The Wind Held No Answers

After graduation, I was diagnosed with progressive amnesia. Bit by bit, I would forget everyone. Eventually, I would even forget myself. When I got home, my parents pushed the stock transfer papers that were supposed to be mine straight toward my adopted brother, Caleb Foster. "Evan, you're the older brother, so you need to step up and make compromises," my dad said, "Stop picking on Caleb all the time. Seeing you treat him like that just pisses us off." I nodded silently, went back to my room, and sobbed into my pillow all night long. When I woke up the next morning, my eyes burned. I stared at the damp spot on my pillow, unable to remember why it was wet. That afternoon, I met up with my fiancée, Grace Rhodes. She was wiping tears from Caleb's cheeks when I walked in. She whirled around, glaring at me with total disgust. "Evan, I was just hanging out with Caleb. Did you really have to throw a massive fit and demand to call off our engagement last week? You're acting insane." Her sharp words stung, bringing tears to my eyes. Yet the next morning at the breakfast table, when Grace snapped at me with the same cold fury, I just stared back at her blankly. "Who are you?" My memory was fading faster every day. Then came that evening when Grace offered to take me for a drive. She pulled over on a deserted stretch of road, idling near a patch of dark, overgrown trees. "Evan, get out and grab something from the trunk for me." I nodded obediently and stepped out into the chill. The second my feet hit the gravel, Grace slammed her foot on the gas. Her laugh echoed through the open window as the car surged forward. "That's what you get for acting out! Stay here and think about what you did!" The taillights shrank into the distance, leaving me alone in the dark. I stood by the curb, my mind completely blank. I wanted to go home, but I couldn't even remember where I lived. It wasn't until my family spiraled into total panic, and Grace desperately searched every block in the city, that they finally realized the truth. I was truly gone.