Love’s Last Breath novel

---- One evening , Rosalea felt her condition improve. A faint color returned to her cheeks. Vance stopped by again and gave her an update on the Lovelaces . "Clyde's awake. His little factory's doing fine. Your dad's dealing with some high blood pressure , but it's nothing serious. Your mom's ina nursing home with a caregiver." He was trying to reassure her that the Lovelaces were doing alright so she could focus on getting better. However, he just couldn't bring himself to say it outright.

Rosalea turned toward him, her voice flat. "Thanks." She sounded distant, like someone who had shut herself off from everything. Vance pursed his lips. She didn't say a single word until he was about to leave. "Vance, Augusta's death had nothing to do with me. I was never jealous of how much she cared about you," Rosalea said. However, Vance kept walking, vanishing through the doorway.

Tears ran down Rosalea's face as she whispered, "She cared about you like family, and I loved you the way a woman loves a man. The fact that someone else cared about you only made me happy. Why would I be ---- jealous? But my love for you ends here." In the dead of night, Rosalea dragged herself up to the rooftop. She'd soon be free.