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20 Years Later, Missing Girl Returns with a New Family

Something Doesn’t Add Up

There were too many questions to even list here. But one thing stood out as extremely strange. Crystal wasn’t 35 years old, as she should have been according to simple math. Instead, she said that she was 44 years old. This raised some eyebrows. But, regardless, her family was just thrilled to see her. Their dear Crystal was finally home.

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“Still my pretty girl,” her mother said, hugging her. But despite the amazing fact that they found her after 20 years, the discovery would prove to be a whole can of worms. There were questions left unanswered and stories left to tell. And not all of them were satisfying to hear, especially not to Cynthia.