7 Sorry

Rose was confused to realize she was in a hospital.

"What Happened? Wasn't I having dinner with Evan?" She silently talks to herself.

While confused, she suddenly heard a conversation between Evan and a woman's voice that closely resembled her mother's voice. She slowly looked in their direction. She was shocked, and suddenly her heartbeat wildly looked at her mother. How could she come here?

"If Rose doesn't wake up in an hour, I'll stay here. But if she wakes up before that, we better go home." Molly smiles at Evan, "It's more comfortable staying at home…."

Evan nods, agreeing with Aunt Molly.

"I'll drive Aunt and Rose back home..." Evan couldn't force Aunt Molly to stay at the hospital.

"Evan, no need to drive us. You must be tired if you have to take us home. Rose and I can take a taxi…." Molly quickly turned down Evan's offer. She and Rose had already bothered Evan too much. It didn't feel right. He had to drive them to go home. Especially now that it was already midnight, he must be tired. Plus, their house is quite a distance from Evan's house.

"Aunty… I'm Rose's boyfriend, it's my responsibility to take care of Rose and you. Don't worry, I'm a strong man, I don't feel tired…." He smiled, trying to convince Molly to believe what he was saying.

Rose was speechless when she heard Evan and her mother look familiar. They casually talked as if they had already known each other for a long time. And what surprised her is that her mother already knows Evan's identity as her boyfriend. She blushed while holding her smile, remembering her new status as Evan's girlfriend. It doesn't feel real.

"Rose!" Evan suddenly stood up from his chair and walked quickly to the bed. "Are you awake…" Instantly his heart became calmer when he saw his lover had regained consciousness. He can see that her cheeks that had looked so pale were gradually turning pink as well as the color of her lips. She looks so beautiful in this state, but her eyes look slightly red, worrying him.

Rose woke up from her sleep and felt her body feel so stiff.

"Why am I here, Evan?"

"You passed out while we were having dinner. However, the doctor said you were just tired and stressed…." He said while standing right beside Rose.

While Molly stands a few steps from her daughter. With mixed feelings, she looked at her little daughter. Before her daughter was in a deep sleep, she could control herself not to scold her. But seeing her awake and looking healthy, the anger in her heart was instantly triggered.

Molly wanted to scold Rose because she always ignored her. Every day she reminds her daughter to take care of her health and not stay up late, but this naughty girl doesn't hear her.

Rose feels a pair of eyes looking intently at her. She turns her gaze in her mother's direction. In a flash, she jumps out of bed and walks fast, then burying her head into her mother's embrace. The sadness in the depths of her heart suddenly emerged, making her cry uncontrollably.

"M-Mother, I miss you so much…." Her voice was low amid her tears.

Rose really misses her mother so much. She hadn't seen her mother for a long time in her past life because her mother died a few months after she married Dustin. She died because cancer took her life. They found out that her mother was already suffering from terminal cancer too late.

Molly and Evan were shocked to see Rose cry like she was grieving.

"What happened? Why are you crying like this, my daughter? Are you in pain?" Molly tries to release Rose's embrace, but she can't, her daughter tightly hugging her. She just gently strokes her daughter's hair while trying to calm her.

Evan also felt surprised looking at Rose. Is she upset that he called her mother to the hospital? Instantly he was afraid of making a mistake and upsetting Rose.

"Rose..." He could only mumble softly, calling her name, then stood a little away from the mother and daughter. He didn't know what to do, just gave the two of them some space.

After a few moments of pouring out her sadness, Rose felt better. Slowly she pulled her arm away from her mother. She saw her mother's face, still beautiful and ageless.

"I'm really sorry, mother..." She took her hand and squeezed it gently. She can't express how happy she is now. Because her mother is still alive. She still has time to bring her mother to the hospital and cure her illness. She didn't want to lose her mother in this life. She will do anything to prevent cancer from killing her mother.

Molly softly laughed when she heard her daughter apologizing to her. She pulled her into her embrace and patted her back gently.

"It's okay, my daughter..." Her voice was so soft it made Rose even more touched. "The important thing is that you're okay now. You need to pay attention to your health from now on. Don't let yourself get tired and just pass out in the middle of nowhere. So pitiful when I look at my future son-in-law. He has to go through a lot of trouble to take you to the hospital!"

Molly's words made Rose and Evan gasp at the same time.

"M-Mother… you, you already think of him as your future son-in-law?" Rose whispers to her mother, afraid Evan will hear her.

Evan broadly smiled when he heard his future mother-in-law consider him as a future son-in-law. He felt like he wanted to run and hug the two women in front of him. He was so happy. But still restrains himself, afraid they will be shocked by his overreaction.

Molly releases her embrace and tilts her head slightly to look at her daughter's shy face,

"Of course! He is your boyfriend, right?" Molly purposely answered her daughter in a loud voice for Evan to hear. Rose's eyes were wide open because her mother betrayed her. Molly could only hold her laughter, looking at her daughter's eyes staring at her as she scolded her with her sharp gaze.

Rose was utterly speechless.

She feels embarrassed that her mother teases her when Evan is still around. Gosh!