A Journey from Bitterness to Truth (Matilda and Yvan) novel Chapter 357

Yvan had been vigilantly watching over Matilda for a month when she finally awakened from her abyssal slumber. Blinded momentarily by the piercing sunlight, she lay confused in her bed, the light refracting into her eyes in a way that made her feel like a newborn, cluelessly reintroduced to the world.

Small movements of her fingers led to a chain reaction of awareness and pain throughout her body. What started as a prickling sensation soon escalated into an unbearable agony—a vivid reminder that she was indeed alive. Matilda frowned, her expression one of discomfort when suddenly, a child's voice broke the silence, "Mommy! You're awake!"

Matilda gazed at Logan, her throat too parched to produce any sound, her mouth merely opening and closing without words. Her brain seemed engulfed in fog, her ability to speak temporarily lost.

Tears came to Logan's eyes first. "Mommy... you're finally awake."

Over the past month, Matilda had become a shadow of her former self, her life hanging by a thread, sustained only by IV nutrition.

Logan ran to fetch the doctors and nurses, crying out for help. When the medical staff entered, they found Matilda sitting up in bed like a child, a moment that sparked joy among them. "Thank goodness, she's awake," they exclaimed.

Meanwhile, Keaton and Yvan were discussing matters when a nurse burst in, "Dr. Keaton, the patient in VIP room 02 is awake!"

Yvan's heart skipped a beat before he rushed out the door, overtaking Keaton. It was as if he had been granted a second chance at happiness. He pushed open the door to the private room, and as their eyes met, the world seemed to fall away behind him. Matilda's face was pale, her eyes dark and sunken, her fingers clutching the bedsheet tightly as she stared at him in bewilderment.

Then, from her lips came three words that struck Yvan like lightning, "Who are you?"

Frozen in place, Yvan couldn't move.

Keaton arrived promptly to examine Matilda, only to discover a heartbreaking reality: Matilda remembered everyone except Yvan.

Having been in a dark world for too long, she seemed disconnected from this one upon waking. As memories flooded back to her, they overwhelmed her, deliberately leaving out Yvan.

Yvan stood at the doorway, unable to step forward.

Keaton took Yvan outside, and once in his office, Yvan's eyes were red with emotion, nearly flipping Keaton's desk in frustration. "What's going on?! Why does she remember everyone but me?!"

Keaton looked into Yvan's eyes and said softly, "You need to ask yourself that."

"It seems her brain instinctively blocked out memories it deemed harmful, as if she's trying to escape, to forget..."

Keaton sighed deeply, "Perhaps the recent stress caused her to temporarily hide away her memories of you. They should return in time. But you need to consider... what was the last straw for Matilda?"

What had been the final blow?

Yvan murmured, "Carter said... he had someone break Matilda's fingers... and all this... was because of... my negligence..."