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Missing piece A hug at last

Brushing my doll's hair, my mind drifted back to its favourite subject.

I wonder what he looks like? I thought.

What does he like to play with?

It was May 1979, I was 8 and once again daydreaming about my brother.

For as long as I could remember, it'd always just been me and my mum, Janice, then 33.

My dad, John Smith, had left when I was 4, and soon after, moved to Australia.

Over time, Mum had heard that he'd fathered another baby.

My half-brother.

‘All I know is that he's called Jason,’ she told me.

When I was 15, Mum met my stepdad, Ken Brooker, who

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