A few months ago, Erin had found herself a young man that she grew to like. He was a classmate and she told Rose about him. Dane knew nothing of it because he would have treated their relationship the same way that he treated mine and Cal's. He would never approve of it, so Erin kept the bit of information to her mother alone. What Rose did not know was that Erin had caught on to the fact that Cal had a girlfriend. At that age, it was not difficult for her to figure out why he was spending the nights away from home and not visiting their mother as he usually did.
She asked Rose about it the previous night after she had that conversation with Cal in the kitchen. At the time, they were not aware that Erin was standing, hidden away behind a wall in the hallway and listening to their conversa
