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Tim had found Elias crying in the parking lot earlier that week, holding a cracked rearview mirror from Dante’s wrecked car. Tim didn’t say “I’m sorry.” He said, “Bring that in tomorrow.”

Just two brothers, inhaling at the same time, 4,000 miles apart and twenty years too late. Justin Timberlake-Mirrors Radio Edit prod by Timbaland.mp3

“I see you in the sidewalk cracks / In the static of the television / You were the original, I’m the counterfeit / Now I’m just a reflection of a reflection…” Tim had found Elias crying in the parking

Justin nodded. He closed his eyes. And then he sang the first verse of “Mirrors.” He closed his eyes

Elias’s older brother, Dante, had died six months before that session. Car accident on the Belt Parkway. They were twins. Identical. When Elias looked in a mirror, he saw Dante’s face staring back with his own eyes. And that night, in the vocal booth, Justin didn’t know any of this. But Timbaland did.

He finally deleted the file. Then he went inside to make breakfast for his daughter. And for the first time since 2006, he didn’t flinch when he passed a mirror.