Chapter 10 - The ChoiceYears later, Charlotte had a daughter.
Grace chose not to have children.
No one treated that decision as a tragedy.
No one asked whether she was preserving the family line.
No one suggested that tradition required obedience.
When Charlotte eventually asked for one of the replica rings, Lily gave it to her.
Not because Charlotte was the eldest.
Not because she had a daughter.
Simply because she wanted it.
Grace declined hers.
Lily only said:
"Okay."
Nothing more.
That simple response represented generations of change.
Years earlier, Charles Rosewood might have considered rejection of tradition an insult.
Now tradition had finally learned how to survive refusal.
Later, Grace gave her unused ring to a younger cousin.
Her choice.
No rules.
No hierarchy.
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No secret condition attached.
For the first time, the Rosewood legacy could travel through the family without deciding who was more important.
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