Fifty-Six

She brushed his hair back like a mother would a child and in that moment, I could tell she truly did love her sons, it looked innocent like a doting mother would do. It suddenly made me wish my mother were still here. I felt saddened by the fact my mother would never again look at me the way Delphine gazed at Dorian. But it did no good, he didn’t even bat an eyelid.

I heard her sigh. “This is one