Rosie asked, "Is Grandma dead?"
Summer paused. She was considering how to explain to Rosie, but she didn't expect Rosie to say something like this first.
"In the TV series, when we say that we're going to send someone off for the last time, it means the person has passed away."
Rosie was a little disappointed, "Dad also said that he would take me to see Grandma tomorrow. I have thought that I could really see her."
Rosie knew what death meant. Death meant that the person was no longer there and would be buried in the earth.
Sending someone off for the last time was a euphemistic way for death, but Rosie did not understand the emotions when a beloved died.
As for those abstruse matters, there was no need to hurry to tell Rosie right now. She would naturally understand as she grew up.
Summer patted Rosie on her head, "Actually, Grandma died when Dad was a little boy. Although she is no longer here, she will also like you very much."
"Dad didn't have his mother when he was a child?" Rosie was wide-eyed and asked curiously.
"Yes." Summer nodded, "So you have to be better to Dad. Dad actually has a hard time."
Rosie tilted her head and thought for a moment, but no one knew what she was thinking. After a while, she replied, "Yes."
Just as Summer was about to speak, Rosie asked again, "Mom, will you leave me? Will you be gone one day?"
Summer was silent for a moment before nodding solemnly, "Yes."
Rosie pouted, "No."
"Even if I have to leave one day, I still love you, Rosie." Summer lowered her head and looked into Rosie's eyes.
To Summer, death was an inevitable occurrence, so there was no need to avoid it.
Rosie frowned again and said grievously, "But I want you to stay with me forever. I want to be with you forever."
Rosie added, "And Dad."
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