The Lost & Found Family Novels & Stories

She had stopped crying but he knew that she was not herself else her first question had been “How did you find me?” But it was good that she had visited them. It’s important for people to understand that family is just a lie. It can be your biggest weakness and those who you trust most can also betray you. Even parents are not exceptions. He couldn’t hide his smirk. She didn’t stir when the car halted. He opened her door and offered her a hand. She looked lost and it pained him that her eyes had lost the sparkle. She took the hand and they walked to his personal elevator. Once they were in, she asked, “Where are we?”

“You just have to let someone help you find the pieces you lost.” He pulled our hands a little closer together, his thumb brushing my knuckles in a slow, steady way that made warmth spread up my arm. I leaned my head lightly against his shoulder before I realized I was doing it. He didn’t react with surprise. He just stayed there with me, quiet, solid, patient. “I’ll find your family,” he repeated, more certain than before. “And if there’s only one person left in the world who’s connected to you, I’ll bring them to you.”

We don’t need to be blood to be family. I was found by Paityn and her family while they were packing up from their camping trip. All I have ever found out about it was that they found me wandering in the forest near their campsite with blood on me, looking like I have been walking for days without food or water. I was maybe four or five years old at the time. Honestly, I’m lucky to still be alive and I didn’t get eaten by a wild animal. Either due to my young age or because it was a traumatic experience, I don’t remember anything. There were reports, flyers, and plenty of news out there about a young missing child, but no one ever came forward. The blood on me turned out to not be human. At

Boy said who is eating his food, "It seem like it was her. Look she is wearing polka dots." Bethena looked at him on what he'd said. "That's my Mommy! You have seen my Mommy?" She asked at him. "Sorry kiddo, I haven't. But we know where your Mommy is. She is just at the Lost in found." "Babe, why don't we just send it her there. Her Mommy might be worrying at this moment," Claire suggested. "What is Lost in Found?" Bethena suddenly asked in curiosity. “It's a place where a missing like you should be sent there because your Mommy is waiting for you," Boy answered as he throws the wrap of his burger.

The living room, now charged with the energy of shared discovery, remains a space where emotions are laid bare, and the bonds of family are tested and strengthened. The night unfolds with discussions that delve into the significance of the revealed secret. Each person contributes to the ongoing dialogue, offering insights, questions, and reflections. The living room, witness to the ebb and flow of familial connections, becomes a space where the unexpected stories unravel, leaving an indelible mark on our shared history. “So the summary of all of this, is that there’s a long-lost family member who was believed to have been estranged or lost?” Kendra asks “Well yeah!” Jonathan says

“No. That can’t be true. My family was nothing. Farmers. Healers. We had no power.” Aluin’s laughter cracked against the stone. “That’s what they told you. Easier to forget a bargain when you bury it in lies. But the shadow remembers. Always.” Her pulse thundered. Images flared in her mind—her mother’s silence whenever she asked about their ancestors, the old stories whispered around fires of wolves who vanished into the mist, their names never spoken again. “Then tell me how to end it,” she said fiercely. “Tell me how to break it.”

A week after we arrived, Vivian signed Nico up for a small after-school class near the clinic. It was nothing like the programs in New York. No family connections. No special access. Just a rented gym, six children, and an instructor who cared more about balance than pedigree. Nico liked it immediately.

“Iris! Are you okay? He touched my arm to get my attention, and when I looked at him, I felt more guilty staring at him. “I’m sorry, Ian. I don’t know where to start apologizing. I thought… I thought, finally, that I'd had a complete family. You know that everything that I have been looking for, a man who loves and is willing to love my children as well, I thought I had found it—that perfect family... But I just realized that... I can never! I can’t have the complete family that I wanted!” “You can have that? Ian offered, but I shook my head, not falling for the deceit again. “I’m here, Iris. We can build the perfect family together, but I caught myself laughing. “There’s no such thing as th

It was only a matter of time. He was rich, he had connections. He would someday get married to a woman equally as rich as him and I would be left in the slums, in the dirt, poor and in an unstable family. It wouldn’t even be a fight. Child services would prefer Liam lived with Andrew. I had to find a way to get my family away from him. I had to disappear again. This time for good. My brother was at work and so was my mother. It was just me in and Liam in his hospital room. He was watching cartoons while I stroked his hair.

If the other family members send in search parties, there would be more people on the job, and there would be a higher possibility of finding the lost members. Now though, they were giving up on the search. That meant that the possibility of being able to find Lance had shrunk. “Ah, it’s different from them. They’ve been searching for a few months already. Some are the sons of a Patronum, some are sons of an Elder, some are even grandsons of an Elder. Basically, the lost family members didn’t hold very high positions. That’s why they don’t want to waste their time and resources since their search has not been fruitful. Besides, the place that Lance and the others went into is near the danger