ant to her house, but she did, with the box that was pack

, it was still working. If she had to go up to her apartment thro

in hand. As she pushed the door in and walked by it to enter into the apartment, the edge of he

he contents of her bag were scattered on the floor. Frustrated, she sat ther

a day. Her day had started in a nasty way when her boss had started complaining about how she

r randomly to get coffees for meetings, to picking up his

t up with it, but he had never fired her like he did t

l, her ex-boyfriend. Everything he said back at the restaurant kept ringing

ule because of the way she dressed, and then because s

wel, her hair wet, telling her that she had just gotten out of the shower. She had a

didn't know whether she should be grateful to her or not for being home right now. She ha

c, and she knew Olivia would see that too the moment she told her. She knew she

e front door to close it shut. She turned back to her a

er and asked again. "I

This is worse," she said. "It's literally breaking my heart, but I don't even wan

tever is making you cry like this in your mind, Ruby, so pl

e over his birthday dinner." She said

m and started to pull her up. "Get up, Ruby

of her blouse to clean up her face. She would have used it to

ia could testify to it. It was the reason she was the one that did most of the house

her happy that he had broken up with her because she didn

hat was on the shelf pushed against the wall. Ruby looked at Olivia, and

t especially, the look that said 'I told you so' was what got to her. There could only ever b

oiled even the best ones they had shared as a couple. He might have told her that not having sex wasn't the reason for w

her love, and devotion. She had done the things she knew he loved, the things that he c

love with him, but she had love

hat exactly happened. What did that as

r everything again, from the insults to the confessions of cheating. He had to

uspected anything. She guessed that he just wanted to hurt

he had felt, Olivia shook her head and pulled Ruby into a tig

t her job but she had also lost

only was the man an asshole, but there was something about him that smelled evil to her. He was just a

y who they were; it was a gift and she had alw

r right palm to pat her back as calmly as possible to give a calming effect, but she wasn't even close to calm. If anything, Olivia was feeling s

ause of some man that didn't even dese