Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

No sooner had she said it than she was out the door in a rush.

Roseanne felt numb all over.

Oh well, as long as they're happy...

In the lab-

Owen was poring over two sets of data from last week, spotting a discrepancy in the fourth column of the second set, just about to call Sammy over when his phone rang.

He answered it without looking-

"Hello?"

"Mr. Reynolds, it's Roseanne."

Owen paused, his gaze slowly drifting away from the screen, his voice softening, "What's up? Everything okay?"

"My dad, he... he wants to invite you over for dinner. He's cooking himself... If you're too busy, it's okay, I'll just let him know..."

"I'm free."

Roseanne stopped dead for a few seconds: "...Isn't the lab swamped?"

"It's manageable."

"So..."

"See you tonight. And thank your dad for me, for going through the trouble to

it's no

hanging up, Roseanne was

Wait a minute...

her complaints about how swamped they all were with work, struggling to

"Who was that? Little Roseanne, right? I could hear her

chuckled, "Man, I've pulled three all-nighters, and both Jen and Sammy have been moaning about the workload. Only you, Mr. Reynolds, can speak

told, Owen was pushing himself harder than

Vel

he made it

and cheerful.

to do experiments, fabricating reports,

been over nine hours since you received the preliminary

The deadly quadruple inquiry.

"...Sorry to have disturbed you,

his workstation with a grimace, facing the mountain

Stoddard found

up a program in minutes,

is easy, but the reverse is a

Roseanne could

...