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My head won’t stop spinning after I exit Dr Khan’s office. I still can’t wrap my mind around the last thing he said. I only put you in a stance to resolve your traumatic experience, but when you woke up, your memories were gone. My child version’s solution was to erase everything. Dr Khan said that sometimes when things are too much, the brain can resort to skipping over the traumatic parts. Suppressing memories becomes a vital need, not an option. I was mentally and physically all over the place after the fire. I entwine my fingers together as I walk down the hallway. Did I do the right thing? How about Aunt and Uncle, then? They hid this truth from me for ten years. I doubt they would’ve told me anything if I didn’t put two and two together. I can’t say I blame them, though. Since they swept me off from Birmingham, Aunt and Uncle did everything to protect me — to the point of overkill, sometimes. Dr Khan said I needed to think carefully about restoring my memories. It’s a one-way roa