I kept talking to Allegra for a while until I realized that she fell asleep. I smiled softly and put her back into her crib. I kissed her on her forehead before I left the room.

I heard somebody opening the door and saw Shane coming in smiling at me.

“Hey, I missed you this morning. Where have you been? And whose baby is that in Jenny’s room?”

Shane looked at me as if I was insane. She put her hand on my forehead to check my temperature. Now she looked concerned.

“Hey where are your crutches and your plaster? The doctor told me that you have to keep them three more weeks.”

“Carmen, what are you talking about? Are you okay?”

“The plaster! You…you were supposed to keep it three more weeks.”

“I don’t have any plaster, Carm. And that Baby you’re talking about. That’s Allegra. Our daughter.”

“No, no, no. This is a joke, right? That’s Alice trying to play a trick on me, but it doesn’t work. Nuh-uh. Come on Alice you can come out now!”

“Carmen! Stop yelling, Allegra’s sleeping. Oh good, you woke her up. I’ll get her.”

I was still laughing nervously. When I looked around I saw pictures I didn’t see before. There were pictures of Shane, Allegra and me. Me feeding Allegra. Shane playing with Allegra. My heart beated too fast. I had to sit down. What was going on? Why didn’t I know my own daughter? I felt like I was sleeping for years since the day I got back with Shane.

Finally Shane came out of Allegra’s room and sat down next to me.

“Baby, you’re scaring me. Did something happen? Did you fall on your head?”

“No…I…I don’t know I…Shane I think I lost my memory…I can’t remember anything. When I woke up…I…”

“Okay…shh…slow down. We have all the time in the world, okay?”

“What I can remember is the day when we got back together. We had a little welcome back party for you. I had a bet with Alice. And we were not allowed to have sex, we talked and fell asleep.”