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My heart rate hasn’t returned to normal since finding out about my twin sister. The alert was months ago, so she’s known about me that long. And for some reason, she has it in for me.
Why wouldn’t she just reach out to me? Why go to all the trouble of trying to ruin my life?
Although I have to admit this sister news does bring some relief—I’m not going crazy, and having a twin explains how a doppelgänger could be the same height as me and sound just like me. We probably even have similar mannerisms.
“Are we getting out?” Owen’s voice in the back seat brings me back to the present.
“Yeah,” Sophie agrees. “I’m bored.”
“We’re just waiting for Uncle David to get home.”
“Can’t we go inside?” Owen asks.
“I don’t have a key.”
“How much longer?” Sophie kicks the back of my seat.
I ignore the annoyance. “I’m sure it’ll be any minute.”
“Can we go to Nana and Papa’s instead?” Owen asks. “Then you can come get us later.”
The last people I’m going to leave my children with are my parents. Not only is my dad dangerous, but they’ve been lying to me my whole life. Mom thought she hardly saw the kids before? Now she’s going to see them even less. I’m not sure I ever want to go back there again.
My phone rings.
Speak of the devil. I decline her call.
“Is that Uncle David?” Owen asks.
“No.”
“Can we at least play in the backyard?” Sophie’s tone holds a whine.
I’m about to agree just to stop their complaints when David’s red pickup truck pulls into the driveway next to us.
The kids both cheer and clamber out of their car seats.
Some of my tension melts away. David will know what to do. He always does.
His kids scramble out of the pickup then race toward us, eager to see Owen and Sophie. The cousins talk over each other, and they all dart to the backyard as soon as David unlocks the front door.
He turns to me. “Your text said you figured out who has been impersonating you?”
“Right. You’re going to want to sit down for this.”
“Sure.” He locks the door behind us, grabs two beers from the fridge and hands me one. “Want anything to eat?”
I shake my head, not really wanting the drink even though it could help relax me.
“Who’s your doppelgänger?” He sits and takes a long swig from his bottle.
“It turns out I have an identical twin.”
David chokes but quickly recovers. “Come again?”
“I’m adopted. My parents never thought to tell me before today. Wasn’t that thoughtful?”
“You’re serious?”
