After his mother\u2019s death, Ben Dixon returns to her house in Texas to sell it and finds an old photo of her with a boy who looks just like him. The photo, labeled \u201cBen and Ronnie, 1986,\u201d sparks his curiosity.\n
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He begins searching for the boy, discovering that he is Ronnie, Ben\u2019s brother, whom their mother abandoned due to financial struggles and Ronnie\u2019s special needs. Ben tracks Ronnie down at a neurological facility, where he learns that their mother had left him because she couldn\u2019t care for both children. Ben decides to care for Ronnie, vowing never to abandon him, and reflects on the secrets his mother kept.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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