Later that evening, the house was dark and silent.
Julian waited until he heard his parents go to sleep in their master suite.
He crept downstairs using the flashlight on his small tablet screen.
He slipped quietly inside his father's private home office.
He walked around the large mahogany desk and knelt beside the wall safe.
Julian remembered watching his father enter the combination many times before.
He carefully turned the metal dial to four specific numbers.
The heavy safe door clicked open with a soft metallic sound.
Julian reached inside and pulled out a thick yellow folder marked strict confidential.
He opened the folder on the floor and scanned the official papers.
The first page was a birth certificate from eight years ago at St. Jude Hospital.
It showed that a woman named Sarah had given birth to twin boys.
The twin boys were named Julian and Leo.
Julian's eyes filled with tears as he read the names on the paper.
The second page was a private custody agreement and financial contract.
It showed that Richard had paid off his troubled brother Arthur to take Leo away.
Richard and Eleanor wanted to adopt only one child to keep their estate inheritance simple.
They paid Arthur a huge lump sum of cash to take the other twin and disappear forever.
Julian: They separated us... just for money and control.
Julian felt anger and sorrow wash over his entire body.
He realized the boy sitting cold on the street was his real twin brother.
He used his tablet camera to take clear photos of every single legal paper.
Then he put the yellow folder back inside the metal safe and locked it.
He walked back up to his bedroom with a firm determination in his mind.
He knew he could not sit back and let his brother suffer on the streets.
He opened his school backpack and started packing essential items.
He put in warm clothes, his saved allowance money, and a bottle of water.
Julian: I am going to find you, Leo. I promise.
He set his alarm clock for six o'clock in the morning.
He lay down on his bed, but he could not close his eyes all night.