Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 561

Roseanne quickly got herself together, slipping into her down jacket and scarf as she raced downstairs.

Reaching the bottom, she found a crowd of kids already out and about, each armed with their own set of tools, enjoying the winter's first snowfall a rare treat indeed. Standing apart from the crowd, under a snow-covered tree, Owen Reynolds watched her with a smile.

Roseanne's eyes lit up, and she dashed over to him.

It was only when she got closer that she noticed the bucket by his feet, filled with-

Snowball makers, mini snow shovels, plastic snow rakes...

And not just any snowball makers, but ones in various shapes.

"These...these..." Roseanne swallowed hard.

Owen Reynolds said, "For you to enjoy."

Wow!

"Professor, I'm not a kid..."

Yet, two minutes later-

Roseanne excitedly waved him over: "Professor! Look at this duck! Doesn't it look just like one?!"

"And this little dinosaur, too cute!"

"Professor, could you use this little shovel to scoop up some clean snow from over there? I want the pure white kind, not a speck of dirt-" "Professor-"

"Professor..."

Roseanne was too excited.

passing neighbors gave her

do? She was from the

someone from there would know the true

was having the time of her

watching her play and occasionally following her orders like a personal assistant-was also

...

lab, scratching

Owen here yet? We had problems with two sets of data yesterday, waiting

"Mr. Stoddard, you're

"Yeah, why?"

took a

off?! When did he request that?!

he'd be

dumbfounded. A great start to

the window: "The

of winter,

been nice to go

and enjoy the snow."new

tried booking tickets online at midnight and still couldn't get any."

you know, with all the buzz online, the

what it's all

belongs to en. wontent

"Taking Liz with you?"

What's the fun in going alone, right? It's

a moment: "Then you better brush up