Chapter 4 Secret of the White Rose

At night on Jessa's residence

Romnick observed Jessa as she worked on her lesson plan. Eventually, Jessa felt drowsy and turned off the light Her eyes felt heavy and she is so tired so she get into her bed to take a nap. Unknown to her that a ghost was staring at her as she lays sleeping.

Romnick remained in the room until Jessa fell asleep. That's when Jefferson appeared before him. Jefferson has deep hatred on Jessa for not truly loving him. It's always Romnick that prevented him from killing Jessa time and time again.

"You're going to repeat your usual nonsense to her!" Jefferson exclaimed, immediately grabbing Romnick by the throat.

"I'll strangle you repeatedly!" Romnick said angrily as he was grasping the neck of Jefferson but he failed.

Romnick struggled to break free from Jefferson's grip. They ended up in the kitchen, circling each other while both choking each other. They collided with the refrigerator, and it opened, revealing its contents. They both stumbled out of the house.

"You cannot protect her all the time you'll see" Jefferson said.

As Romnick was pushed, the refrigerator door remained open. Romnick quickly returned to the kitchen, where Jefferson was still standing in front of the open refrigerator. Romnick extended his hand, and a powerful force pushed Jefferson back into the refrigerator, which then closed with a loud thug.

Both men floated momentarily before returning to the ground. Romnick noticed that something had emerged from the couple's bedroom—a baseball bat.

Meanwhile, Ronaldo woke up to a noise in the kitchen. Trying not to reveal that he was awake, he didn't turn on the light. He grabbed the baseball bat and a flashlight, preparing to investigate. Slowly, he stepped out of their bedroom, ready to strike if necessary.

Another loud noise echoed from the kitchen. Ronaldo turned on the flashlight and searched for the light switch. Everything seemed fine when he arrived in the kitchen. He quickly returned to their room.

"Damn cats" he muttered as he was on his way back to their couple's bedroom.

Romnick and Jefferson silently watch him leave the kitchen. Before Jefferson could react Romnick punch him hard so he was delivered right outside the house and was swept by the Gail. Immediately Romnick went back to Jessa's room and set by the bed where Jessa was lying asleep. He then touch Jessa's cheek before he disappeared.

On the same night

Rowena, Jessa's student, smelled the white rose she had taken from her teacher's desk. Seeing that Jessa wasn't interested in the flower, Rowena left it there after their class with the new subject teacher. She didn't even ask when she noticed it was gone upon her return. Jessa really does not care about that flower or whom did it come from.

In Class, during the day Rowena cannot kept her eyes away from that rose. She really desire and was dying to have it. She was very thankful that her teacher just leave it on her table so she pick it up when no one was inside the room so no one knows she get the flower.

Rowena stared at the rose and placed it on top of the cabinet before going to bed then she pick it again because she could not sleep thinking about the flower. Why her teacher did not care about it.

"You are so beautiful" Rowena told the flower. She is talking to the white rose right now.

"You should be adore by everyone but I'm sorry, you can only be mine. I will take care of you always. No one can snatch you away from me I promise you that hehehe." She was talking to the flower like she was crazy.

"I cannot help myself to look at you and have you by my side. You are the most beautiful thing in this world and my most precious thing beggining today and for the rest of my life. You should be loved like none other. You are worthy than anyone else in this world. You should be praise and worship like a goddess." Her incantation continuous.

"I cannot even sleep, All I ever wanted now is to see you and watch you,smell you for the rest of my life." She continued.

"My life would be nothing without you. I would die without you. You are my life now, glory and my everything so please stay with me forever."

Rowena's incantation continued without even realizing that it was already minutes before midnight. Rowena felt asleep while saying her incantations while holding the white rose.

But when midnight struck, the white rose gradually transformed into a black rose, crawling with black worms. The worms devoured the entire flower before disappearing but the black worms crawl under Rowena's sheet. Moments later some black worms are seen crawling on her face and it managed to crawl inside her nose.

In some unknown space, Jefferson and Romnick was been fighting here.

"Did you change it? What did you do?" Romnick ask.

"Nothing, why are you so angry" Jefferson replied.

"You really have fun messing with me huh until death" Romnick said.

They are wrestling each other forcing each other's arms forward but they are not moving anywhere since they are using equal energy this time.

"It's you who are messing with me until death. Why don't you just let me kill Jessa?" Jefferson replied back.

"Why would I let you? I want to protect Jessa. Answered Romnick.

"You fool, Jessa was just using you" Jefferson said.

"It's because of you who ruined everything." As Romnick was saying this he then kick Jefferson's abdomen and let go of his arms and followed up by another round kick penetrating the neck of his opponent. Jefferson reacted by turning himself into gas to avoid being hit.

"Hahaha so slow" Jefferson mocked his opponent for not hitting him this time.

"So what is there to be proud of?" Romnick muttered.

"Jessa loves me more than you and that is what I am proud of. She even visit my tomb while yours is not. She don't care at all." Romnick continued which makes Jefferson so angry.

His face become more terrifying looking like a monster in a human form. He also becomes stronger.

"I'm going to beat you!" Jefferson shouted angrily as he lounge a direct attack on Romnick but he was gone all of a sudden.

"You, cowward! Comeback here or I will kill Jessa!"

Romnick was gone from that space and went directly to the surface earth. He was wondering why did the flower of evil turned black this time. He was just able to summon it just this time and give it to Jessa one more time but was only to be rejected.

"What was wrong with that?" He ask himself.

Jefferson appeared just beside him and was ready to punch his face only to find out that Romnick was in deep thought so he retracted.

"Hey!" Jefferson shouted. He had never seen Romnick like this in the continues fights they have all a long the years of their deaths.

Romnick just look at him but was still troubled trying to understand the secret of the white rose.

"What is the problem? I never seen you like this since death." Jefferson said.

Romnick just walk away from him like he was tired of fighting.

"Do you really want Jessa to be killed by me?" Jefferson whispered.

Romnick heared about it by the air so he responded.

"If you kill Jessa, I will torture you all your life"

Jefferson just laugh, he exclaimed. "Idiot, I'm dead already"