My project for course: Introduction to Commercial Fiction Writing

Title: Someone I Used to Know
Lema wakes up in a hospital bed and doesn’t remember how she got there. She is told she was in an accident and is suffering from amnesia. A man shows up claiming they were together but she doesn’t remember him and isn’t sure if she should trust him
She is living in Dubai, where she’s moved just a few months ago, and unfortunately, those are the months she has no memory of. She has to cope with adjusting to a new life all over again, without having any help due to her determination to live a very solitary life in this country and to keep people from getting to know her as little as possible. Which leads to the unfortunate downside of now having nobody to guide her except for this man who wants to help her remember not only herself but him as well. But she doesn’t know if she should believe him and if the things he’s saying are even true. Did she really let someone get this close to her while being so adamant about avoiding any connections?
Why is he sticking around and what does he want?
If she really did love him, would she have forgotten him so completely?

Chapter 1

This wasn’t the first time she was hugging her parents goodbye. She’d left home for many reasons before. But this was the first time it felt somehow worse. This time she knew she was leaving more than her parents behind, she was leaving her friends, her favorite places and the best parts of herself and her personality behind. This move marked a change that she had signed up for, knowing full well the consequences it came with, her interests, personal time, social life, and the way she had planned her life to go.
“I just feel like I’m going to end up losing myself in the process.” Lema thought as she made her way onto her flight