Chapter 27

Rose was closely seated with Sebastian in one of the VIP tables. Sounds from the mic and from the band playing the soft music filled the air, the festivities of the night continued but the thoughts from Rose's mind were louder than the sounds that came from the room and the sounds particularly in front of her.

She had been shouted at and dragged by her father, severally. But only when he was under the influence of vodka, which was almost Every Time.

She remembered the week that he died, how he had a fight with her mother, about money, the loan he had taken from a finance company, which he squandered. His honesty and sincerity had been tainted by the hardships that life brought and the intoxicating and temporal peace that alcohol caused. Her eyes were now almost blinded by the silvery glow of tears that threatened to flow from it as she pondered on her thoughts.

Sebastian turned to her and saw her mien, she was struggling to pull herself together. She didn't understand him and the mor