Fake!

When we face Danner, he doesn't seem to recognize Alyssa either.
Not that they were close friends, but he was in frequent contact with journalists on his business. “Danner, Alyssa is here for an interview. You used to be the talkative one of us, but given the circumstances, I'll take your job for the time being." We all laugh at my own joke.
He shakes Alyssa's hand and offers to sit next to me on the bench. She does, but her attitude is alarming. As if she is on a mission and about to launch her drama anytime.
“So, how's New York's hottest couple doing? You seem to be recovering well, Danner,” she starts. Danner smiles. “Well, thanks to my beautiful fiancé here, I have everything I need and more. And so, my recovery is going well.” He takes my hand and kisses the back. To a spectator, we look like a happy couple.
Alyssa clears her throat.
“Do you already know why you were traveling at such high speed, Danner? You've never been a daredevil. And then in one of Loraine's favorite cars.”
Why do I feel like she's spinning a web or am I too distrustful? I look at her warningly, she pretends not to notice.
“Well, I wish I knew, but I'll have to disappoint you. Thank God I was alone, I don't know what I would have done if Loraine was injured because of my behavior", he sighs, gripping my hand tighter. I lean towards him for a kiss. “But then the collision might not have happened, babe. You always drive carefully with me next to you”, I assure him.
"But that's what makes it so interesting." Alyssa now raises her eyebrows as if she doesn't understand something. “Where were you, Loraine? You don't normally lend that Bugatti to anyone, it's your baby. And Danner has his own collection. Then what was he doing in your car without you? Everyone wonders that. Why weren't you together like always? Did something happen beforehand that made Danner behave like that?”
“Ooohhh Gosh, Alyssa! Why are you always so suspicious? Everyone does something irresponsible from time to time. None of us here is a saint, come on”, I object. “Danner just misjudged the situation, girl.”
"Could be. But where were you, Loraine? Because if you were with him in the penthouse as usual, you would have been in the car when he left."
This busybody really can't stop!!
“Alyssa, what does it matter where I was? It doesn't change what happened to Danner. Maybe it was my good luck that I wasn't there!", I snap at her.
“Besides, you're wearing a nice dress today. Why didn't you put on white jeans?”, I ask her with a sour face. I look at her closely, noticing that she understands my hint very well. I just want to knock her off the topic. But she got a tight hold on it, won’t let go.
“Could it be that you broke off the engagement and Danner left with your car angry? Because you were in the penthouse for less than an hour when you usually stay overnight. And besides, you arrived at the hospital after Danner had been there for a few hours. Where were you that night of the accident, Loraine? Do you have something to hide?”, she asks meaningfully raising her eyebrows again.
“You really have a rich imagination. The weeks before the accident I had been irregularly staying in the penthouse. Danner and I had other plans, but that's private", I hiss at her. “And did the sun shine less brightly then?”. Out of the corner of my eye, I notice Danner shifting uncomfortably in his wheelchair.
“Alyssa, why do you think we broke off our engagement? Does it look like that now?”. Triumphantly I turn my head at the bitch. She's clearly looking for a negative scoop again. “Don't worry about Alyssa, Danner. Sometimes she makes up her own news and spins around it.”
Alyssa doesn't give a damn, just stares at us thoughtfully.
“Danner, don't you really remember anything? Because according to your medical examination, there is nothing wrong with your head. The airbag cushioned the blow.” I look at her in disbelief. Does she really think she knows better what's going on with Danner than the attending doctors? “And why should I pretend to have amnesia? What would I gain by doing so? Do you think I like staying in a nursing home while I own a comfortable penthouse? Now you're making nasty jokes, Miss Journalist." Danner is no longer smiling, his irritation is evident on his face.
“You were always obsessed with Loraine. Maybe this is your chance to keep her with you longer, are you betting that she decides to stay with you after all? There is not much I don’t know about you, man”. Danner's face flushed red, his eyes spitting fire. “Shut up with your allegations! You lack any proof. Loraine is right, you are making news out of your own inventions.”
“Hmmmm, I wouldn't say so. Minutes before you jumped into the car that day, you commissioned an expensive and well-known private detective to follow all Loraine's movements," Alyssa explains. "I won't ask you why, because you can't remember it anyway, you suffer from amnesia." After her sarcastic comment, she jumps up confidently and walks away without looking back.
‘Danner was spying on me!’, my head is buzzing now. And then I wonder if Alyssa is right, that he is faking his amnesia because he knows about Dordrich and me. But how can I be sure she’s telling the truth?
I turn back to Danner confused like hell. “Is it true what she just said, Danner? Do you check on all my actions, and do you remember everything normally? Because then you also know that we are no longer engaged, we broke up that night of the accident. Now tell me honestly, I want to know!".
He remains silent.
“Danner, are you kidding me here?”.
Silence!
Seriously?..


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