Cyrus' POV The next time I heard anything about Marissa was five years after I disappeared. When I first fell into the river, I thought I was as good as dead. But as it turned out, one of the kidnappers was too much of a coward to actually kill anyone. He pulled me out of the water and dumped me on the riverbank before leaving me there. I lay on my back, staring up at the twinkling stars, and decided I didn't want to go back. I didn't want to get tangled up with the Caldwells or any of those people ever again. The Caldwell family's financial support had long since been repaid. After all these years, I'd earned more than enough to consider that debt settled. So, I asked a friend who worked at the hospital to help me arrange a false death certificate for my sister, and then I took her away with me. We settled in a quiet coastal city where the sea breeze blew year-round, the winters were mild, and the summers were cool. I opened an orphanage and began taking in abandoned childre
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