She glanced up at him. Charlotte, Dr Saunders said gently, you realised how strange it must seem, that you were so upset by his death. I insist that you try to eat, he said kindly, and went to pour her some more tea. Are you all right? She opened the door a few inches.
He imagined the soft weight of her hair on his hands, gold frost glinting on brown… Simply not to be alone with this despair. Charlotte was startled. But if I don't come back to life— You will. And Charlotte saw straight through Ilona's mask; however much she claimed to loathe Karl, his rejection had devastated her.
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