There was a knock on the door. “That'll be Rose,” he said as he stood up.
“I'll get it,” said Wyatt as he stood and went to open the door. “Hi, Rose. Thanks for coming,” I heard him say. She whispered something, and I heard him respond, “yes, she knows everything up until Serena's death.”
“Oh, the poor dear,” I heard her say.
Rose walked in then, removing her warm fur coat and throwing it accurately on the coat hook on the wall. “Darling, Lilly,” she said as Gabriel and Meredith gave her room to embrace me tightly.
She said nothing for a few minutes. We just sat in silence while the tragic news sank in, making my heart feel so heavy. The sound of the kitchen clock could be heard ticking, almost in time to the beating of my heart. To the beating of all our hearts.
Rose looked at me the
