03-12-2017, 11:25 PM
(03-07-2017, 04:46 PM)brandon Wrote: It is notorious that Rosalee mentioned his brother. I think the relationship between them must have been closer than with their sister. They would be more mischievous than Deeta. It was Fred too who helped her with her drug problem and for the death of their father.
Brandon, THANK YOU! Yes, her brother Freddy for all his faults was the only family member who supported Rosalee in fighting her Jay addiction, not shutting her out & refusing to speak to her like her mother and sister DeEtta (who's an alcoholic piece of work herself) did after her father died while she was in jail. She told Nick when he first questioned her that she kept in touch with Freddy from Seattle by phone but only saw him once a year (Island of Dreams). Little comments throughout the series indicate that she was always close to Freddy and they got up to some mischief together as kids; he also was the one she first woged with and he (typical big brother) pretended something was terribly wrong with her before relenting & showing her what had really happened with a mirror. Then she bit his ankle for laughing at her in her distress. (Monroe at the restaurant when they talked about their "first times": "There's an image I'll cherish!") She had a framed photo of herself & Freddy smiling together that she moved from his place to Monroe's house. Freddy's very important to Rosalee!