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 through the trouble to

no trouble

Roseanne

Wait a minute...

they all were with work, struggling to

nudged him teasingly, "Who was that? Little Roseanne, right?

moaning about the workload. Only you, Mr. Reynolds, can

told, Owen was pushing

Vel

he made it

and cheerful.

to do experiments,

distance between them, then glanced at his watch, "If I'm not mistaken, it's been over nine hours since you received the preliminary

The deadly quadruple inquiry.

"...Sorry to have disturbed you,

with a grimace, facing the mountain of

these, Stoddard found himself missing

here, she could whip up a program in minutes, making sense of

to luxury is

only little Roseanne could permanently

...