Hear me world and hear me well,

It’sDanielle, Danielle, Danielle!

’And I can see Danielle waving goodbye
God it looks like Danielle must be the clouds in my eyes’

Regina? She wrote this and hid it in here? When I was asleep? How did she know I’d ever find it? Changed her name to Danielle? What sort of sick mind would pull a stunt like this? My brain was spinning in my aching head with so many unanswered questions. This didn’t make any sense. But the sheet was never a couple of weeks old; the edges were too frayed, faded and fusty. I looked at the black and white photos again and then turned to the blue exercise book they’d slipped out of. It had an inscription inside the front cover:

They say you remember nothing, not even your name. I hope the pictures and cuttings I’ve collected will help you remember and help you piece together your life to date.

Stuck inside the back cover was a photo titled ‘Class of 76’. Sitting in the middle of the front row was Regina. She was unmistakably my Regina, the beautiful, vivacious girl I’d made love to - half a lifetime after this photo was taken. I thought I must be going mad. What was I to believe? A girl, or the ghost of a girl, crossed thirty years to meet me on the hospital stairs? I frantically read the chronologically compiled clippings. They were dated the same year as the class photograph.

A young woman diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour and given only weeks to live, has been found to be miraculously clear of the disease. After extensive tests, doctors are still baffled, though it is known that tumours can - on very rare occasions - vanish spontaneously without a trace. Regina Holdsworth, 19, dubbed ‘The miracle girl’ by hospital staff, is understandably ‘overjoyed’. ‘Now I can get on with the rest of my life. While in hospital I found someone to share it with too! It’s unbelievable, fantastic!’ she told reporters today.

Holdsworth? Regina Holdsworth? That was Danielle’s maiden name. Confusion numbed me, dulled my thinking. The next heart-breaking headline was dated less than six weeks later.

A tragic accident has left a miraculously cured ‘terminal’ cancer patient on a life support machine. Regina Holdsworth, 19, is said to be in a critical condition in The Royal Hallamshire Hospital. Regina made national news recently when her ‘untreatable’ brain tumour simply disappeared, leaving her clear of the disease. A spokeswoman said that although she is now stable, she suffered horrific head and facial injuries and, despite having undergone several operations, doctors have warned that she may never regain consciousness. A witness at the scene of the crash, in South Street, Walkley, said they saw the lorry mount the pavement and crush the girl against a wall. A 36 year-old man, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, is being