Alex Liang: Irreplaceable
/When my brother returned from the dead, his footsteps echoed fatefully in the house. He arrived in an oversized white hoodie and slightly scuffed black jeans even though it was at least 80 degrees outside. According to the doctors, he had to be covered in clothes or else “risk sunburn or even skin cancer on his vulnerable skin.”
My mother guided him to a clear plastic chair, behind which hung a black-and-white photo of the first Andrew. After telling him to sit down, she pried off his shoes. Around us, the living room was bare, minus one long sofa, the plastic chair, and the massive black pig statue standing in the corner, which everyone passed when they entered our house.
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