Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Norris quickly nodded, "Sure, sure, we'll catch up later."

Owen gave a slight nod, then took his leave.

Once inside, Roseanne busied herself with the luggage.

Madge and Norris began to survey their daughter's living space.

A two-bedroom apartment, neither big nor small.

Although the layout and basic fixtures showed signs of wear and tear, the personal touches were evident.

The sofa, cabinets, and appliances all looked brand new.

Some of the unavoidable flaws were cleverly hidden with decorative pieces - a cover here, a screen there, managing to conceal most of the imperfections.

At first glance, it looked like a cozy and well-appointed little apartment.

Seeing the disheveled state of the stairwell earlier, they hadn't held much hope for their daughter's living situation.

But stepping inside, they found themselves in a completely different world.

Madge was pleased.

because Roseanne had managed to make the rented apartment look so lovely, but

but one's attitude towards life should

married, Norris's monthly salary was only $3,200, and he had to give $2,000

their financial situation got

Madge would still buy a bouquet every

during their weekend hikes, arranging them in a bottle, and that was just as good. Roseanne always thought her mother

out of character for a

Madge would say she'd forgotten, struggling to recall

suspected that her mother's

rather scrimp and save himself than limit Madge's

to say, "Your mom settled

all my luck

her out of that

faced misfortune,

to en.kiki

of Thermodynamics? It's about the conservation of energy. Meeting your mom, that was energy plus; the other difficulties in life, that's energy minus. Because the plus was so much at once, the minus has

middle school and had

hearing this, she could

Dad thinks he's

rest of

Norris was speechless.