182Once she was a safe distance from the house, she pulled over to the curb because her vision had become blurred with tears. She curled into a ball and for the first time in 8 years did she cry. She cried until her eyes could simply not produce any more tears. She took a look at her surroundings and noticed that the sun was setting and darkness was beginning to surround her.
She went to start her car and it stuttered. "Dam it! Come on you can't do this to me!" she said.
Great I'm losing my mind too! I'm talking to my dam car! She thought as she revved the engine again, this time the engine began to purr. THANK YOU! She took off thinking of where she could stay for awhile.
Mom and dad? No there honeymooning in Turkey. She shuddered. Ewwwwww horrible mental picture Ewwwwww. O! I know Lissa and Christian. I mean sure Dimitri cheated on me with Christian's aunt but they ARE my best friends so I guess so.
She decided that she would ask Lissa. She picked up her cell and dialed her best friend's number; it rang three times before she picked up.
"Hello?" Lissa answered.
"Lissa? Do you think I could crash at your house for a while?" Rose asked.
"Um sure but why?" Lissa asked curious.
Rose wasn't sure how to tell her that she found Dimitri in bed with Tasha. Might as well get this over with.
Rose took a deep breath. "Lissa. I got off work today early and so I was headed home and I walked in on….on." by now Rose was deeply sobbing
"On what rose?" Lissa asked panicked. It wasn't like Rose to cry. She was a pillar of strength.
"On….D…Dimitri and T...Tasha I…in bbed." Rose stuttered out in between sobs
Lissa gasped. And the phone slipped out of her grasp. It fell to the floor with a clatter.
"Lissa? Are you still there?" Rose said.
On the other line you could hear Lissa scrambling to get the phone.
"Yea, just a little shocked that's all." Lissa said breathlessly.
"So can I stay with you guys?"
"Of course you're welcome here anytime." Lissa answered
"Thanks Lissa I'll see you in 10."
"K bye."
"bye" and Rose snapped shut her phone.
Rose took of in the direction of Lissa's house.
10 minutes later
Rose finally pulled up to Lissa and Christian's house. As soon as Rose stepped out she was enveloped into a hug by Lissa.
"Rose everything is going to be ok." Lissa said to comfort Rose.
Rose was still deeply sobbing as Lissa lead Rose inside.
"Rose I am so sorry for what my aunt did to you." Christian apologized. Pulling Rose into a brotherly hug.
"It's not your fault Chris." She answered.
"But…" he started to say but Rose cut him off.
"Christian if you say sorry one more time I will make it so you can't have children." She warned.
They all laughed. Lissa lead Rose to the guest room and set Rose on the bed. She closed the door and Rose let silent tears fall and she soon fell asleep.
Lissa silently headed back down the stairs to Christian. She found him in the kitchen. She plopped down on one of the bar stools and Christian passed her a cup of coffee.
"Thanks." She said while taking a sip.
"How is she?" he asked concerned.
"She's sleeping but it'll take awhile for her to get passed this." Lissa said sadly.
"Can't believe Belicov actually cheated on Rose." He said shaking his head disappointed.
"Yea I know. Everyone thought they were soul mates." She sighed.
"Yea. I hope she's ok."
"Me too Chris me too." Lissa agreed.
"What did Rose do when she found them in… bed?" he asked awkwardly.
"From what I heard, Rose left Dimitri with a wobble in his step," she wiggled her eyebrows suggestively, "a broken nose and a hit to his ego."
Chris chuckled but then stopped. "Wait wasn't Rose wearing stilettos?"
"Yea." Lissa said with an evil glint in her eyes.
Chris cringed. "Can you say ow? But the bastard deserved it."
"Yea. He did." She agreed .They started laughing. But were cut off by a blood-chilling scream. They ran to the guest room to she Rose sitting up with tears cascading down her cheeks. Lissa and Chris sat on either side of her and wrapped her in a hug. They sat like that all night with Rose crying on their shoulders and eventually fell in to the darkness of sleep.