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“What’s the matter Ruby?” Mrs Sonja asked as she rushed to her daughter Ruby had cried all the way home. She couldn’t remember the last time she went home. The cab driver was coincidentally playing a sad song, she wasn’t the only one who was going through a lot. He didn’t say anything but offered her a box of tissues. “Come on in honey” Mrs Sonja pulled her to her chest.She had missed her so much. Even though she now had enough money to adopt a child, she didn’t bother doing it. No child could replace her Ruby. Ruby wasn’t as social as other children, she kept to herself most times and never caused any trouble but she was the best child she could ever ask for. She decided to get a cat to keep her company. Ruby wrapped her arms around her mother and cried into her shoulders. She found comfort in her mothers familiar floral scent. Asides, the memories of her being bullied and coming home to cry, she didn’t understand why she refused to come home. The good memories she had o
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Ruby carefully opened the door to her former room. In highschool, she always ensured her door was always under lock and key. Her mother always had a way of peeking into her room and searching for stuff. When Mrs Sonja suspected she was getting bullied, she would sneak into her room to search for proof that her daughter was being bullied. She didn’t have money but she was ready to expose those who were bullying her daughter. Ruby felt waves of nostalgia wash through her as she walked into the room, the box in her hands shakily. Her mother kept everything the same way it had always been. Her pink sheets were freshly washed and her night table was dusted. She had a weird obsession with pink when she was in highschool.Everything in her room was pink including her drapes. She remembered once after the gym, the girls had to shower before the next class. Most of the girls were so confident in their bodies and there was this obsession with Victoria’s Secret lingerie. Most of the girl
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Ruby helped her mother set the dinner table just like old times. Her stomach rumbled and mouth watered at the sight of meatloaf and cornbread. When she was living alone, she would have cereal or some sort of junk food for dinner, she had missed how good her mothers food was. “Look who’s being the prodigal daughter” mr Sonja teased as he walked into his kitchenIt felt so good seeing the most important women in his life work together again. Ruby flung her arm around her father and hugged him tightly. When she was little, Mrs Sonja would complain of how much he spoiled her and she got away with anything she wanted. “I wasn’t expecting you but your presence made my day even ten times better” “Well, your daughter came home unexpectedly saying that she missed us so much and she wants to move back in” Mrs Sonja teased “Don’t listen to her, I didn’t say another of that” Ruby poutedShe loved the princess treatment she got from her parents, no one made her feel special as much
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Nate and Katie waited for Hunter in the office. After he called in sick, some of Katie’s men snooped around his house to check if he was really sick. The men reported that they'd seen him at a drugstore.He had instructed his account manager to pay for the cost of damages in Archie’s pub. He also ensured Jake’s family was well taken care of and Katie assured them he was going to be found as soon as possible. She was eager to have Wyatt in her hands, he had caused so much trouble in Portland already. Each time she caught him, he always found his way out. He was a slippery as an eel but this time, she swore was going to put him behind bars finally without his money to buy his way out. “Can I help you with anything?” Bentley asked as he poked his head through the door.Nate had been spending more time at the office and Bentley began to irritate him more. “I don’t need anything” Nate replied coldly “Everything is going smoothly at the office” It was obvious Bentley was
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Katie watched as Hunter scribbled down the names of his accomplices. She was impressed by Nate’s composure so far. All she saw was his father’s spirit in him.Nate was hardworking and considerate. So many people had thought written him off after his fathers death but he was determined to prove them wrong and be successful. She smiled to herself as she watched him read the name out loud with so much concentration. If not anything, she knew she owed it to his father to help him put Wyatt behind bars. Anyone who came in contact with his father had the nicest things to say about him. “Do you have any more questions?” Hunter asked as he rubbed at his throat, his cold had gotten the better part of him “Of course I have a million questions,” Katie frowned. “First, how did you get into this mess?” “It was all Bentley, the bloody fool” Hunter’s face turned into a scowl as Bentley’s name rolled off his tongue.“He came to me with the deal and said there was so much money atta
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After a long day at the office, Nate tossed his jacket on the couch as he moved to the room. He could tell that she was home already.When she texted him she wasn’t going to return home, he was sad and was going to ask her that she should come back home but he reminded himself that they weren’t dating and she was free to do whatever she wanted. “You’ve gradually developed this habit of running away from me” he smiled as he walked into the roomAs he expected, she was in her pajamas, curled up in bed, waiting for him. She had a bowl of chips and an onion dip by her side. “Of course I wouldn’t leave you” she pulled him in for a hug and they remained that way for almost a minute.He was tempted to ask her where she had been but decided not to. He was indeed curious and kind of suspected that she had a lover elsewhere but he couldn’t be too sure about that. Or what if she was seeing Ethan? He thought He immediately pushed thoughts of Ethan off his head, thinking about him ev
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Ruby sighed, she wasn’t sure which way to style her hair. Finally, the day had come for her to go visit Grace with Nate. After their conversation at night, Ruby had a little breakdown in the toilet and tried her best to put herself together. Before she went to bed, he asked if she had any plans for the day and when she said no, he asked if she was down to see his mother and she immediately agreed.The previous night, it had felt like so much fun but now, she was nervous.She wanted to impress Grace so badly as she had admired her since she was a child. “Do you think I should wear my hair in a ponytail or I should let it fall?” She asked Nate who was putting on his wristwatch “Whichever way you chose to wear it is fine, you’d look perfect either way” he replied Ruby rolled her eyes, that wasn’t the answer she hoped for but it made her feel somewhat better. She finally decided to wear it as a ponytail. She had read in a magazine that high ponytails made the face looked snatche
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Nate led her to his mother’s drawing room where she spent most of her time in. She always had a tune to play on the violin. “Hey mom” Nate grinned Grace was busy playing a beautiful note that she hadn’t noticed them walk in. Her face lit up into one of the prettiest smiles Ruby had ever seen.She watched as mother and son hugged each other and Grace placed a peck on her son’s cheek. Now, she understood why he said the only people he ever loved were his parents.Being rich didn’t guarantee him true love, most of the affection people showed towards him was fake and they acted that way only because they wanted favors from him. She had witnessed how Wyatt, who used to be his father’s friend, had tried to steal his company and ruin all his hard work. It was absurd to her how he found it difficult to trust people because they ended up stabbing him in the back. “When Nate told me he was coming along with a guest, I didn’t expect that he’d come with an Angel” Grace gushed as she b
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