10

Rosalie

"Hey Rose, how have you been?" Ericson asked me as I entered Charlie’s living room and took a seat on one of the peach-colored chairs she had recently got.

"Rose." Charlie called snapping me out of my thoughts.

"I’m fine, how are you guys?" I asked.

"Are you sure you are ok though?" Penelope asked eyeing me with worry.

"Yes." I nodded. After my exchange with Cage, I had been failing to focus on anything but him and what he had told me. I wished I could vent to my friends on how frustrated I was with having to talk about the same thing over and over again or how they could help me make him understand why him knowing his father was a bad idea, but unfortunately, I couldn’t.

“How have you all been?” I asked shifting the topic. I needed to focus on something aside from my son and his father.

“I’ve been great.” Ericson told me with a bright smile on his face. “Just that I no longer get to see you as much.”

"I’ve just been quite busy.” I told him.