Chapter 75

“I can get myself dressed!” he protested.

“Not yet, you can’t,” the nurse fussed. “You’re as weak as a kitten, although I must say that you don’t particularly look as weak as a kitten!”

“Why can’t Vivian help me?” he demanded, his heart sinking as he saw the nurse begin to roll her sleeves up over her rather hefty forearms. He’d much rather that dark-haired angel be at hand.

The nurse coughed. “Well, she was a little taken-aback when you didn’t recognise her, of course—but, as I told her, that’s perfectly normal in these circumstances.”

“You mean I know her?”

The nurse helped him with his jeans and began to get rather pink around the neck.

“Yes, Scott” said Vivian, in an odd, strained kind of voice as she walked into the room. “You do know me—you just can’t remember.”

Scott was still feeling groggy, but not too groggy to wonder how well he had known her.

“Here.” Vivian began to slide a sweater over his head, her fingers automatically c