Gusmas 2012 Title: Marked Author:jule1122 Prompt: Bed of Roses
“Ma, are you okay?” Michael looked at the red blotches covering her arms and neck. “Are those bruises?”
“I think they’re hickies.” Ted’s eyes widened when realized what he said. “A lot of hickies.”
“They’re not hickies!” Debbie shouted. Everyone in the diner turned to stare at her. “Mind you own fucking business.”
When most people resumed eating, she leaned down and whispered, “Carl thought it would be romantic to cover the bed with rose petals. It wasn’t until after,” she wiggled her eyebrows making Michael groan. “That we realized when we crushed them the color rubbed off on us.”