Rose was startled out of her sleep by nothing in particular. She was laying in bed, Xander’s arm around her waist, and it was still the middle of the night as she saw the clock on the bedside table read 4:12 A.M.
She carefully pulled his arm away so as to not wake him up. He was deeply asleep because their activity ceased only two hours earlier and he was obviously tired.
She walked to her purse on the table and opened it to see her phone. She hadn’t paid much attention to it and it was about to turn off because the battery was almost out. She saw a message from Reese saying ‘Call Me, ASAP’.
She told Reese and Yolan that she would be leaving with Xander for the two day business trip and forgot to update them on the change of plans. After looking back at the bed and confirming that he wa
