Chapter 48: RICHARD
There has been speculation and rumors about scientists being on the verge of creating a cutting edge technology that can erase painful and scary memories from the brain.
The first time I heard such a rumor, I had asked Ray if it were true. If somehow or in any way, Xander Technologies were part of this new creation process. It was projects like this that his father usually invested in, projects that would not only shake the entire world, but amass profits unlike ever seen or heard of.
I remember the incredulous look Ray gave me when I told him of it. Like I was speaking Japanese.
He didn’t believe it until we researched about it and discovered it was true, though the details of the tech remained scarce. Almost like it was confidential.
Ray even got his father involved, to see if the almighty Xander West would be able to get firsthand information on this tech, but he couldn’t.
I came across that rumor, or fact rather a year after what was the hardest of my life. I recall wishing, praying and investing a lot to see if I could perhaps secure the first usage privilege, but the tech remained ever sketchy and out of reach.
I was willing to let go of the memories of that year, the sixteen year of existence. And now, 8 years later, this tech is yet to be fashioned. Perhaps the implications and intrication of altering the memories of the brain, forced production to cease.
Or maybe, the tech has been finished, and the government was hoarding it for themselves or as an advantage over
other competitive world powers.
Whatever may be the case, I think I would still love for memories of that year to be erased from my mind.
Even as I recalled such dark times, I feel the pain, the sorrow, the tears, the yelling, the fake smiles, the concealments... all fresh in my mind like a new coat of paint.
Rewinding to the day it all started, I had left Claire speechless and laying on the cold marble floors of our living room as I ascended the stairs to my room, slamming the door with enough force to set even my own teeth on edge.