“It won’t take that long…” Charlotte was well aware that he would not let her leave for a month, so she settled for less to appease him. “It’ll take two weeks at most. We’ll see how it goes then.”

“Two weeks is too long.” Zachary had grown accustomed to having her by his side.

“We’ll cross the bridge when we come to it. I’ll try my best to return soon,” Charlotte coaxed. “The children would be waiting for me at home. I can’t possibly stay away from them for so long.”

Zachary conceded, convinced by her reasoning. Even if she could bear being separated from me, she would miss the children.

“I’ll have Ben take care of it. It’s time for bed now,” Zachary said as he tucked her in.

Charlotte let out a satisfied hum and buried herself in Zachary’s embrace like an adorable kitten.

a kiss on Charlotte’s forehead and

when sleep eventually came for her, she

woke up to an empty room. She stretched lazily before heading to

nothing amiss when she stared at her reflection as if

herself a once-over. As expected, there was nothing unusual apart from the fact that

within Charlotte at this realization, but she quickly dismissed the intrusive thought.

Mrs. Berry’s voice rang from the other

responded. “Come in,

feeling? Does it still hurt?” Mrs.

as she walked out. “The pain comes in pangs; it’ll go away on its own after a while. No marks are left after each episode, almost as if it never happened at

glanced at the door and whispered,

I’ll give Mr. Judd a call

door

from her. He ecstatically reported that the two

to receive the good news. She then

mention of Dr. Felch.

treatments at the hospital, but her condition isn’t improving, and it’s rather worrying. Dr.

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