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I couldn’t help but smile as I turned around and watched her pick up the little girl and twirl her around. Jayla giggled and Rose smiled up at her. They lit up the room.
When Rose finally placed her on her feet, she ran toward me, holding her arms up. “I won.”
I laughed, lifting her up and throwing her onto my shoulders. “Yeah, yeah, don’t rub it in now.”
“Food’s ready!” someone yelled. Jayla had already eaten. Technically she should be going to bed, but as she kicked her little legs and bounced on my shoulders, I didn’t have the heart to make her go now when she was so excited.
I turned to the door but Rose’s voice stopped me from going any further.
“I won’t hold you to it,” she said softly and instantly my heart sank, knowing that the return of the Rose, who I’d fallen for those months ago was gone, and she was back to the unsure confident shell that she had been beaten to believe she was.
“A bet is a bet,” I told her, crouching slightly so I wouldn’t hit Jayla’s head on the doorframe.
Doing something nice for Rose wouldn’t be hard.
The hard part would be remembering that it was exactly that, a bet. And making sure she knew that too.
