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On my left, Sam is sitting by the kitchen island. On my right, Rose and Rachel are leaning against the back of the sofa.
My eyes are on Sam when I ask my question. “Did you know Rose is a natural submissive?”
That earns me a choked‘what?’from Rachel and a growled‘shut the fuck up’from Rose. Only I’m more interested in Sam’s reaction. He stays still, silent. And that’s how I know he is aware something not so good is coming his way. Silence is his sanctuary.
Since he doesn’t say anything, I take pleasure in my next words. “And if you did know, was it before or after you kissed her?”
If I thought it was silent before, it’s replaced by a tension that presses on everyone’s lungs so much, they can’t make a sound.
The only person brave enough to break it is Rachel. “What? When?” But her whole attention is on Rose, not me or Sam.
Rose’s is on me. “Lik,” she warns. Well, she started this, didn’t she? I understand Rachel knows nothing about that kiss.
I’m the one who holds the power in this room, and if they think I’m not going to wield it, they are gravely mistaken.
Sam runs his tongue against his teeth, bringing a hand to his jaw and running his knuckles against it. Back and forth a few times like every time he’s thinking deeply about his next words. A tell that tells me he honestly didn’t expect to have this conversation tonight.
“I’m sorry,” he finally says. It’s calm—an emotionless fact. The weatherman is sorrier when he tells us it’s going to rain.
“Wh-when was this?” Rachel insists in her clear, innocent voice that contrasts in every shape and form with Rose’s.
I try to give Sam my fakest smile, but even that I can’t force. The disappointment and betrayal on my face are just too readable. “Please, Sam, do share the details.”
“I was going to tell you.” He nods. “You have to understand there was nothing behind it.”
He sounds like he wants to make this better. And yet, he doesn’t move from his seat, doesn’t approach me in an apologetic stance. Doesn’t try anything except simply to get himself out of trouble with the most generic words a cheater could utter.
“When?” Rachel insists like it’s the most crucial detail.
“That doesn’t fucking matter,” I snap at her.
“For you,” Sam cuts me off. Our relationship is on the brink of failure, yet he’s more interested in getting Rose in trouble with her girlfriend than getting himself out of it. “Rachel wants to know if she and Rose were on or off at that point.”
Rose stays suspiciously quiet.
“They had a deal back then,” Sam continues. “Rose could break up with her to see other people as long as she was faithful when they wereon. A stupid deal between two immature teenagers so Rose could fulfill her need for attention.”
“Shut up, Sam,” Rose hisses through gritted teeth. “Myrelationship withmygirlfriend has nothing to do withyourlack of fidelity towardyourboyfriend.” She keeps pointing fingers at whoever she’s talking about and, had this situation not meant I’m about to break up with the man I love, it would have been comical.
“Please,” he scoffs. “You’re a cheater who loves disappearing on people so they look for you. Your attention-seeking is so obvious. I simply cannot fathom how someone like Rachel keeps giving you chances.”
Rose’s face looks like it’s something she’s heard before. She puts up more barriers and places a possessive hand at the back of Rachel’s neck. “You’re not ruining my life just becauseyoukissed me. I didn’t even know you had a boyfriend!”
Sam points an accusing finger at her. “I did something you always had bloody begged me to. You’ve always been fucked in the head and doomed for failed relationships, but I’m not going to let you take me down with you.” His eyes flick to Rachel. “It was the day she got kidnapped. So,yes, Rachel. She broke off your deal.”
The look on Rachel’s face practically breaks my heart. She looks how I feel, and I can’t imagine what it’s like to be toyed with by Rose for as long as she has. I’m two days in and can barely control my raging thoughts and feelings. I’m surprised she’s as sane as she is.
“Rose…” Rachel’s voice breaks from the treachery. She shrugs out of her grip, making Rose panic.
“No, no, Sunshine. You don’t get it.Hekissedme. I did not go there for that. I went to say goodbye. He took me by surprise.”
“Don’t skip the part where you moaned and cried for more.” Sam’s satisfied expression raises my hackles.
I shake my head at him with disappointment. He’s so focused on her, he doesn’t understand I’m not about to forgive him. He thinks we’ll get through this, taking me for granted, and I feel myself losing value in his eyes.
“I waited for you that day,” Rachel whimpers with tears in her eyes.
I feel a tinge of guilt twist my guts. The only person I wanted to affect doesn’t give a shit about my feelings, and the girl who wasn’t meant to get hurt is practically crying.
