Chapter 612

"What's with the stare?"

Roseanne: "Oh, nothing. Just suddenly felt how awesome you are, Professor."

And it was true, truly awesome.

"Come on, don't just stand there. Aren't you cold?" he said with a chuckle.

Roseanne rubbed her hands together: "A bit."

...

And then it was Saturday again.

Roseanne got up early, made herself a sandwich, and whipped up some almond milk for breakfast.

She timed her departure to coincide with Owen Reynolds', handing him a paper bag filled with the sandwich and almond milk. Owen Reynolds: "Breakfast?"

"Yeah!"

"Perfect timing, I haven't eaten. Thanks."

tidy up the house first, get everything spick and span before heading out. She hadn't finished mopping the

"Hello?"

It's Pauline! You need to

The hospital room.

hurried in, breathless:

lying in the hospital bed, hooked up to an IV drip, with Pauline looking distressed beside

let out a sigh of relief: "Roseanne, you're

you supposed to go with the professor for a wellness retreat out of

University offered a number of wellness

Madeleine should've been on the list ages ago, but she always passed

assuring that the school could manage without her, and there were no major academic conferences coming up.

know who it was or what was said, but after that

"What did

she insisted on being discharged, wouldn't even

words were unintentional,

approached the bedside, just as

her, Madeleine became agitated: "You all think I'm

are you saying? This is

Roseanne silently

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