** ** ** **Rosalie's journey through her old photo album continued on for an hour more before everyone decided to call it a night and return to their room.Lance and Roxanne returned to their separate rooms for a while before Lance joined Roxanne in her room, squeezing into the space beside her."Hey, are you okay?" She asked as Lance snuggled close to her. During the time they looked through the photo album, Lance had suddenly gone quiet and when Roxanne glanced at him, she noticed that he was staring at a blank, not even paying attention to anything Rosalie was saying.It was weird and unusual behavior, but she didn't know why he acted that way. "Is something wrong?" She questioned again."No." Lance answered and shook his head. He turned around and settled his body against hers, eyes on her lips before he leaned in and pressed his lips against hers.Roxanne responded immediately, wrapping her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. She didn't know what was wrong, but she hoped
The drive back to the family house was silence, comfortably silent and Roxanne could feel that the brewing tension back at the hospital had disappeared. But she was still curious about what Lance had to say and she wordless squeezed his hand which was resting on her lap to pass this along.Lance glanced away from the road for mere seconds, flashing a calm and charming smile her way before turning back to focus on the road. "We can talk in the house," he replied before looking back at the road and Roxanne followed his gaze, glancing up at the house which was visible in the distance.Roxanne knew that Lance was going to have some important answers for her but she also knew that they were still working things out and that this might just be another part of that process. So she was just going to sit back and enjoy the comfortable silence of the ride back home.Almost immediately as Roxanne stepped out, she was swarmed by Henry, Rosalie, her grandfather and a new face, a beautiful brunette
Roxanne was surprised by Colton's sudden visit that for a few seconds, she went silent, staring like a statue."Hi, Roxanne." He finally broke the silence with a wave of his hand.This seemed to snap her out of her trans. "Col...Colton? What are you doing here?" She asked."Roxanne, who is it?" Henry's voice came from behind as he walked towards the door and spotted Colton standing outside. "Ah, Col, you made it." He brushed past his surprised cousin and went to give Colton a hand shake all the while Roxanne stared at them both in confusion.What was Colton doing here? Sure, she knew that Henry and Colton were friends, best friends from all the stories she has heard and that was not what surprised her, but rather, what surprised her was the fact that Colton was here...at the family house...showing up out of the blues!How did that happen?"Don't look so surprised, Roxanne," Henry began as he turned to face her, the surprise of Colton's visit evident on her face."I'm...I'm not surpris
How had she lost at her own game? She needed to up her game. However, just as that thought crossed her mind, she turned around and saw Lance grinning at her, clearly happy with how she had walked away from him.Roxanne decided to be childish. She stuck her tongue out at him before she turned around and suantered away."Ah, Roxy, there you are." Rosalie said as soon as she stepped into the dinning room."Yes, grandmother, I'm here." Roxanne answered and glanced around to see that everyone was either seated at the table or still helping themselves to the macarons on the plate in the middle of the table. "Did you need me for something?""Nothing important, Colton just pointed out how you weren't here. And where's Lance.""Here." The male announced his presence as he showed up behind Roxanne."Now we are complete. Take a seat, and join us, these macarons aren't going to finish themselves after all.""Yes Grandmother." Roxanne nodded her head and glanced around for empty seats for she and
~Flashback~~Summer of 1976~Rosalie turned and tossed on her bed as she could hear sounds from outside that disturbed her sleep coupled with the sunlight streaming into her window.Groaning, she buried her head under her pillow and tried to go back to sleep, unfortunately, the universe had other plans for her.Ugh, How unfortunate was she? Just when she had gotten a free day off going to college and decided to spend it in her bed, she's woken up by a fucking moving truck...A moving truck?The sudden realization caused the young girl to sit up. Her short almost red hair was all over the place as she looked around her room for a few seconds before scrambling off her bed and racing down stairs."Rosy? Where are you going?" Her female best friend and house mate asked as she watched her run down and out the house.As soon as Rosalie was outside, she frantically looked around before her eyes spotted the moving truck and she jogged down towards the house she had been familiar with for year
Rosalie stood at the entrance of the family house as she watched Lance and Roxanne walk towards their car. She stayed with a smile on her face and bade them farewell with a wave.Only when they had stepped into the car and driven away did she allow the smile in her lips to fade away.The past was catching up, she thought and frowned, causing wrinkles to paint her delicate skin.Her thought was interrupted as Louis suddenly showed up behind her. "Are they gone?" He asked, causing her to flinch. She looked back at him and glared. "Did I scare you?"Rosalie sighed and ignored her husband's comment. She closed the door, locked it and then walked towards the siting room. Now that both her favorite grandchildren were gone with their companions, the house felt empty, too big to just accommodate two people alone, even though it had been like that for years.The sound of her sighing out loud drew Louis's attention. "What's wrong?" He asked."Nothing." Rosalie answered as she forced a smile on
Lance had driven a while more while Roxanne was asleep when he got a phone call. He answered the phone, connecting it to his Bluetooth which he immediately stuck in his ear."Kelvin, what is it?" He asked in a low voice, careful not to wake Roxanne."Sir, it's about he report you told me to run." The shadow assistant informed.Lance glanced at Roxanne and once confirming that she was still sleeping, he Instructed, "Go on.""I looked into the driver who had been accused if drunk driving killed the previous CEO of Grant Enterprise. He was an acquaintance of Mr. Cube."Lance's brows furrowed. Claude Cube? He was involved in all these?He turned to glance at Roxanne. He'd have to tell her all this eventually, but right now, he didn't want to worry her any further."Do you know anything else?""Yes. During the trial, someone had bribed the judge and covered up the entire case."Someone did that? Lance felt anger bubble in the out of his stomach. Just how disgusting were humans willing to b
"Hack!" The woman in front of Roxanne's eyes coughed up a large amount of blood into her hand.The blonde could only but watch with Large eyes, frozen to her spot and unsure of how all this had happened and what actions she needed to take.Around her was the sound of a younger child crying, calling out to the woman who was coughing up more blood, his mother. The child had tears brimming in the lid if his beautiful lavender eyes as he clung to his mother, worried."Amelie are you okay?"Roxanne was snapped out of her stand still haze when she heard the sound of her father's familiar yet forgotten voice and seconds later, he moved past her with a handkerchief. Soon after, the beautiful figure of her mother came into vision as she too tried to care for her sick And new acquaintance.Roxanne watched with a Blank mind for a few seconds before it all clicked. Ah, this was another dream of hers.She glanced down at her hands which were that of a child, confirming her assumptions. She glanced