Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed
Chapter 6
Madeleine admitted it. "Yeah, I'm getting old. I can only guide two,"
Hans mumbled, his lips curling in a moue of discontent. It was evident the third slot was for Madeleine, yet she would not admit it outright.
"Ms. Payne. Oh? Mr. Olson is here, too?" Carlisle strolled in with two younger students, setting down a bouquet of fresh sunflowers on the table. "We're just here to check on Ms. Payne."
Amidst the casual conversation, one of the students mentioned, "I heard a freshman this year is brilliant. Got straight into the combined Bachelor-Master-PhD track."
At Kingswell University's School of Life Sciences, it'd been almost a decade since anyone got into the direct PhD track from undergrad, and no more than three students had managed it.
"This freshman won gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad and the International Informatics Olympiad last year, securing her spot in our department."
"Two gold medals? That's pretty cool. But I remember a senior. She must have been one of Ms. Payne's students, who entered undergrad with four gold medals, one in math, physics, chemistry, and computer science each! What was her name? Rose or something like Anne?"
"Looks like it's about time!" Hans interjected, "You guys should head back to campus."
"Oh, alright then. We'll be off."
"Yeah."
had left the room, the one who had brought up the senior looked visibly downcast. "Carlisle,
Carlisle looked equally puzzled.
said, "Those students didn't mean
him off, but her lips trembled uncontrollably, and tears began to well up in her eyes, eventually spilling over. "She was such a genius.
do you know what she said to me the last time we met? She said
with the lunchbox in hand,
'I'm sorry... Ms. Payne...'
she couldn't muster the courage to enter, leaving the lunchbox at the nurses' station. "This is
nurse called out to her. "Hey, you
for the fresh air, but the overwhelming guilt
approached her, her heels clicking
blazer and pencil skirt, her hair cascading over her shoulders. It was Hertha Sherwood, Murray's
The general ward was not for maternity check-ups. Hertha breathed a sigh of relief for her mother. If Roseanne were pregnant, an emergency wedding would have Beverley
managed a
noticed it. "Why are your eyes so
Roseanne remained silent.
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