.It was a good sign.But it was also the hardest part.Slowly, Noah started remembering more.Every memory ripped the wound open again.Later, Dr. Harper mentioned Juliet's name.The cup slipped from Noah's hand.He jerked back, breathing hard."No injections. Please..."Everyone went pale.Now they finally understood.Even when Noah remembered nothing, his body remembered one thing.Juliet meant pain.Meanwhile, the lawsuits were finally settled.Both the clinic that mixed up his test results and the psychiatric facility were ordered to pay damages.But no amount of money could bring back the Noah he'd been.Only then did the people who'd once turned against him finally shut up.Some admitted he'd really lost his girlfriend to another guy.Others said no wonder he'