from a machine next to my bed. I tried to sit up, but a sharp pain shot through my head, and I fell ba

kind eyes and a calm voice. "Ava? My name is Dr. Ethan Wright

mind for the answer, for anything, but found nothing. Pa

ve amnesia from the head injury. It might ta

hair rushed to my bedside, his face full of worry. He grabb

lot like me, her eyes red from cryin

hand. "I'm Liam. Lia

I looked at their faces, searching for a flicker of recognition, but there was none. They

, a successful businesswoman, heiress to the Chase family fortune. Liam and I were supposed to get married in three mo

reeching tires. A look of terror on Chloe's face, but also something else, something I couldn't place. Liam's ha

house that was supposedly our home. It was beautiful, with glass walls and exp

arm wrapped around my shoulders. "You ju

t box. I opened it. Inside was a beautiful diamond engagement ring. I slipped it onto my finger. It felt heavy and wrong, a foreign object. I s

ing it in the back of the closet. I didn't want to

. There were pictures of me and Liam, smiling at the camera, on vacation, at partie

between Liam and Chloe. Liam had his arm around my shoulder, but he was leaning towards Chloe, his head tilted as if shari

gh my head. A memory, quick and

rguing, their voices low and tense. I couldn't make out the words, but the anger was clear. Liam looked at Chloe, his fa

ering pictures across the floor. I was breat

. It wasn't

who I was, and who they really were. My life, the one they described, felt like a lie. I deci

time since waking up in the hospital, I felt a flicker of something other than confusion and fear. It was determination. I would find the truth, and