“Yes, sir,” the other twin replied. “Aunt Karen showed us your picture in the magazine and said one day you would come find us.” He pointed to a wrinkled business magazine tucked under his arm.
Ethan recognized the article. It had come out two weeks earlier in Forbes — one of those “Most Influential Entrepreneurs” pieces. But how had these children ended up with this story?
“How did you find me? Where’s Aunt Karen?”
The boys looked at each other nervously. The more talkative one explained they had run away from the shelter that morning to look for him. They only knew the address of his office building because Karen had written it down.
“She said when we got bigger we would understand why our dad couldn’t come for us sooner,” the boy added with heartbreaking innocence.
Ethan felt a lump in his throat. These five-year-old boys had crossed the city alone, trusting the word of someone he didn’t even know. The desperation and hope in their bright blue eyes left him speechless.
“What are your names?”
“I’m Mason, and he’s Logan,” the first boy said. “We were born on the same day, at the same time. Aunt Karen said that makes us special.”
“And why do you think I’m your dad?”