Rosalie Short

Rosalie Natalia Short (Née Salisbury) is a Detective Inspector in Canalshire and the matriarch of the Short family following her marriage to Samuel Short. She is the younger sister of Hadley Salisbury.

Rosalie Short is the wife of Samuel Short and the mother of Hans, Otto, Eliza and Neo Short and Molly Reeves.

Rosalie has been recognised by her and Samuel's colleagues as a calming nature within the office. She is the one person who knows what Samuel has been through and is the only one who can support him

## Biography

### Early Life

The earliest memory that Rosalie holds is her mother dying in the hospital, since then, she and her brother Hadley have been facing the world together.

Whilst out with her brother, Rosalie bumped into Samuel and Nico Short. She soon found out that she enjoyed Samuel's company with the two becoming fast friends.

### School life

Rosalie was in the same school year as Charlie Dunne, Ruby Dunne, Samuel Short, Sarah Bridges, Racheal Badley and Beatrice Barnsley. She was friendly with them all however she felt like she was an outcast to everyone else but Samuel. She became more popular once she got the group also calling Charlie 'Citrus' due to him spilling lemon juice all over himself on one of their first lunches as a group. Her brother noticed her behaviour around Samuel and tried to draw the two of them together but was unsuccessful when Samuel started falling for Sarah.

#### Sarah Bridges death

Rosalie was the first to be told by Samuel after Sarah's death, she was glad to be of assistance to him. She sat with him on most evenings, talking him through the nights to make sure he would be able to go into the next school day with his head slightly cleared. Another shock for the friend circle was the death of Beatrice Barnsley, this was not helpful for Samuel's recovery.

When prom came around, Samuel asked Rosalie to which she accepted. This is where she got told that Samuel had been accepted to join the Navy. She was devastated to find out that her best friend was leaving the area. With this news, she said goodbye to her closest friend.

### Early career and reunion

Rosalie joined the police force, excelling in her class and finding that she was also a promising detective. From her friends in the department, she found out that Samuel's brother: Nico had died in a car crash which would mean Samuel would be returning to Canalshire. She met Samuel on the pier when he had returned from off-shore duty. Samuel held a little get together where Rosalie got slightly tipsy with Samuel letting her stay at his family home.

Rosalie remained near Samuel's side as he slowly regained control of the family business with Rosalie showing a keen interest in supporting him and assisting him in anyway. In turn, Samuel was also there at Rosalie's officer graduation.

### Citrus and Racheal's death

Rosalie wanted to mend the growing separation between Citrus and Samuel especially with the news for Samuel that his close friend was joining the army, meaning there could be a possibility that Citrus could end up like so many of Samuels colleagues and friends. The breaking bond between the two was attempted to get fixed by getting Samuel, Citrus and Racheal on a vacation all together. After a tense argument between Samuel and Citrus, the ground broke underneath Citrus and Racheal with the pair falling to their death.

### Aftermath

Samuel's feelings crumbled after this, he began suffering from PTSD following all of his friends and brothers death. Rosalie was there to support him throughout, knowing that the feelings she was developing for him would mean she would certainly get hurt from. The news soon reached the two of them that Citrus's brother: Caiden was killed in action.

Rosalie also didn't help Samuel's recovery when she got into an accident with her partner: Emily, trying to stop a crime. After Rosalie recovered herself, she noticed Samuel was extremely distant which she later found was because Samuel confessed his love for Rosalie whilst she was unconscious. After a confrontation with Samuel, he confessed again for Rosalie to hear, allowing her to finally admit her feelings to her.

Around this time, Rosalie lost her brother and was charged to look after her nephew: Alexander Salisbury. She was surprised to find Hadley had disappeared leaving his son and her nephew behind but, Rosalie was happy to spend time with Alexander although she was a bit apprehensive to tell Samuel since she had practically moved into his house. To her delight, Samuel was glad to find her spirits lifted with the presence of her nephew.

### Adult life

Samuel proposed to Rosalie at the age of 23 with the two of them marrying the year later. The two of them were also surprised but gladly welcomed their triplets: Hans, Otto and Elizabeth Short. Rosalie adjusted to parenthood quickly. Rosalie took leave from her job to spend time with her children, with Samuel providing for them all.

Three years later, Rosalie fell pregnant again. Samuel and she were overjoyed with the news however tragedy struck for Rosalie during the birth. She had triplets again however, one of them was stillborn. Since Samuel was late arriving to the hospital due to traffic from his work, Rosalie only told him that they only had twins. Rosalie couldn’t quite face telling Samuel that a child of his had died before he even got to meet them knowing that this could break his heart and possibly his PTSD.