Noelle didn't know where she was. All she could see was the vast expanse of white. She didn't know what this place was or why she was here.
Then, she heard Rosie's voice. "Mommy, I'm here. Come find me."
The cheerful voice snapped Noelle out of her confusion. Right… She needed to find Rosie. But where was she?
They had played hide-and-seek many times before. But Rosie never had much patience and would often peek out from her hiding spot to check on Noelle.
Noelle always spotted her immediately. But to play along, she would pretend not to see her, spinning around exaggeratedly while asking, "Where's my little Rosie?"
Every time, Rosie would giggle with delight, and when Noelle finally found her, she would laugh and say, "Oh, Mommy, you're so silly! You couldn't even find me!"
But this time, Noelle truly couldn't find her. She kept calling Rosie's name.
She could still hear Rosie's voice. "Mommy, come find me! Hurry!"
"Where are you? Rosie, come out, okay? Don't scare me like this. I can't find you!" Noelle screamed until she was hoarse.
But this time, there was no response from Rosie.
Noelle's voice trembled even more. "Rosie! Can you hear me? Rosie!"
Still, no one answered.
All Noelle could see was the endless white snow. The whiteness suddenly reminded her of the hospital. When Rosie was sick, Noelle had spent countless hours staring at the white ceilings and walls, praying over and over.
Back then, she had sworn to herself that if Rosie recovered, she would never leave her side again. She would stay with her, no matter what.
But now, Rosie was gone.
"Rosie…" Noelle was flailing her limbs around, her eyes snapping open.
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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...