Apparently, every girl who lives after being assumed dead is crazy. First Akielah, now Veronica. Great. What a great ol’ family reunion we have here. It was weird… speaking to the woman in front of him with such… distaste. Though she looked like his wife - clearly, she wasn’t her and he could see that through her facial expressions… in the way she stood… in the way she bloody acted. So of course he tried to put her in her place. How dare she talk about his wife in such a manner… especially after everything Val had done for this woman. WHY WAS SHE EVEN HERE? Okay, Dan, one problem at a time.
Waiting for Valerie, he stood there - practically engaging in a staring contest with the woman in front of him. A soft smile met his lips with her on my way sentiment, though disappeared when he Veronica again. Don’t think you can win this staring contest, vErOnICA. It took all of a few minutes for his wife to approach them… however, clearly this shocked her too and he could see that his wife… well…didn’t exactly know what to think. As she whispered her sister’s name, Daniel reached her side just… being there for her. He wasn’t good at this type of stuff… but he tried… and he always would try for her.
Daniel watched as Val wrapped her arms around her sister, before apologizing - which he himself wasn’t a fan of… but that was her prerogative. What he hated more than his wife apologizing, however, was the way Veronica just stood there - almost uncaring and moving away with her crude words. “I didn’t do anything darling. I assumed she was you, because… well Veronica was dead until today… or so I thought… and she made sure I knew that she wasn’t…” Daniel replied, keeping a careful eye on Veronica as he wrapped his arm around his wife. “You’re right, Veronica, you don’t owe me an explanation for anything… but maybe give your twin sister the courtesy, at the very least… or I guess… if I technically looked for it, I could probably figure out what happened to you but that would take some time… and you’re already here.”