Oh, my dear girl... [The words come on a hushed breath, realizing just how much misunderstanding there really is between them.] Of course I'm happy for you. Rose, I want to be wrong about him. More than anything.
[Shaking her head, Helen can't help but let out a small laugh.]
You know, I had thought I had lost my only chance to have fights like these. [Her smile turns a little sad as she thinks about her daughter, Ashley and all the things in life she had missed out on.] Of all the years I've had, all of my experience with the Knights and otherwise, this may be my blind spot. I've never had this particular conversation with a--
[She cuts herself off at first, expression uncertain. The relationship she has with Rose is complicated at best. But perhaps it's time to just be honest about it all.]
A daughter. Rose, I know I have no right to tell you what to do or who to be with. And I won't ever ask you to stop seeing him unless I see a true threat to your well being. But I care about you as if you were my own. I had a daughter once, one I couldn't protect. I don't want to make the same mistake again.
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[Shaking her head, Helen can't help but let out a small laugh.]
You know, I had thought I had lost my only chance to have fights like these. [Her smile turns a little sad as she thinks about her daughter, Ashley and all the things in life she had missed out on.] Of all the years I've had, all of my experience with the Knights and otherwise, this may be my blind spot. I've never had this particular conversation with a--
[She cuts herself off at first, expression uncertain. The relationship she has with Rose is complicated at best. But perhaps it's time to just be honest about it all.]
A daughter. Rose, I know I have no right to tell you what to do or who to be with. And I won't ever ask you to stop seeing him unless I see a true threat to your well being. But I care about you as if you were my own. I had a daughter once, one I couldn't protect. I don't want to make the same mistake again.