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Ruby twirled her spaghetti with a shaky fork. The room was silent, save for the relaxing piano music.

On a normal day, she would be on her second plate of spaghetti but with all that had been going on with her, there was barely anything that brought her happiness.

“Maria told me you’ve barely touched any of the food she served you”

Nate’s voice sent shivers through her as she turned to face him. She didn’t expect him to join her for dinner as he spent most days talking on the phone.

He had employed top security agents to find Jake.

At nights, when she hoped they would finally have some time to themselves, they were always disrupted by Nate’s annoying ringing tone. She understood and felt the pressure of what it was like to have a missing friend, in Esme’s case, she wasn’t missing but Ruby couldn’t access her which bothered her so much.

“I haven’t been hungry” she replied and got back to twirling the pasta

She could barely hold eye contact with Nate as she feared she w