Mysterious phone call

For the billionth time in a row, our time together was cut short by some pack emergency that Axel ran to take care of. We didn't even get to the house. Instead, he dropped me back home after his phone called and a guard cried out that the rogues had attacked. I cursed those vile creatures all night. But... only half-heartedly. Yesterday's shopping spree left a bad taste in my mouth and I wouldn't have wanted the memory of my first time with Axel behind trained by it.

"Rose!" My mom is banging at my door to wake me up. "We'll be late!"

My grandma invited us over to spend the day there and I dread it with all my heart. Not only because the woman is vile herself, but because her house is... too much. Every wall is covered in pictures of my father. None are with me or my mom, of course. Just him, smiling from everywhere.

The kick is that you can't mention it either. My grandma shuts down every conversation about him as she hates that my mother and I were a part of his life.

"Why are we ev