Chapter 9 - Five Years After Daniel Disappeared, Sonia Returned to the Empty Chair and Finally Understood Why Her Father Never Removed ItAt the next family wedding, Daniel sat in his chair.
Not a place card.
Not an empty seat.
Daniel himself.
Sonia watched her father walk toward him.
They hugged.
Their mother was gone.
But her place was remembered.
A photograph stood at the table.
Sonia touched it.
“We made it.”
Joe stood beside her.
“She knew you would.”
Sonia looked at him.
“How?”
“Because she left the clues.”
The family laughed.
For the first time, the empty chair was gone.
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Not because they had forgotten Daniel.
Because they no longer needed to wait for him.
