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*Present*
Hearing her alarm sound, Charlotte opened her eyes having mild fever and cold. She doesn’t want to wake up so she dozed off again turning off the alarm. But then something knocked on the door to her thoughts. Yesterday, their conversation and his confession came back to her head. She opened her eyes not able to escape from it and huffed in defeat. Charlotte doesn’t know why she cried like that, what gotten into her that time.15.*Present*The party arrangements got finished perfectly. Charlotte overlooked the seating layouts for one last time and smiled when it was all perfect. She walked to the seat where Jaxson was going to sit and she made the cloth perfect which is slightly folded at the end.When they were setting the tables, Charlotte asked her colleagues to put an extra seat near Jaxson’s seat. They asked her 'why?' For that, she replied, “He might bring someone with him, who knows. Please do it.” They looked at her weirdly and did what she said. Only she knows that her son is going to come here.Charlotte is so excited and nervous for the night. She prayed everything should go easy for her, Jaxson, and Noah. Then the gathering commenced, she stood inside the hall to
16.*Past*Charlotte finished the test, most of the answers she has written were correct, except for a few. But this is enough to get good scores, she thought and waited for the bell to ring.She felt anxious not because of this test or scores but for Jaxson, he has been risking his education for boxing so he has to get it and she doesn’t want to lose him in anything. Charlotte is so eager to know whether he won
17.*Present*"Charlotte?" Jaxson caller her name softy against her ears and she felt so good to hear it."Rise and shine," he said and kissed her cheeks.Charlotte smiled and slowly opened her eyes. She saw Jaxson's bright face carrying that breathtaking smile. Why he's looking so different now? Why am I here?
18.*Past*Days passed one after another, and it’s going to be a month since they started their relationship, Charlotte got her test results which are good and Frances was relieved to know that her daughter will get into a good University if she studies at this rate.
19.*Present*“Mommy,” hearing Noah’s voice, Charlotte closed her laptop and stood up from the couch with a smile. She has been started to work on a business plan and there’s a reason why she starting it now, working there again for a long time isn’t a good idea anymore. She thought this is the right time to take the next step in her career. This idea sparked when today she went to the police station after she got a call to confirm the assault yesterday. Jaxson went along with her and talked with the officers in place of Charlotte because she’s quite terrified.
20.The next day, after sending off Noah to school. Charlotte decided to go to the grocery store to buy the leftover ingredients and came out of the house to find a tall dark man walking towards the door.His eyes become curious when he saw Charlotte in Jaxson's house. Charlotte was confused too and she walked to him.“Who are you?” He asked Charlotte politely because he thought whether she’s the one that Jaxson told on the phone.
21.*Past*“Charlie. Is that good?” Jaxson asked putting his arms around her shoulders while they were sitting on the park bench.
22.The next day,“Nowadays, you’re acting differently, Charlotte. What happened to you?” Her mom asked when Charlotte said that she’s going out with her friends and spending the night outside.“You have been disappearing a lot, coming late to home, always stays inside your shell and you’re not talking much with me,” she pointed to everything.Charlotte gazed at her