Someone to Replace Me
After I developed transient amnesia, fragments of my memories would come back to me every day. But after a month, I would lose part of my memory again. The doctor said my condition would shorten my life and that there was no cure.
Devastated, I went to my parents, ready to tell them I was giving up on treatment.
Instead, I overheard my family talking inside the room.
"His memories are returning! We have to increase the dosage before he remembers everything!"
My older sister, Lena Jackson, hesitated.
"This has already happened 99 times. If we do it again, we might really ruin him."
"What if he gets his memory back and wants to return to the other world? Won't Zach die because of him?"
"Don't forget! The more he suffers here, the better Zach's life will be over there!"