Chapter SixteenMaryanne:Years passed, and I raised the child together with Gabby. We were blessed with a brilliant boy, and I let Gabby choose his name: Ethan.Ethan wasn’t just any child. He was smarter than his age, always asking questions about money, business, trade. While other boys played with toy cars and sticks, Ethan collected paper bills, real ones. He’d study the faces, the numbers, the weight of coins. At seven, he was already learning how to flip small items for more value. Gabby said it was genius. I called it destiny.But while I raised Ethan, I never forgot the daughter stolen from me.I watched them.Even when I was in hiding, even when I moved from city to city, I never lost sight of them. I had people, people who owed me favors, people who feared me, and people who pitied me enough to help me stay informed. I knew when the daughter who they named Stephanie turned seven. I knew when they bought a new house. I knew the day Diana walked into that shelter and laid ey
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