My six-year-old nephew crawled seven blocks carrying his little sister—then doctors and police uncovered why my brother’s children had vanished from my life for three years

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His leg healed. The first afternoon the doctor cleared him to walk without crutches, Drew wanted to go outside immediately.

We stood on the porch.

He looked down the sidewalk for a long time.

“Did I really come from all the way there?”

“Seven blocks.”

He looked at his leg. “I don’t remember all of it.”

“You were exhausted.”

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