Evan always answered “here and there” when asked where he was from. After years in foster homes, he never truly knew his roots. Despite struggling, he excelled, earning a college grant and later building a logistics company, Cole Freight Solutions, from the ground up. He thought he’d escaped his past.

Then, one day, a mysterious box appeared on his doorstep. Inside were old toys, a baby photo with a birthmark matching his, and a faded picture of a house hidden in trees. The letter explained that this box, left at the orphanage when he was a baby, had only recently been found.

The search for his origins consumed him. Weeks turned into months, and after hiring private investigators, he finally got a lead: Cedar Hollow. A house 130 miles away. Evan drove for hours, arriving at a neglected home shrouded in trees. Inside, he found a cradle identical to the one in the photo, and a picture of a woman holding a baby — his mother.

A letter beside the photo read, “Someday you will come here, son. I love you.”

Overcome with grief and longing, Evan knew he had to rebuild the home. He called in a construction crew, working tirelessly to restore it. A year later, he stood on the porch, the house now fully rebuilt, but with the cradle and photo still in place. He had found where he belonged.