[ Zach's PoV - Two Years Ago ]
"Can you, Sid? Can you promise to love me even when I don't remember you? Can you promise to stand by my side and watch me fall in love with someone else?"
Her voice was nothing more than a trembling whisper as she took a step ahead onto the floor illuminated by bands of sunlight, and her shaking legs somehow found a way to stumble despite standing on a polished carpet, but before she could touch the ground, my firm set of hands held her.
I looked up and into her brown eyes nervously, tears brimming into her own. She was here. So close. I helped me back to my feet but my fingers still lingered on my waist, my grip steady.
She goes on. "Can you do that, now? Have me look into your eyes and see you as nothing more than a stranger?"
I gulp. "I love you, an
