“Rose, I'm going to get some more coffee. Do you want something?"Looking up from the various piles of old and even typewritten papers that were spread out in front of her, Rose looked at Andy's exhausted face, with an empty mug in his hand, looking like he was going to pass out from exhaustion at any moment.“Yes, I want you to go to sleep.” she asked, with a worried sigh, “Please Andy, you haven't slept a wink the last two days. Go to bed and get some sleep, I beg you.”"I won't be able to sleep until this situation is resolved." Andy took a deep breath as he pinched the bridge of his nose tightly.“Then ask Jullian for one of the tranquilizers the doctor prescribed for your grandmother. Just please try to take even a nap before it does you harm.”“Look who's talking. You and my brother haven't slept a second, either, since that motherfucker was here.” normally, Andy would have said that scene jokingly, but in that situation, she looked nothing but dejected."I a

The building where Michael worked had not changed at all. Once, when she was still very young, the school where Rose studied had an emergency due to a fire breaking out and her father had been forced, even very reluctantly, to bring her to his work until one of the employees came to fetch her there. That "bring your kids to work" moment lasted less than an hour in all, but she vividly remembered hearing him complain during every minute about how much she was bothering him and how many people he was going to fire because he was being "forced to putting up with the brat when he was paying people to do it for him.”"If you're feeling really uncomfortable having to see him again..." Aaron's voice pulled her out of her thoughts and, as she turned to him, Rose realized that maybe she hadn't been able to hide the feelings that being there aroused in her very well, judging by the way he seemed worried about her  "No need to go in.”“Uh…” it was

“Aaron!” the car had barely managed to park in front of the mansion when he heard his sister's voice calling him, euphoric in a way that filled him with hope "Aaron!""What? What happened?" he asked through the half-open window when he saw Andy coming down the stairs ahead, ready to leave and then open Rose's door to help her out, but when he saw her appear next to his sister in the next instant, Aaron realized that, for the third time that day, he would not have that opportunity."We did it!" Andy celebrated, hugging Rose, and when he saw the woman who had helped them resolve the situation return the gesture with equal affection, a strange feeling came over Aaron.Odd precisely because, for the first time, he wasn't irritated or bothered by how attached his sister had become to Rose Springs. In fact, what he was feeling at that moment was almost gratitude that Andrea had found a friend. He knew she'd been around a lot of people and gotten over a lot of he

“Remember to go straight to the dorm after you enroll, will you?” Rose advised her sister as she wrapped a scarf around her neck, “And always remember to lock the door when you go to sleep. A lot of people will invite you to their seniors parties and, well, of course you can go if you want to have a good time, but remember to pay close attention to make sure no one spills any of your drink or accepts a ride from you. strangers...”“You sound exactly like Aaron when it came time to send me off to college.” Andy cackled behind her, “I know you worry Rose, but I'm sure Grace is old enough to be able to take care of herself. I don't understand the complex that makes you act as if you were a parent, just because you were born a few years earlier..."“What's wrong with worrying about security?” Aaron snorted and, to Rose's surprise, also turned to Grace, “Do everything as your sister advised. You can't be too careful wh

“Have you really never melted chocolate before?” Rose laughed for the millionth time in just the last five minutes as she watched Aaron struggle to flip the small, still solid chocolate chunks with the spatula without them jumping out of the glass bowl into the pot filled with warm water.“Don't make fun of me, I had already warned you that at the bank we don't learn to do any of that.” Aaron snorted, looking almost on the verge of sweating as he gently stirred the chocolate, “Why don't we do this in the microwave, by the way? Wouldn't that be much more practical?"“Some people think so, but I particularly don't. In order to melt correctly, chocolate needs to be stirred properly and, by staying in the microwave, it is not always possible to do this correctly. And believe me, everything is much better when you eat chocolate that is smooth and creamy, rather than burned or lumpy.” she taught, feeling happier than she knew to have him by her side at a time that was normally reserved for h