Stupid Choices and Second Chances

Special Chapter IV

(This happened a few months later after they learned that Jennie is pregnant.)

Lisa was in a meeting with Rosé, Jisoo and some investors when Riley suddenly burst into her office, his face pale as he held his phone.

"What's wrong?" She asked Riley.

"It's Jennie."

Lisa's usual focus was slipping. "Is she alright? She had an appointment at the hospital." She turned to Rosé who was now grabbing their stuff while Alice instructed Riley to speak with their clients. "I said...I said I'd go with her but she said it was real quick. Nothing more than a few minutes, something about picking up some vitamins from our doctor."

Lisa was suddenly frozen in place, her face white as sheet. "Lisa, let's go!"

"Yeah, yeah, I just, I need - "

"Lisa Manobal!"

"Damn it Jisoo - just give me a fucking minute!" Lisa exclaimed.

Jisoo watched Lisa, assuming she was running through every worst case scenario. She turned to Rosé. "Go to Jennie's mom, she's got Eun-woo. I'm going with Lisa." Rosé opened her mouth to protest the plan, but Jisoo cut her off, a bit more harshly than intended. "Rosé go!"

Before Rosé could pull her bag from the from the bottom of the conference table, Jisoo had already dragged Lisa out of the room. Walking out of Lisa's office, she met with some of their clients and apologized for ending the meeting early. Steeling her nerves, she walked out of the office and to her car to get Eun-woo from Mama Kim's place.

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Rosé parked the car in the front yard of the house. The first thing she saw was Mama Kim's assistant, Claire, watching over Eun-woo as two men seems to be building a swing set. She took a deep breath. This wasn't going to be hard. She was going to get Eun-woo and Mama Kim and take them to the hospital. Jennie needed her mother, and Lisa needed their son. Eun-woo spotted her first, running as fast as his lttle legs could carry him towards her. "Auntie Rosé! Gamma's having a swing put up! Come see!"

She knelt down as he reached her, completely out of breath. She picked him up and set him on her hip. "A swing huh?" She asked, trying to mimic his enthusiasm. She didn't want to scare him much. Much like Lisa, he had the ability to worry himself sick of given the proper tools. "Where's Gamma?"

"Inside," he said. He leaned closer to her face. "She's knitting me a new jumper. I heard her tell Mommy, but I don't wants to wear it cause its super itchy."

Rosé kissed his temple and nodded to Claire who smiled at her. "I'm sure we can do something to un-itchy it."

"Boy I hope so," Eun-woo replied. "Cause Mommy says it will hurt Gamma's feelings if I don'ts wear it. I don't want to make Gamma sad."

Walking towards the house, Eun-woo still on her hip, she rubbed his back. "I'm sure we can think of something."

"That's what Mama always say." He replied with a grin.

"Aunt Jung?" Rosé called out as soon as she opened the door.

Mama Kim appeared from around the corner, wiping her hands on her apron. "Rosé dear!" She exclaimed, wrapping her in a tight hug. "What brings you here?"

Rosé mustered a smile and picked her words carefully, so as not to scare the little boy in her arms. "We were at work today, and Riley, Lisa's assistant got a call from Jennie."

She knew Mama Kim was aware of Jennie's doctor's appointment, considering Eun-woo was at her house. Her face filled with worry in a way that Rosé had never seen before she shook her head. "Claire - go to the office. Cancel all my meetings for today."