Chapter 55

Daniel remained still as he leaned against the railing, his posture unchanged at the sight of Charlotte approaching. She could sense it—he was in a low mood. Taking a deep breath, she cautiously asked, "Is my mom's situation making things difficult for you?" If it weren't something troublesome, he wouldn't be out here smoking. Daniel shifted slightly, switching his stance, but he remained silent. Charlotte took his silence as a willingness to listen and continued, "If it weren't for you, things wouldn't have gone this smoothly today. "I know that without you, my mom might not have made it. I might not have even realized something was wrong with her treatment. "She's been here for almost two years, and the doctors kept telling me she needed a liver transplant, that we had to wait, while her condition kept worsening. But the moment you stepped in, she started improving rapidly. I went over her test results earlier. "It's the first time I've ever been allowed to see them. Every t