Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 739

The next morning, Roseanne was jolted awake by the ringing of her phone.

The early dawn light was barely peeking through her curtains as she rubbed her eyes and squinted at the clock. It wasn't even 7 a.m. yet. She yawned, her brain still foggy from sleep.

She picked up the phone, her voice carrying the husky remnants of sleep. "Dad, why are you calling so early?"

Norris paused for a moment, his voice tinged with an unusual mix of apprehension and uncertainty. "Anne... your grandparents have come to visit."

Roseanne blinked, still caught in the web of sleep. "Grandparents? What grandparents?"

"Your mom's biological parents, your real grandparents."

Roseanne sat there, stunned for a few seconds before the words finally sunk in. She bolted upright, momentarily speechless.

After what seemed like an eternity, she jumped out of bed. "I'm booking a ticket home right now."

By noon, her flight touched down.

Roseanne exited the airport and flagged down a taxi.

As she approached her family home, she noticed two cars parked outside the house.

One was a Bentley, the other a sleek black limousine with a special license plate certainly not something your average Joe could afford.

curious glances

that limousine... that bespoke model, and with a special plate? That's

knot tighten in

in the

a man tending to his garden, turning the soil over and over with

for the pleasure of it—just keeping his hands busy to

glanced toward the house, the open door letting faint voices

rush in but instead walked over to Norris and crouched

"Dad."

when he saw Roseanne, as if he'd

"Anne! You're back!"

"Where's Mom?"

"She's inside."

say on the phone last

you at

IMS

few left undone last time..." he mumbled,

read between the

trowel from Norris,

Mom

shook his head. "No, it's not that! Of