Ethan sat back in his plush leather chair, watching Sarah cradle his sleeping infant son with tender care.
The bright daylight streamed through the tall glass windows, illuminating the delicate features of Sarah's face.
Ethan rubbed his tired face with both hands, feeling an unexplainable sense of comfort in her presence.
Ethan: My late wife, Clara, always wanted a large family before she fell ill.
Sarah felt her entire body go completely stiff the moment that familiar name left his mouth.
She carefully kept her voice quiet so she would not wake the peaceful child in her arms.
Sarah: Did you say your late wife's name was Clara?
Ethan: Yes, Clara Vance. She passed away seven months ago in the hospital.
Sarah felt a sudden wave of dizziness hit her as she stared down at the baby's face.
Her twin sister Clara had gone missing five years ago after leaving their small hometown in Texas.
Sarah had searched every single city database, but Clara had cut off all contact with her family.
Sarah: Was she originally from a small town near the river in San Antonio?
Ethan stood up from his chair so fast that his cloth napkin slid onto the polished floor.
Ethan: How could you possibly know where Clara was born and raised?
Sarah: Clara was my twin sister. We were separated five years ago when she ran away.
Ethan stared at Sarah in complete disbelief as tears slowly pooled in his dark grey eyes.
He reached into his inner suit pocket and pulled out a small gold heart-shaped locket on a chain.
Ethan: She wore this every single day until the afternoon she went into the hospital.
He opened the small latch and held the tiny photograph directly in front of Sarah's pale face.
The photograph showed two identical teenage girls standing side by side in matching summer dresses, laughing together.
Sarah gasped loudly as tears started streaming down her warm cheeks onto her black apron.
Sarah: That is us. That is the photograph we took on our sixteenth birthday.
Ethan: Clara always told me she had an identical sister named Sarah back home.
Sarah: Why did she never come back to find me after all these years?
Ethan: My mother told Clara that you moved away to another country and forgot about her.