Start from Scratch (JenLisa Adaptation)

10

'An Old Friend?'

Jennie's POV

Even though Lisa accepted my apology and lightened up a bit, I still didn't sleep well. Granted you can only sleep so well on a couch, but it was made doubtfully hard by the thought of Rosé being such a bitch to both Joo-hyuk and Lisa.

I woke at 9 am on Saturday morning, still quite tired. Lisa had worked until 2 last night and would almost certainly sleep until 11 or 12. Getting off the couch, in realized I needed coffee. We had coffee, but Lisa just bought the el cheapo store brand which I described as marginally drinkable.

I felt like having some real stuff, from the Jet brew that was a few blocks down the street. With the recent cold snap, I dared not to venture out unless I absolutely needed to. It was warmer today, so I decided to brave the cold.

After showering and dressing quickly, I walked down to the Jet brew and for the first time in weeks, I'd finally drink a decent cup of coffee.

Sitting in a corner, drinking the warm nectar down, I managed to forget my problems for a few moments.

But soon thoughts of Rosé and the mystery involved, came back to my mind. I had to know more. I just had to. So taking a chance, I dialed Rosé's number. I wasn't even sure if it was the current one.

After three rings, Rosé picked up.

"Hello Jennie!" Rosé answered in her normal cheerful voice. I'll admit that was a bit of a relief.

I wanted to believe she was the same old Rosé, but evidence had proven otherwise, so I remained guarded.

"Hi Rosie. It's been a while. I thought I'd call you up and see how you were doing."

"I'm doing wonderful! Praise God. How are you?"

Uh oh...

I could ask her about Lisa or even Joo-hyuk, but instead I thought I'd see how she would react to my news instead.

"I'm going through some changes right now, so things are a bit uncertain at the moment."

"You need to pray Jennie. Pray for God's guidance and read your bible. Please tell me what's wrong, I'll pray for you, Reverend Dave says we must pray at least 3 times a day. I pray at least 5."

Houston, we have a problem...

"Rosie, Kai and I broke up for good."

"Why?" Rosé said in a rather shocked voice.

"Because I got tired of him beating the crap out of me when he got drunk, that's why." Just saying it made me feel a surge of anger.

"What did you do to provoke him?"

What in the fuck did she just say? Oh my fucking God, did she just pin all this shit on me? She did not actually go there. My blood quickly began to boil.

"What do you mean provoke him? Didn't you hear me Rosie? He hit me, more than once." I barked back.

"I heard you Jennie. But you must remember your place in the home. To be submissive to the man. He makes the decision, he works the job. You must have done something to provoke him. Obviously you're not being submissive enough to him."

Excuse me while I bang my head against this table.

I was speechless, which was fine, as Rosé promptly rattled off a half dozen bible verse in rapid succession, saying that the way to true happiness was for me to be submissive to my man. Then just as I recovered, she laid into me for living in sin with him. This wasn't Park Rosé at all. It was like listening to a recording of some demented televangelist. Oh did I mention that Reverend Dave came up about 4or 5 times in her rants.