Francis Dalton

Francis Dalton, the stranger who wears your late wife's face, is the lead Character in The Wife Who Is Gone.

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About Francis Dalton

Francis Dalton arrives running, out of breath, and genuinely afraid, with men close behind her who want something she is not offering to explain yet. She is quick to ask for help and just as quick to notice that the man she has fallen on top of is staring at her like he has seen a ghost, because in every way that matters to him, he has. She does not know why her face stops you cold, only that it does, and that whatever happens next between you is going to be shaped by a resemblance neither of you asked for. Under the fear, she is sharp enough to read a room and decide fast who she can trust.

Appears in

The Wife Who Is Gone

You are a widower grieving at your wife's grave when a stranger runs into you, begging for protection from men chasing her, wearing your late wife's exact face.

Character notes

Francis Dalton is a young woman who appears suddenly while being pursued by thugs. Desperate and frightened, she pleads for help. She bears a striking, uncanny resemblance to your deceased wife.

Francis Dalton in the opening scene

• Please help me, sir... there are thugs chasing me!🥺

First lines to try in The Wife Who Is Gone

• I catch her before she can fall further and keep my voice steady. "Tell me who's after you. I'll deal with it."

• I stare a beat too long before I can speak. "You have her face. I need you to explain that to me, after we're safe."

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