"No place to hang it? I'll just hang it in the living room," Beatrice replied.
"It doesn't really match the decor there," Noelle countered.
"It doesn't matter. Rosie drew this for me, and that's something money can't buy."
Beatrice's words left Noelle at a loss for a response.
Beatrice then turned to Rosie with a smile. "What would you like? I'll have someone buy it for you, okay?"
"That's okay, Grandma." Rosie shook her head. Then, she added, "Also, Grandma, I want to go home."
Her words stunned Beatrice. After a moment, she replied, "What do you mean, 'go home'? Aren't you already—"
"No, Grandma. I want to go back to Stormridge, where it's just Mommy and me," Rosie answered seriously.
A frown slowly appeared on Beatrice's forehead. At the same time, she turned to look at Noelle, who was just as surprised as Beatrice by Rosie's request.
Noelle immediately crouched down and asked Rosie, "What's wrong? Why do you suddenly want to go back?"
"But aren't we ever going to go back?" Rosie asked earnestly. "Josh is probably still waiting for me. I haven't seen him in so long."
"Is that your friend? I'll have someone bring him over tomorr—" Beatrice started to say but then seemed to realize how absurd her suggestion sounded, so her voice slowly trailed off.
"Grandma, I'll come visit you when I have the time. You can also come visit us at our home."
Compared to Noelle, Rosie was much more decisive. In just a few words, she had settled the matter, leaving no room for Beatrice to argue.
In the end, Beatrice could only say, "Well, let's talk about it after your follow-up appointment. When did the doctor say it was?"
"This Friday," Noelle replied.
"Shall I ask Hendrix to take you two to the hospital?"
Noelle didn't respond immediately, letting Beatrice's question hang in the air.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Sway and Slide of Love
Like how the story is progressing now but why is the author only releasing 3 chapters at a time? this is torture😩😩...
Woah chapters 41-45 is intense!! Good to see Noelle’s character who has come across as mostly detached actually express emotion....
I find Noelle’s character so frustrating, she comes across lacking any true emotion. The chapters where Rosie was missing was probably the most where we have seen some strong outward emotion shown. Dreading these next few chapters if she is going to do something drastic to “go find Seline” The author has taken us on a rollercoaster with these characters. The novel feels like it is at a stage now where they can come full circle....
A good change of pace and story in the last 10 chapters. Good to see the shift in Hendrix’s character (more patience) to win over Noelle and Rosie. Hope we start to see them warm up to him. Please no crazy twist where he loses them again. Have enjoyed this story and looking forward to its wrap up👨👩👧...
A good change of pace in the last 10 chapters. Also nice to see a shift in Hendrix’s character (more patience) to win Noelle and Rosie over. Hoping in these next few chapters we start to see Noelle and Rosie warm up to him. Please no crazy twist where he loses them again. Have enjoyed this story and looking forward to its wrap up 👨👩👧...
I have been in love with this novel but I don’t know how much patience I have to wait until the to finish line. Dear Author, can you atleast give us some idea about how long is this going to be or if there’s any turning point coming soon. And it would be great if you could upload at least 10 chapters at once. 5 chapters is making me more impatience with the anticipation of the further story of novel🙈...
I really hope there is a turning point in this story where Noelle starts to show some interest in Hendrix...