Chapter 70
"This is the one time I would allow you to set anything on fire. Why aren’t you moving?" Zayne asked as he stood up but Rose remained seated. "I don’t trust you with fire where you are."
"It is not that. Can you please go ahead so I can stand and straighten the blanket?" Rose asked, leaving out that she wasn’t properly dressed.
"Very well," Zayne replied, turning around to leave. He had disturbed her when she thought it would only be her and Janice. "I will wait for you in the kitchen."
Rose quickly stood to shift the blanket so she could pull on it at the front to stop it from falling. She then hurried to go to her room to get changed into a dress. She could not burn the paper and hand onto the blanket at the same time.
She was not ready to be so exposed before Zayne.
Zayne was left waiting downstairs for Rose to join him. In the meantime, he started to look around the kitchen. There was a pile of fresh vegetables and it was likely that Janice had gotten most of them for Rose.
If they weren’t careful, they might fatten up the bunny to the point that it could not run around. Zayne picked up a shiny red apple to eat while he waited for Rose. Had he not rushed to leave the camp he could have picked up a good bottle he brought from home for Rose to celebrate with Janice.
He spent his time looking around at what Janice was spending the money he put aside for food on. Not long after, he heard Rose running down the stairs.
"I’m sorry to keep you waiting," Rose said, leaning over slightly as she tried to catch her breath. She had to be quick to take off the shirt and pull a dress over her head.