I thought I was having a hard time getting an answer out of myself.

I was confused about the change from Damien's mistress to his fiancée.

When I went to visit my mother, my brain was still full of that unanswerable question.

My mother was lying on the hospital bed. The nurses from the private hospital and Anna, the caretaker hired by Damien, had taken good care of her. She looked much better than before, although she still hadn't woken up.

"I thought perhaps ...