Chapter 3: The Project Called Gemini

Arthur's farmhouse stood nearly fifty miles outside the city.

Simple.

Quiet.

Safe.

Inside, faded photographs covered one wall.

Evelyn walked closer.

Her heart nearly stopped.

There she was.

Twenty years younger.

Standing beside Arthur.

Holding two newborn babies.

"No..."

She whispered.

Arthur handed her a thick envelope.

"I've kept this hidden long enough."

Inside were hospital files.

DNA reports.

Birth records.

Confidential government documents.

Across nearly every page was the same red stamp.

PROJECT GEMINI

CLASSIFIED

Victor Sterling's signature appeared repeatedly.

Liam stared silently.

Lucas looked down at the floor.

Arthur finally spoke.

"Your husband didn't lose one child."

"He sold one."

Silence filled the room.

Evelyn slowly looked up.

"What?"

Arthur nodded.

"They wanted to study identical twins."

"Separated environments."

"Wealth versus poverty."

"Privilege versus hardship."

"Nature versus nurture."

Lucas wasn't abandoned.

He had been assigned.

Every illness.

Every school he never attended.

Every night he slept hungry.

Every bruise.

Every hardship.

Someone had documented it all.

Not as tragedy.

As research.

Liam turned pale.

"You mean..."

"My whole life..."

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Arthur finished the sentence.

"Was someone else's experiment."