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• Rosalie

I was in a daze. It never crossed my mind that the big brother I used to play with was Lexus. Was it because I forgot his name? Or because I barely remember him? Those memories seem so distant and faded.

"Rosalie?" He waved his hand in front of me, "Rosalie?" I snapped back to reality. "Was it too much to take in?"

"I- uh- I don't know. Yes?"

He smiled.

"It was a long story."

I nodded and looked down at my hands then suddenly remembered something and shot my head at him, "Grandma!"

"Hmm?"

"Why was grandma killed?"

Lexus took a deep breath, "I think she chose to die. The men who had killed Lizzie's husband were after her too. In order to let her escape. Grandma stayed behind to buy some time. Well it wasn't like she could run away either so she chose death while Lizzie took you and Alios with her."

"I see…"