Veronica
After a quick shower, I stood in front of the large mirror in my room braiding my hair while Aric tamed his curls in the bathroom. We had spent far too long tangled up in bed and now we were running a bit behind schedule.
Aric’s phone rang from its spot on the side table, “babe, can you get that?” he called from the bathroom.
"yeah," I said as I finished placing the hair tie in my braid and walked over to pick up his phone.
The screen was filled with a picture of Aric and a beautiful girl with long blonde hair, they seemed to be laughing about something. The caller ID read ‘Rose’.
I tapped the screen and brought the phone up to my ear, “hello?”
“oh, hi," came a small voice from the other end of the line, "umm is Aric there?” she asked nervously.
I turned toward the bathr
