Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Gunshots and explosions tore through the air, filling the atmosphere with the acrid scent of smoke and dust. Patrick felt an

inexplicable pull towards the chaos, the fires spreading like a rampant beast through the city.

To him, it seemed as if he might never return.

With Maja safely to the side, lan strode over with determination and grabbed Patrick by the shoulder.

"I don't care if you throw your life away, but I'll be damned if I let Eric die because of it!"

Patrick shrugged off lan's grip, aiming a kick at his midsection, but lan, quick as ever, sidestepped the attack.

Tremors ran through Patrick's chest, his fingertips quivering.

"lan, do you have any idea what kind of memories are trapped in here?" Patrick tapped his temple, his eyes bloodshot with

emotion. "Memories of Eric, of you climbing trees at five, enlisting and becoming a hero at fifteen, the feuds you had with Eric, the

pain he endured. The worst of it's been blocked by my subconscious. I can only access so much. Eric used to say I was just a

personality cooked up in slab, but I never believed him. I thought I had a name, I searched and searched. And you know what?

The memories I found were from your perspective!"

"What are you getting at?"

"Isn't it obvious? Someone copied a chunk of your memories and implanted them in Eric's mind. I'm not Patrick, not Eric, and

definitely not you, lan. So who am I? Can't someone tellwho I really am? I'm nobody, I don't even know why I exist. As long as

even that. I want to kill you,

funniest thing? I can't tell if my feelings for

burden of these complex emotions? You

Patrick's chest heaved, his gaze falling on Maja, who leaned against the car in

pain struck his heart, messy

even fit

didn't even have the right

echoed in

really think

— a man

the truth, and when he finally grasped it,

anyone more

was the point of

would be better if Eric cback, but Eric

silent, always believing that Patrick was just an awakened personality, a creation intended to replace Eric, to be used

at the

— a memory copy, an attempt to completely replace

made his mark in the military, he

to fifteen — must

it was just about awakening a personality, that

completely replacing another person, was a horror of another

been the only successful experiment back then. Years had passed —

to access chapters of

didn't want to waste any more words. He felt

He belonged nowhere.

insignificant, he was nothing at