CHAPTER 79

Alan got to his office the next day in low spirits. His countenance was very dampened and there were a lot of things that he left halfway done. That was very unlike him because he liked to pay attention to every little detail.

But things felt different that day. He couldn't help but think about Rose and how she died at the hands of Mr. Lawrence. Perhaps things would have been different if she had maintained a more quiet composure.

Even though Mr. Lawrence was jealous about the fact that he couldn't stop Rose from tilting towards Alan and choosing him over himself, he couldn't have given her another chance and not killed her based on the illusion that he was married to her.

Perhaps if that illusion had sold out to Mr. Lawrence, Rose would not have died.

Alan recalled how Rose blurted out Mr. Lawrence’s secret before she died. The experience was a haunting echo that played in Alan’s mind like a never-ending movie marathon.

The way Rose wasn't afraid of death as long as she told the pe
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