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Travis intends to start a fresh chapter in his family\u2019s life when he relocates them to a small Maine hamlet.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, he is drawn into a long-standing mystery when he finds a gravestone in the woods that contains a picture of him as a youngster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it occurred, we had barely been in Maine for three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our eight-year-old son Ryan, our Doberman Brandy, and my wife Lily were all getting used to the cold more slowly than I was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, after 16 years in Texas, I relished the quiet of a community that didn\u2019t know our names, the crisp morning air that stung my lungs, and the gentle stillness of pine needles beneath my feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis place smells like Christmas,\u201d Lily had muttered on the first morning while wearing a borrowed flannel shirt and standing barefoot at the rear door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cool morning air stung my lungs, but I embraced it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I recall grinning at her and admiring how peaceful she appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We made the decision to go mushroom hunting behind the cottage that Saturday. It was for mushrooms that Lily could saut\u00e9 in butter and garlic while Ryan talked about his prowess at foraging, nothing fancy or even slightly dangerous by today\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Everything that moved caused Brandy to bark. Ryan swung a plastic bucket at ferns like dragon tails as he sprinted ahead of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way peace appeared on her face made me smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


It was one of those days that becomes ingrained in your memory before it ever comes to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up till it became twisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brandy\u2019s bark abruptly changed. I was instantly alerted when it dipped an octave, and then he growled \u2014 deep and warning\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My son had vanished when I looked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up till it became twisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRyan?\u201d I yelled. \u201cHey, friend\u2014 respond to me! Please understand that this is not a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cKeep him safe, Bran,\u201d I whispered to myself. \u201cI\u2019m coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With caution to avoid tripping over the exposed roots that crisscrossed the route, I pushed through the undergrowth. Unexpectedly, the trail became narrower as it wound between towering pines that blotted out the majority of the afternoon light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey, buddy \u2014 answer me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The air became too quiet and chilly as my boots sank into the wet moss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cLily, come on!\u201d I yelled at my spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComing, honey,\u201d she murmured, sounding both afraid and worn out. \u201cComing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\u201cRyan!\u201d I screamed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I felt a twinge of discomfort in my chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLily, come on!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I heard him. No, not the voice of my son. However, he laughed. Additionally, Brandy was barking once more, although not violently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I accelerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cUh\u2026 guys?\u201d Just as Lily was catching up to me, I called over my shoulder. She paused next to me and looked around the room. Her eyebrows knitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is this place?\u201d she inquired in a cautious, hushed voice. \u201cTravis\u2026 those are headstones, aren\u2019t they?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And Brandy was barking once more, but not violently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She took a few more steps, then stopped. My spouse was correct. A few headstones were strewn all across the clearing. It was both tranquil and unsettling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThose are flowers. Honey, take a look at this. There are dried bouquets all over the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She gestured to one of the tombs. Its base was covered with a dozen fragile stems bound together by faded ribbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomeone came here,\u201d I murmured. \u201cWell\u2026 has been coming here for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are dried bouquets all over the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Lily started to reply, but Ryan\u2019s voice came before her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDaddy! Mom! Come take a look! He said, \u201cI found something\u2026 I found a picture of Dad!\u201d with evident delight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In front of a tiny headstone nestled between two elm trees, my son was squatting. He seemed to be tracing something with his finger pushed against the front of the stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI found a picture of Dad!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat do you mean, my picture?\u201d I asked, cautiously making my way through the weeds to him. I was beginning to feel lightheaded, and my chest felt constricted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan said, \u201cIt\u2019s you, Daddy,\u201d without even looking back. \u201cIt\u2019s you, baby! Above the fireplace, isn\u2019t there a picture like this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n


My breath froze in my throat as I moved to stand next to him and peered down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My chest was constricted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a ceramic photograph embedded in the headstone. Despite being chipped on the right corner and worn from age, it was still clearly visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was the one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My dark hair was slightly longer than Ryan\u2019s now, and I was around four years old. I was wearing a yellow blouse that I dimly recognized from a ripped Polaroid back home in Texas, and my eyes were wide and uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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A single line was carved into the headstone beneath the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was the one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJanuary 29, 1984.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was my birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lily grabbed my arm. I hadn\u2019t noticed how near she had come while I was in shock. She spoke quietly but firmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease, Travis. This is too weird. I want to go home, but I\u2019m not sure what this is. She extended her hand to Ryan and said, \u201cCome, Ryan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNo. Hold on! I shook my head once and whispered, \u201cJust a minute, please, Lily. \u201cI just want to\u2026 see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dropped to my knees and felt the porcelain frame\u2019s edge. It was chilly. Everything around me became dim for a moment. Something changed inside of me; it wasn\u2019t precisely panic, but something more profound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wasn\u2019t prepared for that kind of recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I opened up the picture on my phone and sat at the kitchen table after Ryan had gone to sleep that night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhat on earth is going on here?\u201d I whispered. \u201cI am unable to comprehend. Without a doubt, that\u2019s me. However, I\u2019ve never been here. I\u2019m positive I\u2019d recall that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an unreadable expression, my wife sat across from me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs there any chance your adopted mom ever mentioned Maine?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d I answered. \u201cWhen I was much younger, I asked her once. You know, I simply wanted to tell you my tale. She claimed to be ignorant. Just that I was abandoned outside a burning house when I was four years old, and that she acquired me from a firefighter named Ed. I had just a message pinned to my shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cIs there any chance your adopted mom ever mentioned Maine?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat did it say, Travis?\u201d With wide eyes, Lily asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had previously discussed this, but following Ryan\u2019s small revelation, everything felt, in some way, darker and different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease look after this boy. Travis is his name. That was it. My mom probably has it tucked away in a scrapbook or something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lily grabbed my hand and gave it a light squeeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease look after this boy.\u201d Travis is his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cPerhaps there is a more knowledgeable person in this town. Perhaps your birth parents, Trav, as well as someone who recalls the fire. Perhaps there was a reason why fate permitted us to relocate here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gave a slow nod. I was at a loss for words. My life had always left me feeling a little lost. I was unable to recall my biological parents. I couldn\u2019t even recall whether I had grandparents or siblings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That period of my life seemed to have been erased by a power greater than me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe fate allowed us to move here for a reason?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I went to the local library the following day and inquired about the land behind our cottage. The receptionist seems perplexed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYears ago, a family used to reside there off the grid. However, a spark from the fireplace struck a curtain, causing the house to burn down. Nowadays, people hardly ever discuss it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I inquired if anyone who was still in town had any additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTry Clara M.,\u201d she advised. She is the elderly woman who works at the daily market\u2019s apple stall. She is almost ninety years old. She has spent her entire life here. Your best option is that. This is her address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t really talk about it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Clara lived in a modest home with lace curtains, a chipped mailbox shaped like a bus, and large pine trees for shade. Her look changed from courteous curiosity to shocked recognition when she answered the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cYou\u2026 you\u2019re Travis?\u201d she said, her eyes wide with cataracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gave a slow nod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve returned home? Then you had better come in, didn\u2019t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her voice was reminiscent of a fairy tale woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2026 you\u2019re Travis?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The scent of cedar and something subtly sweet, like apple tea and old paper, filled her living room. It brought to mind a school library\u2014the kind with dusty windows and meaningful silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gave her my phone, which showed the picture I had taken at the headstone. Clara squinted as she held it close. Her skin had become papered with time, and her hands were thin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She looked at the photo for longer than I thought she would.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had tiny hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time, the skin became papered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour father, Travis, took that photo,\u201d she added softly. I mean, your true father. It was the day following your brother\u2019s and your own fourth birthdays, and his name was Shawn. For your birthday, I made the cake. Strawberry jam and vanilla sponge. as well as cream.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I was taken aback. I had just received a shocking revelation from Clara, and yet here she was, discussing cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMy twin? Are you certain, Ma\u2019am?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, son,\u201d she said with a kind smile. \u201cCaleb was his name. You were identical in every aspect and therefore inseparable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had a twin?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The room shook a little. I steadied myself by putting my hand to my forehead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo one ever told me,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clara folded her hands in her lap and remarked, \u201cMaybe\u2026 they just didn\u2019t know,\u201d \u201cYour family lived in a little cabin over the ridge, and there was a fire. Travis, your parents didn\u2019t have much because they were young. However, they cherished you both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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She hesitated, as if considering how much to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe\u2026 they just didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe all had our fireplaces running, even though it was an absurdly chilly winter. At some point during the night, the fire broke out. The cabin had nearly burned to the ground by the time anyone noticed. Three bodies were discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cMy parents and my brother?\u201d I inquired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Clara nodded in agreement. \u201cThat\u2019s what they believed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I wasn\u2019t in the cabin?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, sweetheart. You weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey found three bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo how did I end up in Texas?\u201d A faint ringing began in my ears as I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the part no one ever knew,\u201d Clara remarked with a dejected expression. \u201cI\u2019ve always believed that perhaps you were in the house as well, but perhaps they simply overlooked your small body. Son, I\u2019m not sure. I\u2019m at a loss for what else to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The elderly woman grabbed a picture album. There was a 1988 newspaper clipping inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know, son.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFire Destroys Family Cabin \u2014 Three Dead, One Unaccounted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A picture of two boys standing in a field was displayed beneath it. With the exception of one smile\u2019s tilt, they were exactly alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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I lightly touched the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTom, your father\u2019s younger brother, returned to the farm following the fire. For several months, he remained in town, attempting to reconstruct what he could. Clara went on, \u201cHe put some memorial stones there, like the one with your picture on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I stared at her, perplexed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFire Destroys Family Cabin \u2014 Three Dead, One Unaccounted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy would he do that if I wasn\u2019t dead?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She stated, \u201cBecause no one knew for sure,\u201d \u201cNo dental records were found. back ago, and there were no trustworthy filing methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next year, pipes burst at the clinic where you and your brother were born. All of your medical data that might have been used to identify you had already been destroyed. Tom always thought one of you may have made it out alive. However, the town had already moved on to the subsequent disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commercial \u201cWhere is he now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe continues to reside on the outskirts of town. But he doesn\u2019t talk to anyone. He has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere were no dental records.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lily accompanied me the following morning. Her hand rested on my thigh the entire journey, but she said nothing. Tom\u2019s front yard was overgrown and wild, but it wasn\u2019t deserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A shattered wind chime wavered above the entrance, and a series of brand-new bird feeders hung from the porch beams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he responded, he gave me a long look before blinking as if he had seen a ghost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cI\u2019m Travis,\u201d I introduced myself. \u201cI think\u2026 I\u2019m your nephew.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I felt my throat tighten as his features softened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He blinked as if he had witnessed a ghost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He gave us a nod and stepped aside to let us in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The house was warm inside. A kettle boiled softly on the stove, and books were arranged in the corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou look just like your father,\u201d Tom finally remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was unsure of how to react.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAfter the fire, I returned. I was unable to accept the boys\u2019 disappearance, despite what everyone else stated. Maybe Mara got one of you out, I kept thinking. She would have made an effort. Your mom would have gone to any lengths for you two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou look just like your father.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My eyes were burning. I turned to face the man who had preserved the memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom remarked, \u201cI didn\u2019t know it would bring you back when I placed the headstone, but I hoped.\u201d And I prayed that you were safe wherever you ended up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I nodded and gripped my wife\u2019s hand firmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He remarked, \u201cCaleb was always quieter,\u201d after a brief silence. \u201cYou were the wild one, Travis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, I prayed that anywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You touched down,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You were alright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We went through smoke-stained crates all afternoon. Some of the sketches were on paper that was half-burned and fragile. A birthday card with the words \u201cOur boys\u201d on it had smudged and faded writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There found a tiny yellow blouse with one sleeve burned at the bottom of the package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I brought it home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went back to the clearing a week later. Tom and Lily were present, but they were conversing with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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A birthday card addressed to \u201cOur boys\u201d was found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The headstone was ready. I dropped to my knees and positioned the card at its base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDad? Are we going to see your brother? Ryan inquired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes,\u201d I said. \u201cHis name was Caleb.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan continued, \u201cI wish I could\u2019ve met him,\u201d as he leaned close to me. Brandy took a whiff of the card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The headstone was ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSon, I agree. I agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For a brief moment, I looked at Tom and wondered if he had written the note. Perhaps he gave me away to keep me alive, or to give me a chance at a life free from tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps he was trying to keep me alive by giving me away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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