Lyrical Lies

Amnesia.

No! I don't have amnesia!

I shook my head as I choked on my words. My throat felt like it was closing and I couldn't talk.

I opened my mouth again, desperate to tell them there was nothing wrong with me.

But before I could say anything, some one knocked on the door.

A man holding a little girl entered.

"Lily wants to see Violet," he said.

"Wait. I have to talk to you first, Quinn," said Mikey, leading them back outside.

Gerard sat down at the foot of my bed.

"Vi, what did you do yesterday?" his chocolaty voice asked me.

"Um..." I said as I thought back to yesterday, "I was at home, with my mom. We cleaned out Heather's room and then I went to visit her grave."

"Oh Violet," Gerard mumbled sadly as he pulled me into his arms.

"Gerard? Where's my mom?"

He looked at me as if unsure how to respond.

"....Not here."

"Did something happen to her in the earthquake?" I asked frantically.

He shook his head.

I sighed.

"Good. I don't know what I would do if something happened to her."