Chapter 3: Something I Don’t Remember

The quiet in the private intel room was thick.

Joshua stared at the screen without blinking.

The DNA results were clear. Precise. Undeniable.

> Subject: Ezra K.

Twin 1: Joshia V Kwon — 99.98% maternal match

Twin 2: Jeshua V Kwon — 99.98% maternal match

Joshua leaned back in the chair slowly. His breath caught in his throat but didn’t release.

He had expected confusion. Maybe even a mistake in the paperwork. But this?

This was fact.

Ezra wasn’t some emotionally reactive woman who bonded with his kids too quickly.

She was their mother.

Biologically. Mathematically. Irrefutably.

And she didn’t even know.

He stood up and pushed the chair back, running a hand through his hair. His mind buzzed with too many thoughts, none of them useful.

He wanted to trust this feeling — the way it all seemed to fit the second he saw her.

But logic wouldn’t let him.

> How could a woman have your children and not remember?

> How could you not know you fathered twins with her?

Unless someone—

No. That line of thought was dangerous.

Joshua picked up the file and locked it in the drawer. He needed answers, but not now.

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Meanwhile, Ezra was trying not to break in the guest bathroom.

She gripped the sink so tightly her knuckles went white.

The whole day had spiraled.

The way the twins touched her.

The way her body reacted before her brain could catch up.

The way her chest burned when they looked at her like they knew her.

She had never been pregnant. Never went through labor. She was sure of that.

And yet…

> “Why do I feel like I’ve held them before?” she whispered to her reflection.

Her stomach twisted. Her head pounded.

> “Why does my body know them… when my mind doesn’t?”

She looked at herself in the mirror and barely recognized the person staring back.

For a moment, something flickered behind her eyes.

A hospital light.

A machine beep.

A cold voice saying, “She won’t remember.”

Ezra flinched.

> What was that?

She stormed out of the bathroom, fists clenched.

She didn’t care if it made her look unstable. She had to know.

She marched straight to Joshua’s office and pushed the door open without knocking.

He was there, standing near the desk, like he’d been waiting.

Ezra didn’t waste time.

> “Did you test me?”

Joshua nodded once.

> “Yes.”

> “DNA?”

> “Yes.”

Her heart pounded.

> “And?”

Joshua walked to the drawer and pulled out the locked folder. He opened it and handed her the paper.

Ezra’s fingers trembled as she scanned the page.

> Joshia V Kwon — 99.98%

Jeshua V Kwon — 99.98%

Her throat closed up.

She sat down slowly, almost in a daze.

> “I’m their mother…”

Joshua sat across from her, elbows on his knees, gaze fixed on her face.

> “I didn’t think it was possible either,” he admitted. “But the moment they touched you… I knew something was wrong.”

Ezra covered her mouth with one hand, trying not to cry. But the tears fell anyway.

> “I don’t remember,” she said. “I don’t remember anything. No pregnancy. No pain. No babies.”

Joshua’s jaw tightened. His voice dropped.

> “Ezra… Is there any part of your life that’s gone missing?”

She nodded shakily.

> “There’s a whole six-month gap I’ve never been able to explain. I thought I was just… unstable. Overworked. Maybe depressed. I had memory flashes sometimes but I ignored them.”

Joshua leaned forward.

> “Describe them.”

Ezra closed her eyes.

> “White rooms. Fluorescent lights. Pain in my stomach. Sometimes a voice telling me to breathe. And crying. Always crying.”

Joshua stayed silent for a long time.

Then finally said,

> “What if someone wiped your memory?”

Ezra opened her eyes sharply.

> “Why would anyone do that?!”

> “Because someone didn’t want you to remember you had children.”

The words hit like a hammer.

Ezra stood up and backed away from the desk.

> “That’s insane.”

> “So is this,” he snapped, holding up the test. “But it’s real.”

She stared at him.

He looked calm. Controlled. But his knuckles were white too.

> “Are you afraid of the truth?” she asked.

Joshua’s voice was quiet.

> “No. I’m afraid of who’s been hiding it.”

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Ezra left the study without another word.

She walked back to the guest room, sat on the edge of the bed, and watched her twins sleeping peacefully — their tiny chests rising and falling in perfect rhythm.

She touched Jeshua’s hair gently.

> “You knew me before I knew you…”

Her voice cracked.

> “What happened to us?”

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