“Close race,” she said, and her voice sounded a little hoarser to her ears than it should have been. “Did you vote for me?” Charlotte asked, and her voice was a little quieter than it should have been. There was a playful tone there, but there was also an underlying serious one. Sutton’s heart beat a little faster at the truth of her answer, and despite the voice in the back of her head telling her to move away, she instead turned to look at Charlotte, who was already staring intently at her, waiting for her response. She looked, honestly, like Sutton’s answer meant a lot. “Of course I did,”
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