Before I Go to Sleep Page #3

Go ahead.

Are you okay?

Some of the photographs

were taken from random,

others from your file.

This caused distinct neural excitation.

Who is she?

Did I have a friend?

Of course. You had a lot.

You were very popular.

With red hair?

- Not that I recall.

- Called Claire.

Claire? It doesn't ring a bell. Why?

You're absolutely certain?

Well, I mean, it's possible.

You had a lot of friends. Why?

It's just, I, uh...

I had a memory.

A memory?

Wife, well, sort of. I guess.

That's great. What kind of memory?

Claire. She had red hair.

She was a friend.

A good friend, I think.

Well, I mean...

I suppose you might have done, once.

Years ago.

Claire...

There might have been a Claire.

A friend from college.

There was a girl you were close to.

I mean, she might have been

called Claire.

So what happened to her?

What?

This isn't the first time

you've remembered Claire.

I don't understand.

It's not something we talk about.

Why not?

You drifted apart.

Why?

A couple of years after your accident,

she moved away.

- Where to?

- Canada, I think.

You think?

Truth is it didn't really matter to you

where she went.

You couldn't remember her

from one day to...

It matters. It matters now.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

I keep them in my study.

You hide them?

They upset you.

You hide a piece of my past from me?

- To protect you.

- From what?

She couldn't handle it, Chris.

She couldn't handle knowing that

15 minutes after she left,

you had no idea she even existed.

After a while, she stopped calling

or even...

- She wasn't the only one, Chris.

- How can I trust you if you lie to me?

I live with you. With this.

Sometimes, when the truth

is painful or complicated,

I don't always have the strength.

Usually I do, but not always.

I'm sorry.

- So, what, you edit my life?

- This isn't just about you!

Sometimes this is a question

of what I can handle

and I can't always handle everything!

Not every day.

Sometimes we both need a day off.

He's keeping

Claire from you.

He says he's protecting you but he...

Don't trust him.

Don't trust Ben.

- Hello?

- Christine?

Hello, it's Dr Nasch.

You won't remember me,

but we've been meeting almost every day

for the last few weeks... A camera...

It's in a shoe box

somewhere on the bottom shelf of

the cupboard nearest the bathroom.

He's keeping

Claire from you.

He says he's protecting...

Claire...

He's keeping Claire...

He says he's protecting you,

but he's keeping Claire from you.

Don't trust Ben.

Bastard.

Are you all right?

I'm pregnant.

"When you

wake up in the morning, Pooh,

"what's the first thing

you say to yourself?"

"'What's for breakfast?'

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