The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 624 Recurring Nightmares

"Charlie, hurry and get my phone. It's in my room." Upon getting his phone, Charles quickly called their family doctor. A few minutes later, Doctor Hu arrived and rushed to see Sheryl. He gave her a quick physical examination. He didn't find anything wrong with Sheryl. It seemed like Sheryl was struck by something which scared her and made her faint.

"Doctor Hu, what happened? What's wrong with Sher?" Sheryl's forehead was covered with sweat. Charles noticed it but couldn't do anything to help her. For him, that kind of feeling really sucked. "Well, there's nothing wrong with her, Charles. She's perfectly fine!" The doctor replied as he packed up his stuff. "She might have experienced a panic attack after something hit her. She will be better after a good rest."

"That's impossible!" Nothing struck Sheryl. She just started to sweat and turned into this condition all of a sudden. Charles pulled the doctor's shirt collar and ordered nervously, "Give her another checkup. Make it more thorough and careful this time. Please hurry up!"

"Charles..." Doctor Hu was quite familiar with Charles. He didn't intend to hide anything from the latter. He wrinkled his eyebrows and explained, "I remember, you told me that she lost her memory. Perhaps she just remembered something from her past which made her panic and lose consciousness."

"Are you trying to say that she might get her memory back and recall what happened before?" asked Charles.

"Yes." Nodding his head, Doctor Hu continued,"Her memory loss was induced by a medicine. Normally, meeting familiar people or being in a familiar environment could trigger her brain to access all sorts of memories, including the inactive ones. However, it seemed that what happened in her past was torture for her. Therefore, it might not be advisable for Sheryl to remember everything."

Doctor Hu gave Charles a glance and added, "Think about it."

What the doctor said really made sense. Charles was at a loss. He didn't know how to respond nor did he know what to do. On the other hand, he really wished that Sheryl would regain her memory. In that way, he would at least know what happened three years ago.

If what happened in the past was too painful for Sheryl, then what was the point of remembering all those things?

After seeing off the doctor, Charles held Sheryl into his arms and carried her into the bedroom. He laid her down on the bed. Sheryl still looked very anxious. She was sweating so Charles wiped off the sweat from her forehead. When he was about to take the two kids to the dining room for breakfast, Sheryl suddenly grabbed his hand. "No! Please don't hurt my baby."

Although she couldn't remember what happened in the past, Sheryl had recurring nightmares. Charles felt sorry and sad just by watching her in agony.

Charles squeezed Sheryl's hand firmly. He really wished he could take all the pain and suffering from her. She didn't deserve to go through all those painful experiences. "Charlie," Charles uttered as he turned around,"please go to the dining room with Shirley and have your breakfast first. I'll stay here with Sher."

"Uncle Charles." Shirley was a little scared. She inquired, "Is Sher going to be okay?"

"Sure, she'll be okay. Don't worry sweetie. I'll look after her," Charles promised and gave a smile to Shirley.

Reassured by Charles' words, Shirley went downstairs with Charlie. Sheryl was still in a daze. She grabbed Charles' hand firmly as if she was holding a life vest.

Sitting next to Sheryl on the bed, Charles felt really bad watching Sheryl having a nightmare. Her eyebrows were tightly furrowed.

Sheryl was having an extended dream. In her dream, she just gave birth to a baby boy. She clearly saw that the baby boy had the same birthmark on the wrist just like Charlie's. Then, a woman barged in and hurriedly took her baby away. Sheryl wanted to know who she was. But no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't see the woman's face.

She wanted to shout out loud but no words came out of her mouth.

She wanted to grab the woman's hand, but she couldn't move her body, at all.

Helplessly, she just watched the woman walk away as she carried her baby boy in her arms. The woman left Sheryl nothing but the sight of her leaving shadow.

Sheryl was so scared and startled that she woke up. Her clothes were wet, soaked by her sweat. Then she saw Charles sitting next to her. Sheryl was very surprised and pulled back her hand from his grasp. Embarrassed, she asked Charles. "What... what happened to me?"

"You passed out," Charles said and gazed at Sheryl. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah." Sheryl wanted to sit up but failed because of dizziness. She had lost all her strength. Charles gave her a cushion and helped her sit up. He said to her gently, "You're still very weak now. The doctor just gave you a check up. He said nothing was wrong with you. Are you feeling hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

"No, thank you. I'm fine." Charles hadn't recovered from his injury. Sheryl came here to take care of him. However, she suddenly passed out and ironically, Charles ended as the one taking care of her. Sheryl felt very embarrassed and sorry.

"I'll make lunch for you after I have a good rest," Sheryl said, still struggling. But Charles made her stay in bed. He said firmly,"Look at yourself. Forget about lunch. Why don't you just lie in bed and take a rest? I'll make lunch. Don't worry about that."

"No way!" Sheryl said and wrinkled her eyebrows. "I came here to take care of you. How come..."

Charles stopped Sheryl and blurted, "Please don't move!" His hands were gentle on Sheryl's shoulders. Sheryl realized that she couldn't move her body at all. "It's settled then. Stay here and have a good rest," Charles said calmly.

Charles looked at Sheryl and uttered, "I'll get you a glass of water."

Charles didn't mention to Sheryl that she just had a nightmare. Sheryl had screamed, "Stop, don't take my baby!" while she was dreaming. The sight was heart-breaking and made Charles felt really sorry for her.

Charles sent out his staff to look for the missing child. He couldn't ask Sheryl about him considering that she had lost her memory.

But Charles was sure about one thing. That baby was taken away by someone. Charles learned it from Sheryl's relentless screams.

Charles closed the door gently and went downstairs. Charlie and Shirley had already finished their breakfast and were already having fun in the playhouse. Charles asked Charlie to take care of Shirley before he got a glass of milk and went upstairs.

When Charles opened the door, he saw Sheryl in a pensive mood. She remembered the nightmare she just had. Everything in that dream was so real that she felt like she had just experienced the whole scene. She couldn't even tell whether it was only a dream or something that was real.

Seeing Sheryl in that condition melted Charles' heart. He stood in front of the door for a long time before he managed to smile and walked into the room. He said to her,"Drink some milk, Sheryl. It might help you calm down."

"Thank you," Sheryl said politely. She also stopped thinking about the dream. Charles sat next to her and finally decided to ask after a long pause, "Did you just have a nightmare?"

Sheryl was surprised. Alerted, she stared at Charles. Smiling, Charles said, "Relax. I just heard you talking frantically in your sleep. So I wondered if you were having a bad dream."