My brother vanished on the night of his prom—23 years later, I spotted someone who looked exactly like him 3,000 miles from home.

us crying without any concern for who might be watching, his arms wrapped around me the way they used to when I was small and scared of thunderstorms.

“Why?” I said into his shoulder, my voice muffled and broken. “Why, Daniel? Mom waited up for you. She waited up for you for 23 years, Daniel. Twenty-three years!”

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