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..."

your dad for me, for going

no trouble

Roseanne was

Wait a minute...

yesterday, Jen was texting her complaints about how swamped they all were with work, struggling to keep up with their schedule. And he says "it's

that? Little Roseanne, right? I could hear her voice."

pulled three all-nighters, and both Jen and Sammy have been moaning about the workload. Only you, Mr. Reynolds, can speak of it

be told, Owen was pushing

Vel

made

and cheerful.

pretending to

then glanced at his watch, "If I'm not mistaken, it's been over nine hours since you received the preliminary data yesterday. How much have you verified? Is the accuracy up to

The deadly quadruple inquiry.

to have disturbed you, I'll see myself

to his workstation with a grimace, facing the

Stoddard found

she could whip up a program

from simplicity to luxury is

Roseanne could permanently join their

...