As Ray stands up from where he is seated, he heads to the ship entrance to wait for the Body of David to be placed on board. Daniella is not supposed to know anything about this, not until they reach Brazil.
Ray stands as the body is brought forth on a stretcher; everyone stands to pay respect to him. All the men on this ship know him well and how strong he had been.
Unknown to them, Daniella leaves Timothy’s sight to look for a washroom in a rush while Timothy was making a phone call. She stands as she watches everyone standing paying respect to a person. She gets a glimpse of Ray and moves next to him to ask for where the washrooms are since its urgent.
As she gets closer, she sees familiar clothes on the pwrson they are paying respect too; she keeps getting closer and closer until she stands next to Ray. As she lift her hand to hold Ray's shirt, she freezes as she watches the lifeless body of her father covered in blood.
She calls out “dad”. Ray looks down next to him and he sees Daniella frozen right next to him with the word “Dad on her lips continuously. He stands in front of her to shield her from the sight, but he is already too late.
She struggles to see more but Ray remains still. He gets down on his knee to be at same level with her. When she looks into Ray’s eyes, it confirms all her fears.
“Dad--------” she screams out aloud and run to the body passing past Ray. She holds him calling out his name. Everyone, tears up, as they watch Daniella trying to wake up her dad.
“Dad wake up, you promised to give me my birthday present, dad, dad, you promised not to leave me alone, please dad wake up” she talks through sobs as tears run down her cheeks.
She finally lifts her hands off his body and realises their is blood on her hands. She screams so hard at the sight of blood and wets her clothes because of fear. Ray rushes over to her and lifts her up, she faints in his hands.
Timothy comes rushing and stops the moment he sees a fainted Daniella in the hands of Ray, he does not ask because the look on Ray’s face says it all. Ray carries her to the ship dispensary and lays her down.
Timothy comes with a change of clothes as they remove those she was wearing. Ray being a medical student, he does all the necessary first aid and they leave her in the room to rest.
They set off, with Claris looking after Daniella. It took them 5days to get to Brazil, the Captain of the ship made that possible. Daniella did not wake up for the entire journey. The ship doctor took care of her with the help of Ray who was his student.
On arrival, Mr Alves was waiting for them. All arrangements had been made and everything went smoothly until they reached the Alves residence. Mrs Alves handled everything concerning Daniella and Claris kept an eye on her just like she did at the ship.
Burial arrangements were made, but they all waited for Daniella to wake up which took her 2 more days to finally wake up.
She wakes up in a strange room and sees Claris next to her. Claris rushes out calling for help and comes back with Timothy who texts his mother. She looks between Claris and Timothy but recognises only Timothy.
“Uncle Tim” she calls out and he comes next to her, he holds her hand and looks her in the eyes. Mrs Alves comes forth and examines her.
“How are you feeling my princess?” she asks, but Daniella looks confused, until she lights up in a big smile and calls out.
“Grandma” Mrs Alves looks shocked but goes along with it and gives her a sweet smile and she hugs her.
“Grandma, I have heard a lot about you, I always wanted to see you but dad told me I would on my birthday. He kept his promise” Mrs Alves pauses for a second and looks at Timothy who has a confused look.
She pulls her away, and looks into her eyes and pinches her nose. She giggles and hugs Mrs Alves more.
“Looks like all your energy is back. What day is today?” Mrs Alves asks her with a smiling face.
“Its my birthday grandma, dad promised me a gift and I cannot wait to receive it” she says in excitement. Ray who seems to be entering the door pauses the moment those words come out of Danielle, like he already know what is heppening.
He enters and gets Claris’ hand and leads her out. He sits with her down and Miles who heads their way is also made to sit down next to them. He sighs and lifts his head and looks at both their faces.
“Daniele-----” he says while pausing, like it’s the hardest thing he has to say to them.
“Daniele, is a little sick, she will not be remembering most of us. So try and be good to her don’t ask her about the things that happened in Ireland. When the time comes, she will remember on her own. For now let her rest more, you will see her later. Is that okay?” he says and asks while looking them in the eyes. They seem young to ask so many questions so they just nod and then leave .
As they go away, Timothy opens the door and and Ray gets on his feet. Mrs Alves comes out first and Timothy follows. They all look at Ray who seems to get a glimpse of the situation.
“She lost her memory Ray” says Mrs Alves
“How bad is it?” Ray asks looking down on the floor. Timothy gets close to him and holds his shoulder tightly.
“Her mind has created memories that never existed, and erased some that existed. We need to get her to Dr. Brandon to get a clear evaluation” she says and she holds Ray’s hand and leads him to the meeting room where Quinn and Mr Alves seem to be in a heated conversation.
“Santos senior is going to answer for the loss of my son” barks Mr Alves in anger, as his wife gets close to him to calm him down.
The faces of the three people that have entered is full of worry that Quinn and Mr Alves get confused.
“Dad” calls out Ray, as his father Quinn gets close to him.
“She lost all her memories concerning me” he says as confusion lights the room.
“What do you mean Ray?” asks Mr Alves as his wife rubs his back to calm him for what is about to happen.
“Mi amor, Daniella has erased most of the memories from Ireland and she has created new ones. It’s a form of defensive mechanism” Mr Alves says as she sits down next to her husbad.
“When I was onboard the ship, I showed her the family picture we took before leaving. Those seem to be the only people she has in her memory now” say Timothy as he rubs his hand through his face.
Ray faces the wall and boxes it hard until Timothy holds him back. His hand is bruised so badly. Timothy leads him out to treat him. Quinn looks on as his son heads out. He sighs so hard and passes his hand through his long brown hair.
“What is it Quinn?” asks Mr Alves
“Anton, junior is going to loss control. Help me tame him. The only person that can keep him sane does not remember him. His mentor David is gone, it’s going to be a disaster Anton.”
“I know Quinn, his mother was like that too. We have to let him get purpose, that way he will control himself. Trust me on this” says Mr Alves as they continue to discuss about what to do.
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