FLASHBACK
"Dude! What the hell? You told Kimberley you will pick her up at seven. Didn't you?" Aaron found Rafael playing basketball with Dylan. He almost forgot about Kimberley and what he said to her.
"Are you kidding me? I just wanted to get rid of that, what's her face?" He asked Dylan who was now dating his dumped three month long girlfriend. He already forgot her name.
"Samantha... no wait, Savannah."
"Yeah, she was acting a little too possessive."
"But Kimberley has been waiting for you since 6.30, getting all excited."
"Is she stupid or what? I didn't tell her where I will pick her up from, so she should obviously know I didn't mean it."
"No, she doesn't. I have seen her wear only faded jeans and free t-shirts that she collected at the Med school events. But today, she put on a nice dress and came to the library to ask me if you were okay because you never asked for her number or texted her."
"Exactly! I'm not goin
"Have you seen enough?" Rafael hissed at Aaron when he caught him staring at Ruhi."Your possessive ass needs to calm the---""What's happening here? Oh...Aaron, hi." Ruhi caught them talking near her door and pushed her notes away once she ended the call with Lisa."Hey..." Aaron was flooded with guilt when he saw how pale and stressed she looked. "Everything will be all right, Ruhi. You have to trust Rafael on this one. Listen to what he has to say and don't assume anything.""He's too scared to talk to me. Ever since his Kimmie returned, he's maintaining some ten feet distance, as if I will pounce on him or something.""What? I thought you wanted some space.""Did I tell you so? Aaron, you told me not to assume things. Why don't you tell your friend the same? He brings his ex here without asking me if I wouldbe okay. He thought I'll stay at my apartment while he can have some quality time with his sweetheart and Eva. When I as
Ruhi woke up bright and early, feeling good and at peace, despite all the surrounding calamities. She wasn't cramping any more and was in a great mood thinking about Rafael.'He likes my kisses.' She couldn't stop her heart from racing and getting excited just like that.Rafael was up and in the gym already while she showered and wanted to make some scrumptious breakfast by taking Ms. Myers's help. She wished it was still Sunday so that she could ask Rafael to spend the rest of the day with her.She walked over to the intercom to talk to himand smiled whenshe heard his breathy voice through it. 'Such a fitness freak! Why can't he just stay in bed and cuddle with me.' He asked her lazy ass to work out with her once when she complained, so she never asked him again."Can I have Eva come over for breakfast? I'm making us some pancakes and eggs.""Sure. Let me ask someone to get her."Rafael was in no mood to work out anymore now tha
Ruhi smiled at the maid and picked Oreo in her arms as usual."Mycutie pie! I missed you too... You put on so much weight like your lazy brother!"Grumbling about how heavy he had become,she carried him into her room and gave him one of her old shoes he loved to play with.Her phone went off after she had walked into the bathroom."Ugh!" She thought it was her mom because her parents called her every day around this time and told her to just leave Rafael and come home.Her phone rang again when she steppedout of the shower, and Rafael was calling her this time. But Oreo didn't let her check the phone. He was barking like crazy and asking her to unlock the door."What's the matter with you? Let's go make some chai before talking to my mom. A strong chai for the headache I'm going to get because of your dad."Oreo always agreed with her and took her side when she talked against Rafael, but he was too angsty to pay
Ruhi pushed the heavy dresser out of her way and walked out slowly. The house was still empty and the maid's body lay where it was, along with the trashed plant. Rafael was occupied with scaring Kimberley. She already looked like she was going to faint in a panic. "Please, Rafael. He wants to take Eva away. I don't know why you think I would kill your maid. I was---" "You know very well Eva went shopping. Did you imagine her here? Did you imagine this man you are talking about?" The cops came over and made Kimberley describewhat happened. She was in a state of shock and couldn't form proper words or sentences. She stuttered and sobbed and kept telling Rafael he should believe her. The pain and anguish in her face seemed very real to Ruhi. She held Rafael's arm to stop him from being too harsh with her and to hear her out. "He's going to find Eva. Your grandma is not answering my call, and I don't know your housekeeper's number. H
FLASHBACK"Thank you for doing this with me. You are the best boyfriend I could ever ask for." Kimberley hugged Rafael while her words made him feel guilty.She asked him to drive her to a sunflower field when it wasn't the peak season yet. He was preparing his breakup speech by removing all profanities and insensitive words when she called him and asked him sweetly about going there with him.It had already been overthree months that he was seeing her almost every day. She was obsessed with meeting him and spending every minute with him. Her constant calls and texts made him feel suffocated, but she looked too sensitive to be told he wasn't interested in her.He loved spending time with her sometimes, but he never wanted to make any physical advances, feeling too scared of being stuck with her.Aaron constantly scolded him for being a dick or for having a phobia towards committing to a good girl. He thought of breaking up with her some seven t
"How the hell did I end up here? I don't remember drinking so much to not know who I fucked." His head was spinning, andthe daylight hurt his eyes."I don't know either. The last thing I know, we were playing air bowling with your friends." She sounded innocent and confused just like him, but she looked happy about the turn of events."I was the one who bought us all drinks. Fuck! We have been roofied. Let's go." He got out of the bed looking for his clothes."Go where?""To get tested for drugs.""Are you regretting what happened?""Of course I am. We were over before we even started Kimmie. Why don't you get it? You are with Aaron now.""I was never with Aaron. I knew you weren't over me. And look how we ended up together after getting drunk. Why would you be with me if you weren't into me?""Because I was fucking drugged. If this is your doing, I'll never forgive you, Kimmie. You have no idea how sensitive Aaron
Eddy called Rafael the next day with some news about Kimberley. Irene had forgiven him when he explained what had happened."Rafael, I think we need to meet. It's confidential. About Kimmie.""I'm so soo done with her. Please don't tell me anything about her. I don't care no matter what it is.""It is something very serious, Rafael. Meet me at McLeod's in thirty. Can't tell you over the phone."Rafael drove to the restaurant Eddy asked him to and ordered lunch for himself while waiting for him. He was surprised to see Irene show up with Eddy."Did Kimmie get into some legal issue?"Looking at Irene gave him a bad feeling. She was doing an internship at a famous criminal law firm, and the look on her face meant business."Kimmie has pressed charges against some five guys, twofootball players from your team and three baseball players. It includes your friend Dylan.""Charges for what?" He knew she did what all his exes did.
Present Day San FranciscoRuhi held onto Rafael'sarm when she heard the news about the bodyguards' dead bodies. It was a hot spring day, but she was feeling coldandslightly shivering.The cops and Antonio were headed to where the forensics person traced them to be."I don't want to see where the bodies are. Don't want to know which part of the mansion. It will haunt me forever."Ruhi clutched Rafaeltighter while thinking about how magical this place looked to her the first time she stepped out of the limousine with her family.There was a time when she was not at all afraid of walking alone to the vast garden and looking for places where there were no bodyguards or cameras. She was mad at Rafael for tightening the security so much just before the wedding and making it impossible for her to sneakout to meet Dhruv.All those security measures seemed too much to her not too long ago. Now