Jake shook his head and slumped in on himself. "Don't know. Eve came out of the coma but denies having children. In fact, she doesn't remember anything about our marriage or how she ended up in the condition she is in.
"I scoured the house for clues. Nothing. Their stuff was still in their rooms, as best as I could tell. No one could tell me anything about the boys. The police couldn't even track down Eve's mom, so I hired detectives.
"I've sold everything that I didn't lose because Eve stopped paying her share of the bills. I've spent the proceeds and all of my savings on detectives and Eve's nursing home bills. Almost every cent of my retirement pay goes to the detectives to keep them on the case and looking for Drake and Devon.
"Those boys, even though I'm not their biological father, mean everything to me. I failed them. I've got a duty as a parent to make it up to them."
"Jake, I'm so sorry. Compared to your story, my troubles are nothing."
