Amnesia's Gift: A New Beginning

usiness. "The papers are drafted, Ethan. The divorce petition, the request to sever tie

hesitation in his voice.

so powerful it almost made him di

the hospital against medical advice. He di

parently shared with Olivia, but a sterile, gover

phone for an appointment. His past self

hard plastic chair, filling out forms, the methodical act of printing his name, his date of birth, a way of reclai

ried toward him. He recognized her v

a folder. "Ms. Reed asked me to give you these. They

aid, lowering her voice. "Ms. Reed... she was really angry. She said she neve

That's good to know." It wasn't an insult, it wa

el and cold white walls. He remembered reading in a magazine that Olivia had desi

n the walls where his paintings must have once hung. He saw the single, perfect chair in t

e basement, he found a locked trunk. The key was taped to t

s felt like they belonged to a stranger. It was a c

canvas. She suggested I take up a more 'useful' hobby. I moved it

dinner, the one her mother used to make. She came home late, with Liam

tened for five minutes, then Dad changed the subject to Liam's latest tech venture. H

the desperate, clawing need for a scrap of affection, the constant, grinding h

The pain he was reading about felt distant, an echo from a

mind. Tears he didn't understand began to fall down his cheeks

er of the moon. "I won't be you," he whispered to t

quiet resolve. It was Mrs. Reed

he mansion. We're announcing that Liam is taking over the new AI division. You will be there.

order. One last performance in a