" What do you mean he is missing? How could this happen? " I yelled at her.

" I don't know, I went to check on him in the morning and couldn't find him...I searched the whole department and couldn't find him " she explained.

" Okay..let's go check the security cameras of the department " I suggested.

I had this feeling in my heart that this wasn't okay, James was exhibiting signs of severe depression lately, I hoped he didn't hurt himself.

We went to the security room, there was a big security guard sitting inside, watching every move in the department.

We explained that situation to him, and asked him to help us.

He started reviewing the records of the security cameras, until we found him in one of them,

" Yes, there he is " I said.

" Okay, let's see where did he go? " The security man said, hitting some keys on the computer in front of him.

After some moments the security man said,

" Yep, he used the elevator to go to the roof. "

" Oh my God " the nurse started to panic.

" Okay, okay, let's make a quick decision here. I'm going to bring him down " I said.

" Are you sure you don't need any help? " The security man suggested.

" Yes I'm sure " I answered.

I ran towards the elevator like crazy, pushing all the doctors in my way, praying internally that James didn't hurt himself.

I got into the elevator, and kept making dua' that I'm not too late.

When I reached the roof, James instantly saw me, he was standing on the edge..

" Ya Allah, help me " I prayed.

" Don't come any closer or I'll jump " he threatened.

" No, but if you'll jump, I'll jump after you, I'm crazy " I said to him.

He looked at me in misunderstanding, and said,

" I'm just one of your patients, you don't care about me " he said.

" No, I do care " I answered.

" You are just saying that to stop me from jumping!! " He said.

" No, I'm not, I genuinely care, remember when I said I knew you, yes I did, we went to high school together and... " I stopped here.

" And..what? " He asked.

" And you were in love with that girl, you were her whole world, you restored her faith in love, you helped her, and I want to help you like you did " I said.

" How do you know? " He exclaimed.

" I was that girl.....'s friend " I said in hesitance.

" But I don't remember you, I don't remember anything, I don't remember anybody. There are these two old people who say that they are my parents, but I can't identify them. There is this hot girl that says that she is my girlfriend but I can't even remember her name. It's like being kidnapped, and sombody else's personality is being forced on you. Everybody is telling me who I'm and who I should be, but I don't know who I'm, I'm lost... " He started to cry.

" You will remember, give it time, I'm speaking now as your doctor and you....old friend, I've seen many cases like yours before, it's gonna be okay I promise, just come off the edge, please, don't hurt yourself, because if you do, you would be missing on an amazing life ahead of you, please James " I begged him.

" But I don't know who I'm??!!! " He said.

" Then be yourself, be who you are James, and everything will fall into the right place " I said.

" What if I never remember? " He asked.

" The chances of that are very low, one in a million, I promise " I said, trying to calm him down.

" I'm afraid " he said.

" Well, you shouldn't be, we are all here for you, James " I reassured him.

He just looked, as if making sure I was telling the truth, then he stepped off the edge.

And with him doing that I let out a sigh of relief.

We headed back to his room, and he got into the bed,

" Promise me you won't do anything like this again, promise me you won't try to hurt yourself again " I begged him.

" I can't promise you, I'm sorry " he said.

" Why.....? " I said before his parents interrupted us,

" Where have you been, son ? " His father said.

James didn't say a word, he just looked away.

I understood that he didn't want to speak to them so I asked them to step outside.

" Okay, I guess Mr Wayne needs some rest now " I said.

As we were leaving him, James grabbed my arm and whispered,

" Thank you "

I smiled at him and said

" You are welcome, just stay alive for me " I whispered back.

His mother noticed and held my other arm, almost dragging me outside.

As soon as we got outside, I freed my hand off her grip,

" I'm sorry ma'am, what was that? " I asked her angerily.

" Stop wrapping my son around your fingers, again " she yelled at me.

" First, stop yelling, we are in a hospital. Second, I'm doing my job, Third, your son was about to take his own life " I said.

" What? " She screamed.

" Yes, he wanted to throw himself off the roof. Alhamdulilah, I reached him before doing anything harmful to himself " I explained.

" Thank you, thank you Jannah " the father said.

" I'm telling you this because your son is in a severe state of depression, you have been pushing him to remember, and to him we are all strangers, he can't remember any of us " I explained.

" What do you want us to do, doctor?" The father asked.

" Don't visit him so often, just give him some time to recover his memory, I know it's hard, but this is only solution I can think of now " I replied.

" You are saying this, so that you can complete your evil plan to control him? " The mother said.

" Oh, please, shut up " I said, rolling my eyes up.

" Selina, stop it, the doctor is right, we have been pushing our son to remember, she is right we need to pay him less visits " the father said.

" Are you going to listen to what she is saying, Bruce? " The mother scorpion yelled at her husband.

" It's the final word, Selina " the old man said, rendering victorious over his snake of a wife.

Then they left.

Everything began to become better after James suicide attempt, he eats now and began to regain his normal weight.

He speaks to memore often, even joking that he couldn't remember anything about his past life.

His body has been responding better to the physiotherapy.

Until one day, after finishing surgery, I went to check on him.

I was standing by his bed, checking his vitals, when suddenly I saw him holding a scalpel against his wrist.

" This is it, I'm done acting " he said, crying.