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By family arrangement, I married Warren Dawson in place of my twin sister, Nadia Hatfield. For six years, I lived with him, a man confined to a wheelchair, violent, paranoid, and cruel. I was worn down to the edge of depression, yet I stayed. I cared for him patiently, believing that one day he would finally let me into his heart. Then, on my birthday, Warren disappeared. Terrified, I searched everywhere, reaching out to everyone I could think of until I finally found him on the shore by nightfall. The man who had spent years in a wheelchair was standing. He had his arm around Nadia, the two of them leaning close, watching fireworks explode across the sky. "Surprise." Warren smiled at her. "Happy birthday."