hey everyone! Hope that you could understand the first chapter, if not, then here is a little hint: Rosemary is very bright and also very important to this story, that is why it is titled "Rosemary". She is not a Camden, and Simon seems to think that she knows something that he doesn't...we'll see. Read this and tell me what ya think!

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Chapter 2: Glenoak

Annie Camden stood in the kitchen, chopping up onions for her famous meatloaf. She kept glancing up from her work every so often, thinking that she was hearing Simon play his guitar, or maybe that he would suddenly burst through the door to come home. Annie sighed. What was the use? Simon was gone. And, she thought, why does it bug me so much then? Simon sure isn't the first one to leave home. Yes, a voice inside of her replied, but he's the first one to not visit, or call, or even drop a little note. Annie placed the knife down and lifted her head because she did hear the door.

Peter, Ruthie's boyfriend, walked in with a smile on his face as usual. Annie smiled, fighting against her inner voice of sorrow. Peter waved to Annie and sniffed the air.

"Are you making meatloaf for dinner tonight Mrs. Camden?" Annie nodded as Ruthie burst down the stairs. She smiled at Peter.

"Ruthie, Peter. Did you two want to help with dinner?" Ruthie and Peter shook their heads.

"Sorry mom, but Peter and I have a ton of homework to do. Teachers are merciless. C'mon Peter." Then, the two of them rushed up the stairs to Ruthie's room. Annie sighed. So much for some help. But her spirit lifted as Lucy opened the back door.

"Hey Luce, you want to help me with some dinner?" Lucy pulled out a piece of paper from the drawer. She shook her head.

"Sorry mom, I would love to, but Kevin and I have some paperwork to do. Maybe Cecilia can help you." Annie nodded, her heart breaking a little bit. Cecilia was away for a few days vacationing with her father. And Eric was still at the church. It was times like these when she missed Simon and his extra help.

Annie pulled out a pan and looked up at her two youngest sons Sam and David. She smiled.

"Would you like to help mommy with dinner?" she asked. Sam and David shook their heads.

"We want to ride our bikes mommy," they replied. Annie smiled as Mary descended the stairs. Annie motioned to the twins.

"Would you please take Sam and David outside?" There was a bark from the steps. Annie smiled. "And take Happy with you." Mary smiled, grateful to be of help. She led the boys out the door and whistled for Happy to follow. Annie chopped up more onions. Matt and Sarah would be here soon. After all, Thanksgiving was only a week away, and already Mary had come to spend the holiday with them. If only Simon were there, then everything could be like it was. Like it was before the accident. Annie placed her knife down again and looked out the window. Sunlight was streaming in and she could hear Mary with the twins, and Ruthie upstairs, and Happy yelping happily as she knew how.

Annie picked up the knife again, and began chopping up some more onions. Things had sure changed since last Thanksgiving. Things had changed since last week. The family had been through some rough times, and Annie began to miss her father now, more than before. It was true, that once things were gone, you began to appreciate them more than ever.

She chopped away the rest of the onion, her eyes burning with the onion's tears. But it wasn't only the onion that was making her cry. It was the loss of her father, and ultimately, the loss of Simon. Her son who had went to college to foget everything in his Glenoak life. If only there was some way to get Simon to remember, to come home, Annie would have done anything.

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Well, that is the second chapter. As you can see, Annie has a lot of emotions to deal with. The next chapeters I think, will basically just revolve around Simon and Rosemary with a few snippets (hehe. i like that word) of Glenoak here and there. Well, tell me your true feelings about this chapter. Hope it was less confusing!

xoxoxoxo

LadeeBear

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