Stay with Me

9. Rose and Stone.

The man was average tall with a strong build, fully clad in black jackets, boots, and caps. His fingers were covered with gloves and he wore a nose mask too. He trudged on the bronze floor until he came before a large silver door.

"Please, place your finger on the security lock," a robotic voice sounded in the corridor. The man did as he was told and access was given. The silver door opened and he walked into the large hall. To the left were iron tables and benches, with dimly lit lanterns on the wall and small windows at the top. To the right was a sturdy long cubicle, with the upper part being glass and the lower iron. There were twelve sections in total. The man looked at the small tag in his hand, labeled 6, and walked to the sixth booth. He inserted the tag in a keyhole and with a ding sound, the door opened and he walked in. Inside was narrow with a small chair at the front, covered with a glass barrier, and from the other side, another chair could be seen. The man sat down quietly waiting for his 'friend'.

Two female figures came before the glass, one in a grey warden uniform and the other in a grey jumpsuit. He could read lips, so he saw what the warden spoke. "You have fifteen minutes to get this over with," she said sternly and walked away. The younger lady rolled her eyes and swayed her hips to the chair and sat down with a smirk.

Her jumpsuit's top buttons were loosened, revealing her white vest inside. Her neck had pink rose tattoos with green leaves, she was slim with a long face and short blond hair but her eyebrows were black, matching her dark pupils. Her ears were pricked with earrings to the top but even with the wild look, she was a beauty indeed.

"Long time…no see," she curled her red lips.

The man chuckled and folded his muscular arms, his eyes roaming around her body. "You seem to have adjusted the prison life even more and loved it. Rose? Should I call you that?"

The woman shrugged and flexed her fingers that were covered with the same tattoos up to her arms. "You can. What's the use of a new identity without a new name? My real name doesn't match me at all," she laughed and the man joined her.
"Cut to the chase because I have limited time. What the deal now?" she asked impatiently.

"Eager to know huh?" The man smirked and raised her eyebrows. "Tsk. Chill. I don't disappoint easily you know? The job is done. I have the blueprint with me,"

"You are not useless after all." Rose hummed. "You went through the trouble of being exposed to get a stupid blueprint, just to beat your rival in a bazaar. Will that work for you?"

"Have some trust in me. Even without the blueprint, I can beat that bastard okay? Much less using something he had been working on for months. It's a gift and I won't dare waste it," The man said proudly.

Rose snorted and eyed him up and down. "Smacking his face then is not enough. You came at the right time that you mentioned that fare or whatever. That is more important to make him pay badly. I want that hook-up to lose all face and what he's been working on for years." she seethed darkly, bending her back.

The man crouched to her level too. "Don't worry will you? We have that Italian working with us, so getting a fault in what they will display will be easy. I bet even Alfred won't be able to solve that thing unless he calls his shadow to do it buy hmmp. Jaleel has long left the country and they broke all ties. I realized that he could use Jaleel's security lock but what I prepared for him this time is different. He can only watch as everything crumbles,"

"Really?" Rose hissed. "What makes you think that you can do that? Can you really make something that he can't break?"

"You are looking down upon me aren't you?" the man's face darkened but she was unfazed. "I have been improving over the years and I am confident in my abilities more than before,"

"Come on, give me a break," Ross rolled her eyes. "If you have been improving, do you think he was just sitting and watching over his business or what? Not to forget that he has always been more talented than you are!"

The man's veins were throbbing with anger the more he heard her. She keeps picking up his wound over and over again.
"I am the one helping you woman and you dare to praise someone before me! Or are you still smitten with that bastard?!'

"I have never loved that life breaker. Ever," Roser gritted her teeth and spat. "I am just reminding you of what you are up against. I am tired of staying behind bars and do nothing but watch you be cocky that before with each visit!"

"I won't blame you for that," he nodded angrily. "But I gave you my word to get you out of her since everyone you know neglected you. I should be the last you should insult,"

"Oh, did I?" Rose pouted and as his glare intensified, she smirked. "I believe in your abilities and that's why I agreed to work with you."

"Hmmp," the man snorted at her reply.

"Anyways what's in that blueprint that you are so sure that he won't make something better?' she asked seriously.

"It's a car," he said simply.

"Just a car?" she raised an eyebrow.

"Not a simple car woman. It works with electricity,"

"Still not special enough,"

"It's bulletproof, can camouflage, and has an attacking system."

"Why would he make such a thing that can be given to the force?" Rose furrowed her brows.

"Don't ask me, I just got it. But that's not the best part is…it has instantaneous flight," he added mysteriously.

"Instantaneous? As in, it can fly?" she inquired.

"Not complete flight, but it can fly over five cars and hit the ground with perfect control. If I adjust even more, it can fit higher," he explained.

Rose was agape as she listened to this. "Ha! I can imagine his face, after giving such a thing to a criminal like you. Isn't that just a safe escape?"

"I still have to be careful about the systems inside. I can't allow him to be able to catch me with it," The man said cautiously.

"Look at you, being careful," she smiled. "You got a lot to do then and I assume you are almost done. But you have to watch out, what if he makes something better than that?"

"In a few months? I doubt that even for him," he snorted.

"Just don't let your stupid ego ruin the plan," she warned.

He hummed and sat up straight. "Don't you want to hear anything about the child? I spent some time with him you know. All grown up,"

"I am not interested," she scowled and flipped her hair.

"You might want to know this," he insisted

"Don't bring that up again," she fumed when the warden came behind her. "Times up,"

Rose hissed and gazed at the man before walking away with the warden. He exhaled and stood up too.

"I will leave for now but when I return, you will hear perfect news and will never look down upon me. I will prove to everyone that nobody, absolutely nobody can compare to Stone!"

🤧 Many can already guess who this woman is right?