"Just another dumb bitch"

I could tell by the silence that followed that he didn’t believe me. My phone remained idle. Sitting in my palm, it was so still it actually made my hand feel numb. I started drawing up plans for my follow up pleas. Whoever said you should never triple text has never been in a mess like this. Eden watched over my shoulder as I composed and deleted two completely different texts. There wasn’t time for a third. After five full minutes, my phone vibrated again, startling me so hard that I dropped it. Luke was faster than me.

My skin crawled at writing a message like that. Okay, maybe I had acted crazy last night, and maybe Luke had a good reason for being this mad at me. Maybe. But the reaction--not to mention the use of that most hated word, bitch--on another day would drive me into a fit. We would be spitting digital hate at each other for hours. I could already feel my nudes leaking onto the internet, or some boys’ chat, and even that couldn’t deter me tonight. You can call yourself names later, and so will they. Now is the time for diplomacy!!

Eden was looking at me funny. This was a betrayal of the bad bitch mentality, obviously.

I shouldn't have been surprised when the next message came in. A little groveling from a woman to a man could go a long way. And, knowing these things about the fairer and rougher sexes, I also guessed what he was about to say. And, lo!:

Typo and all, I mean it. Goes to show how seriously he was taking this. I sighed and held my head in my hand. He was a businessman, and cutting deals was very important to him. Though, if he was better at it, I wouldn't have been his arm candy for last night, and maybe I wouldn't be here now. I'd actually enjoyed the thought of being his plus one to a shady deal. What a joke.

He'd clearly hoped we would hook up at the end of last night. If things hadn't gone a slightly different way, he could have enjoyed my company and Rania's at the same time. When we were making plans I was definitely open to fucking him. Now, less so. He'd proven himself to be another loser ass man. Is that a dealbreaker for me at the moment? I wondered. So many of my sisters fucked the text man for texts. What he was 'offering' was really a chance to fuck the info man for info. Worse deals have been made.