Forty three

Emily quickly came to terms with the fact that her daughter was married, causing Charlotte to be surprised. Emily was always asking how Dalton was and if their relationship was improving.

Charlotte thought at first that it was because her mother was worried about her, but with time she began to think it was something else. Something she was unaware of because her mother always wanted to know everything to the tiniest details: if Dalton smiled at her or not, and even how wide the smile was if he did.

Charlotte had explained to her mother that he wore a mask, and she had never asked him to take it off. She was already on her way home the day she met up with his mother when she remembered that she hadn't asked Sarah about the severity of the injury on Dalton's face.

She decided to ask Graham about it. He just looked at her for a while, and in those few seconds she could see that he was thinking of the right answer to give her. In the end, he did not give her any reasonable answer.

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