SUFI - 'Bad Things' by Meiko

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Rose combed her hair with a brush, looking at her bright reflection in the mirror. Preston and Emily visited Jerome, and Rose longed to know what happened there. She grinned to herself, hoping that it all went well. She looked down at her phone and looked through her contacts, skimming through all of the names until she ran into the one she was searching for, Preston.

She tapped on the name and put her phone to her ear, biting her lip and resting her other hand on the marble sink.

"Hello?" Preston asked from the other end. "Wait, is this you, Rose?"

"Yep," Rose replied, leaning against the sink and cautiously looking out of the bathroom's door. "It's me, so, how did it go?"

Rose could hear Preston's sudden tremble in his breath, and he shortly answered, "Exactly how you would expect it to go, badly, but not exactly."

"Oh really? Fill me in then." Rose said casually, closing the bathroom door and locking it shut.

"Well, Jerome did go berserk, obviously, but in the end, he didn't exactly try and attack me. He just, took it normally like any person who was cheated on would take it." Preston explained, with Rose taking in all of the information.

"So basically, he realized that he should not overreact?" Rose said, getting her blonde hair out of her face.

"Pretty much." Preston said, his voice distant and daydreaming.

"Preston, when can I see you again?" Rose asked impatiently, with a hint of seduction in her voice, hoping that Preston would answer soon.

There was a short silence at the other end of the line, but Preston answered, "Right now, if you want, I'm alone so. . ."

Rose grinned to herself, "Sounds like the perfect time, I'll be over there soon."

She ended the call, and she put her phone in her jean's pocket, her arms wrapping themselves around her waist, which touched the soft wool sweater, biting her lip in thought. Unluckily, Jerome did not react as she expected him to, and he did not go into observation. Although Preston and Emily actually did the deed on accident, the plan she had come up with a week ago was on purpose, hoping to get Jerome in trouble, but it didn't work. Sadly, only Preston and herself knew about it, and they came up with it.

Rose decided to unlock the door and open it, and was taken aback with surprise by who stood there. It was Mitch.

"Oh, hi Mitch." Rose said innocently, leaning against the door frame.

"What are you doing in the bathroom?" Mitch asked, not bothering to say any 'hello's'.

"Using the bathroom, duh." Rose said in an 'as-a-matter-of-fact' way, her hand on her hip.

"You talked while using the bathroom?" He asked, raising an eyebrow suspiciously.

"I had an urgent call." Rose explained.

"From who?" Mitch urged, crossing his arms.

Rose put her tongue at the roof of her mouth, thinking about what to say next. Mitch was testing her, and she knew that with one wrong answer, it was game over. She finally answered back, "Why does it matter? I mean, I'm just saying because, don't you trust me?"

Mitch bit his lip, making Rose want to smirk to herself, but she didn't, and patiently waited for Mitch's answer.

"I-"

Suddenly, Mitch was interrupted by the soft cry of a baby, making both Rose and Mitch flinch.

"Wait a sec." Rose said impatiently, walking past Mitch, leaving him in dead silence.

"You didn't answer my question!" He said, finally reacting to the situation.

"We'll talk about this later, ok?" Rose answered, not talking furthermore about the subject.

Finally, once she was alone in her room, attending to her daughter, a grin of satisfaction formed on her lips,

"Another job well done Rose,

another job well done."