~EMMA~ It was Thursday already, and a few days had passed since I had s*x with Rowan in the living room. and I should have expected that he went back to giving me cold shoulders. We met briefly in the kitchen after I got dressed up for school. He came into the kitchen with his dominant swagger in each step. I had to look away and concentrate on the bacon I was using. We haven’t spoken about it, and I was too reluctant to bring it up, but I had to try. “Good morning,” I started. He gave me a sideways look before he came closer. My ears quipped up when I heard his reply. It was quiet, but I heard it. “Morning Emma,” his raspy voice drawled out to me, and his brow raised in surprise. I started, “I made bacon and eggs; I know you may not want to.“ “—That’s fine; I’ll eat it,” he called