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“Zeke? What are you doing here? I thought you were off across the country,” I say loudly in confusion.
For the second time, the room is quiet.
“Say that name again,” my father says, giving me a look I can’t name.
“Zeke? Isn’t that your name?” I ask, looking at the man again.
“My name is Zane,” the man says. He looks pale like he has just seen a ghost.
“But…” I am so confused.
“Zeke is the one kid I told you that we never found,” my dad says, and I still at his words.
“He looks so much like you,” I say softly while looking over Zane. I can see the differences now but, at a quick glance, you wouldn’t be able to tell they weren’t the same person.
“He’s my twin brother,” Zane says, not taking his eyes off of me. There is a hopeful look in his eye.
“Are you sure he looks like him?” my dad asks, and it is clear that I need to be very sure before I respond.
I nod my head. “Yeah, Zane has less tattoos and no piercings but, other than that, it’s like I’m looking at my best friend.”
“Best friend? ‘That mean you know how to contact him?” Zane asks. He looks so hopeful, and I think I would pretty much do anything to see this man smile.
I nod my head slowly and pull out my phone. I haven’t talked to Zeke yet; I usually keep him updated on my life pretty often, so I know he has to be freaking out not hearing from me. I just haven’t had time to digest everything yet. He has phoned me a lot of times over the last few days, but I had to put off talking with him to deal with all the news that fell on my lap. I guess now is as good a time as any to talk to him.
No one speaks, and I look up to see all eyes on me. An older couple comes and stands beside Zane, and I can tell from the resemblance that these are his parents. Tears well in my eyes as I think about how I’m about to change my best friend’s world.
I put the phone on speaker and wait as it rings.
“Hey Doll. I’ve been trying to call you for ages, where have you been?” his deep voice says through the phone.
“Zeke,” I say softly.
“What’s wrong? Are you hurt?” he asks, immediately panicking.
“Remember when you said you were adopted, but your memories were hazy from when you were a kid and you felt like there was a part of you missing?” I ask.
There’s a bunch of gasps at my words. I don’t take my eyes off of his family as his mother cries and his father has tears in his eyes. Zane looks at my phone in disbelief.
“Yeah, you know my parents would never tell me who my biological parents were,” he says sounding confused.
“Umm… I…” I have trouble forming the words.
“Why?” he asks, sounding serious.
“I swear I feel like I’m staring right at you. This guy looks just like you,” I say softly.
Zeke sucks in a breath. “What?” he whispers over the phone.
“He said his name is Zane, and he said his twin brother’s name is Zeke. He looks just like you,” I tell him.
Zeke immediately switches the phone call to video and tears fall from my eyes as I can tell how right I was; they look identical.
“Show me,” he says, sounding very serious.
I walk over to Zane with shaky hands.
And I turn the phone in Zane’s direction so he can see his brother as well.
