"Okay." Had she not intricately tied her deserving of forgiveness to finding some sort of solution for this, Rosalie might've had more grace and understanding towards him. He had lived with this for at least five years, presumably longer since he mentioned researching at twenty-one (another note she meant to jot down), and it made sense that he'd give up. However, she wasn't ready to abandon hope for him. Even if they never reconnected, even if he never forgave her, it would be deeply meaningful for her to know something she did had helped rather than hurt.

"If it's all the same to you, I'm going to keep looking into it." Rosalie then added, her brows furrowed with mild frustration.

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