“Rose, no,” I said, firmly. “I’m telling you he won by chance.”
“That’s not how I see it.” She muttered exuberantly.
Strangely, I experienced a foreign weariness settle over me like I had been drained of something within rather than relieved of it.
Truth be told, I didn’t like spending time with Rose. No one did.
Despite Rose genuinely caring for me, I had learned her actions were rash and lacked any judgement.
And somehow I always found myself on the worst end of the stick without properly being involved.
I had tried maintaining
Keeping Rose in check was like trying to stop water from slipping through my fingers.
Next to impossible.
There were numerous times I was ready to complain to Max but I never went through with it.
Things had now escalated to the point that Max put me i
