Lahat ng Kabanata ng THE WIFE HE TRIED TO ERASE : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 3

---“He lied to you. He is actually your husband, and you have a son together.”That is what the man in my doorway said.I stared at him. My hospital room smelled like antiseptic and old flowers. For two days I had been Maya with no last name, no history, after the car accident. Doctors called it retrograde amnesia. I remembered how to read, that I hated cilantro, how to tie shoes, but not who I married, not if I had children.This stranger in a black suit, sleeves pushed up, tall and calm, was telling me my life was a lie.“Who are you?”, I whispered. It was the first time I spoke above a whisper since waking.“My name is Ethan Cole”, he said, careful, not coming too close. “We met before. At a design summit in Seattle.”“They told me no visitors besides family”, I whispered. “The nurses said my friend asked for privacy. My friend Daniel and his wife Lily and their little boy came this morning.”“Your friend”, Ethan repeated, and something hard flashed in his eyes. “Daniel Hayes.”I

---The hospital walls were closing in on me.Every time a nurse came in, she asked, "Has Lily been by? Your friend's wife is so lovely." Every chart on the door said Emergency Contact: Lily Chen, wife of Daniel Hayes. My own name was listed under notes as friend of family, no allergies, no next of kin. I could not breathe there. The air itself felt like a lie.I stared at the ceiling tiles again, at the water stain in the corner that looked like a dinosaur. Noah loved dinosaurs. My son. The little boy who called another woman Mom this morning.Ethan was still by the window where I had watched them. He had not left since yesterday. He sat with his sleeves pushed up, a coffee gone cold in his hand, watching me watch the parking lot where the black SUV had been."I cannot stay here," I told him that evening. My voice was hoarse from crying and from the tube they had removed yesterday. My IV was finally out, my bag packed with nothing because I had nothing. The clothes Daniel brought for