Chapter 27
Sam didn’t know what to think. Competing emotions made her dizzy. She should be very happy, and she was — in a way. Thankful, certainly, to see Charlie looking so much stronger, although she still had a kind of frail, elfin beauty about her; still looked wrong somehow outside of a hospital setting. Her eyes had grown elegant brows and lovely long lashes. Her hair was an inch or more in length now over her head. If you didn’t know she’d been bald, it might have looked like she had a stylish crop, one designed to bring classic definition to her features. It was a great comfort to see this beautiful, healthy version of her sister. But with a jolt, Sam recognised that happiness wasn’t on the top of her emotional scoreboard. Disappointment, jealousy, guilt, resentment – these were
