Making Better Choice

Next morning.

Rose woke up when she heard her mother's voice outside the room. Instantly she smiles widely while her eyes are still tightly closed.

With difficulty, she opened her eyes to look at the clock on the nightstand. But before she could look at the clock, her eyes were dazzled by the bright light that came in through the window.

"Rose! Hurry up and wake up…." Once again, her mother's voice echoed. She quickly got up and sat down, burying her face in her hands. She can feel her face puffy, especially in the area around her eyes.

"Rose!? Did you hear me?" Molly's voice sounded worried.

"Mother…I heard you. I'm awake…." She's still sleepy at the moment. Last night she slept very late because she was too afraid to close her eyes. Worried if she wakes up, she will wake up in her past, and this is all just a dream. She had struggled with her mind and heart for a long time. She could only fall asleep before dawn.

When she heard her mother's voice, she felt overjoyed. Because what she feared didn't happen. Her mother is still alive, and she still wakes up in her bedroom.

Rose couldn't count how many times since yesterday she had thanked God for giving her this second chance to improve herself.

She will try using this second chance to be a better Rose Wilson and pursue the dream she didn't achieve in her past life. Mainly to make sure her mother gets medical treatment.

Remembering all of her tragic past makes Rose determined to work hard to pursue her dream. Lots to do in the next few days; she must bring her mother to the hospital and go to the bank to open her stock trading account. Her first plan to build her business empire will become a swing trader in the stock market.

She will use her cheated past memories to raise money for her business capital. She knows what would exactly happen in the stock and money market. The new, second chance life somehow let her remember the past as a whole.

Rose has even carefully checked if any new choices affect the other events in the world. So far, it didn't alter the past she knew.

Because she had followed Evan and her other classmates to enter the stock market in the past, she will do the same thing now. A sharp memory makes her remember what happened in the stock market a few years ago.

In her previous life, in times like this, she missed the opportunity to make a lot of money from the stock market. That time, her mind was divided by the singing competition she attended with Dustin, making her forget to open her stock trading account.

She lost the momentum buying IPO* shares of the new digital company. This company was not seen by many investors, but Evan can predict. He tells them to buy this company share because they are selling the company's future. And what he expected was true. The price soared for days and caused an uproar.

In just a few days, Evan and her friends could make a lot of money on the stock. Only her who didn't. Because, at that time, she had not opened a stock trading account. After losing that momentum, she immediately opened a trader account and started learning with Evan and the others.

She enjoyed her time learning about stocks until she graduated from B University. She still did the business until she got married but not long after she stopped doing it because she was too busy taking care of her family.

Luckily even though she was no longer active as a swing trader, she kept monitoring the market movement on TV and the Internet. So, what happened in the next ten years is still clearly recorded in her mind.

This time she will not miss the opportunity. She will immediately open her account. And will be actively trading on the stock market and gain some funds to build her business empire.

After showering, Rose changed into her casual home outfit; denim short jeans and a pale blue oversize shirt. She immediately got out of her bedroom and found her favorite foods neatly arranged on the dining table. Instantly hunger attacked her.

"Mom… Mother… Can I eat now?" Rose starts to eat the chocolate pancakes without waiting for her mother's reply. After she had finished one pancake, she still did not hear her mother answer. Instantly she felt tense, worried that something might happen to her mother.

She stood up from the chair and walked quickly to find her mother in the bedroom. When she entered her mother's bedroom, she saw her mother was getting ready to go somewhere.

"Mother, are you going somewhere?" Rose asked as she sat on her mother's bed and saw her wearing makeup.

She never gets tired of seeing her mother's beauty. Her mother is not young anymore, already 45 years old, but her beauty and body are not much different from people in their mid-thirties. She always asks her mother why not remarry, even though her face and body are still so beautiful compared to younger women. But her mother just laughed whenever she asked like that.

Later, Rose feels sad remembering her past life. When she got married to Dustin, she immediately moved to the capital leaving her mother to live alone in this city, and not long after that, her mother died.

She wasn't going to let cancer take her mother's life. She will take her mother for treatment, and she will also invite her mother to move to the capital with her. She would not let her mother live alone in this city.

"I have to go to the market. My Son In law will have lunch with us…."

"Gosh! Mother, can you not call him that?" Rose feels shy every time her mother calls Evan, her son-in-law.

"Why are you embarrassed? Is your relationship not serious?" Molly stopped combing her hair and looked back at her daughter.

Rose was surprised by her mother's question.

"Of course I'm serious, Mother! It's just that I'm not used to it when you call him that…especially if you call son-in-law in front of Evan." Rose pouted at her mother.

Molly smiled with relief. For some reason, since the first time she saw Evan, she immediately liked him. She approved of him to be her daughter's lover. He was tall and handsome. He is also intelligent, and his attitude is good.

"Mother, why did you suddenly invite Evan to lunch?" Since yesterday she has been curious to know her mother's reason.

Molly glanced at Rose through the mirror in front of her, "Because I like him that's why I invited him to lunch with us. Evan is better to be your boyfriend than… What is the name of your skinny ex? D-Du…"

"Dustin! He is not my ex, mother! He is only my friend…." Rose corrected her mother. She and Dustin had never been together. So far, she has only had a crush on him, but Dustin never accepts her as his girlfriend.

"That's good! I was relieved. To be honest with you, I didn't like that skinny man. He doesn't have manners…." Molly could only shake her head. "Girl, I will go now. You stay at home, worried my son-in-law will come sooner…." She stood and left the bedroom while laughing after teasing her only daughter.

Rose rolls her eyes as she followed her mother out and walked her to the front door. After that, she continued her breakfast in a hurry.

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*IPO = Initial Public Offering