Roommates

Chapter 34

With a clipboard in her hands, Evangeline began counting the safe with the closing supervisor. The swap meant that it was finally time for Evangeline to go home. How the hours had passed so quickly, she couldn't quite piece together. She'd been lost in a daydream for the latter half of her shift, and now she's being ruthlessly pulled out of her fantasy.

"I know that look," Jenny said, scoffing at Evangeline.

"Bite me."

"You would like that, wouldn't you?" Jenny knelt by the safe. She was always quite comfortable on her knees, especially in front of Evangeline. In another time, in another place, Evangeline would make a bitch out of this woman. Cutting Evangeline's internal prose short, Jenny began counting. "Fifteen hundred dollars in ones, two thousand in fives..."

She rattled off the denominations in the safe, sealing the deal with a satisfying click of the safe lock. Now that the safe was counted and balanced, Evangeline could leave.

Trying to give the safe keys to Jenny, Jenny grabbed her hand and turned it over so the keys fell into the palm of Evangeline's hand. Jenny looked at the details of her wrist as she gently caressed her skin. She drew an intricate pattern on Evangeline's wrist with the pad of her finger. Her invisible art stunned Evangeline as if she was seeing priceless work in a museum. It made her heart swell in amazement.

While Jenny surveyed her delicate skin, she remembered how beautiful her wrists looked when they were handcuffed above her head while Jenny held the key to them.

In another time, in another place.

Evangeline pulled her hand away and dropped the keys on top of the safe. Her shaky voice fell upon deaf ears. "Don't touch me."

As she slipped past Jenny to leave the service desk, Jenny turned and grabbed Evangeline by her ass, pulling her into her body. "You could have had me, Eve."

"I didn't want you." Evangeline shoved her off. Jenny fell into the safe, regaining her balance. "We fucked, it happened. You can move on with your life now."

"Oh, come on now. A beautiful girl like you deserves more than a one night stand." Jenny wiped the metaphorical drool from her own lip. "Think about it, gorgeous. Please."

Evangeline shuttered at her words. How did she ever find this piece of hillbilly trash attractive? Add Jenny to the list of regrets that leave a vile taste in her mouth. "Go fuck yourself."

Jenny frowned and pouted. "Where's the fun in that? I thought you liked what I can do for you."

"Leave me alone."

Jenny tsk-ed with condescension. "Oh, Eve. We both know how much you like to submit to me. You've done it once, I know I can make you do it again."

"I'm... Taken...?" Evangeline's voice failed to stand by her words.

"Taken?" Jenny asked in shock. She laughed while she ran a hand through her hair and blocked Evangeline's path with her muscular arm. "Eve, you don't date girls. You use them like a tissue, then throw them away. Chloe was always right about you, you know?"

"Get her name out of your toothless mouth," Evangeline growled, stepping up to Jenny. Her five foot two stature didn't compare to Jenny, who was at least a head taller than her. "You don't know shit about me."

Jenny rolled her eyes and began to walk away. She turned her back on Evangeline, a dangerous move for even the most experienced fighters. "I know you like having your ass kissed."

"I'm so fucking glad you quit," Evangeline declared. Today was Jenny's last day, thankfully. She'd been given her notice two weeks ago and her time was finally up. After today, Evangeline wouldn't have any loose ends at the store. Every other girl she'd done-and-run-from had either quit or been fired. Jenny was the last to go. For over a year, the pair had to work together as if they hadn't seen each other naked. Now, that was finally over.