She wakes up and finds Graysen's side of the bed has already gone cold. She hears her stomach crumbles. She fixes herself and goes down trying to find her way to the kitchen. She reaches the dining area. She sees a little girl sitting alone swiping a digital tablet. She gets curious who the little girl is.
She greets the girl, "Hi."
The little girl remains stuck to her tablet. She didn't pay her any attention.
Rosa takes a seat opposite her peering at the little girl.
Modena Andrei comes in from the kitchen. She addresses Rosa, "I see you are better now. You must be starving, sweety. You're just in time for lunch."
Graysen just arrives coming in from the patio with his father. He removes his coat as he strides to the dining hall.
"I see you've already met," Graysen announces.
Rosa turns her head to him clueless from what he just said.
He walks straight near the little girl's seat and touch her head. The little girl looks up to Graysen, she smiles at him and raises her short arms to hug him.
"This is my daughter Athena. She is now 9 years old," Graysen introduces the little girl to Rosa.
Rosa stares at Graysen, flabbergasts from what he reveals to her. She exhales and manages to retain her calm bearing.
Graysen lifts Athena from her seat and puts her on his lap continuing the introduction, "Athena, meet your Auntie Rosa. Remember when you told me to find a person to take care of your papa and also be your friend; that would be your Auntie Rosa."
The little girl glances at Rosa for a while and resumes playing with her digital tablet.
Graysen puts Athena back to her seat and moves to the seat beside Rosa. He clasps her hand but she did not respond. She immerses in her own thoughts.
It's only the first week into their marriage. This is a second blow of disappointment to Rosa: he's not openly honest with her. As irritated as she could be she chooses to maintain her dignity in front of the Andrei household.
Modena becomes uncomfortable with the silence. She instructs Nana Amor standing nearby to let the helpers bring in the lunch. She sits beside her husband. Bitor Andrei sits straight with his chin sticking up in his usual mannerism. He glares at his wife signaling her to keep mum and not to intervene.
Nana Amor sits beside Athena to attend to her while eating.
Graysen picks food for Rosa. Rosa consumes whatever he serves her. She remains uncommunicative throughout the meal. She ignores the dessert in front of her.
She just waits for her grandfather-in-law to finish eating before saying, "What a lovely lunch. Please excuse me. I have to go up now."
Graysen follows after her.
She keeps her eyes staring straight treading the path going to the grand stairs in the middle of the mansion all the way to their room then to the bed. She lies down in a fetus position and covers herself.