Friends Close and Enemies Closer

For years Rose had been held back through no fault of her own and she had always known she could do better if given the opportunity. But no one was ever willing to take a chance on her; until Wayne came along.

As she listened to the announcement, it felt like she had finally been validated. She had set her mind to do this thing and had persevered in spite of all the obstacles and mockery. She would have never gotten this platform at Sage Poll Inc. because Jack always took all the glory for her effort.

Wayne had trusted her and she was so glad that she had not let him down. It was so hard to believe that her picture was on TV because she had spearheaded a project which had broken a major record. It was hard for her to keep her cool and she turned to Wayne.

As she met his green gaze she remembered all the times he had encouraged her, refused to allow her to give up, stayed up with her and listened to her fears about things not working out. She started crying