"No, nothing. I just needed some air." Rosie explained. Her cheeks were hot with embarrassment, her hands suddenly as clammy as they were last April. She shouldn't have approached him, shouldn't gone when she gave them the out. She would go now, the sharp change in his demeanor wouldn't allow her to stay anyway.

"I'm sorry to have disturbed you." She meant it too, even if the swaying was worse now and shame burned deep in her gut. "I'll go."

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