Chapter 56 - Rose

“I can't believe this is happening...” was all Rose could manage to growl as she struggled to fit her seat belt into the latch on the front seat of Aaron's car, her tremors getting in the way of her “They can't do this. with Grace! I won't let they do...!”

"Rose, take it easy..." Aaron's voice rang out, but Rose's mind was so busy that she heard it almost as if he were a bee buzzing.

“How can they do this to their own daughter?! She hasn't even faced them before like I did before. Grace always tried her best to go unnoticed so that they would forget about her existence and make sure nothing like this would ever happen and... And now..." she blinked away a tear, mad at herself for still crying over something the Springs had done.

“Rose.” suddenly, the hands that were still clutching the seat belt were stopped by a gentle touch and, still flustered, she finally looked up to meet Aaron's worried and reassuring expression “T