"Aunt Mary loved her flowers, especially tulips. She'd always cup my face and call me her White Rose. In her little slice of this realm, other women do the same, slipping them into my breast pocket. I was still covered in whatever ooze came from rotten Uncle Lester. Mary found me weeping and laughing on her porch while surrounded by cooing girls in dresses. Aunt Mary shewed them away gently, 'What troubles my White Rose' I told her. I could not stand Uncle Lester shamelessly indulging himself. In avenging her honor, I only indulged my own urges. Aunt Mary shushed me and cleansed my face with a handkerchief. 'Don't fear your anger. Tame it. Don't y bury it. Don't bury the rose. Your father had and look where it got you.' My heart jumped and I was unable to stand. "Find your home, save your mother. Be the man your house needs.' I wasn't man, and a name like White Rose only confirmed that in father's eyes. I have to stay here. I can't face him now."
Journal of the Gentleman Outlander