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182: Hector?

Author: Rosa Kane
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-03-27 23:54:57

When Ruby got into her car, she sat still for a long moment before pulling out her phone from her bag. Her fingers trembled slightly as she unlocked the screen and opened the gallery where a single photo stared back at her—Hector’s picture.

It was one of the few photos she had managed to recover from her cloud storage, one she’d stared at almost every night since he died.

Her voice was soft, but heavy with regret as she whispered, “Hector, it’s been more than a month since....since I… since I killed you. And not a day has passed that I haven’t thought about it. I regret it so much. I should never have acted out of rage.”

She paused, her voice breaking as tears welled in her eyes. “What do I do? How can I right my wrongs, Hector? You didn't deserve what I did to you. I can’t forget you, and I can’t forgive myself. You were the one person who looked at me and saw someone special, and I… I repaid you with betrayal.”

She lowered the phone to her lap, biting her lip to stifle the so
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reneewalker981
Hector saved Ruby the stress of killing them both, I hope they patch things up
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Stainless
Finally the two idiots are gone, I love how hector didn't waste time in killing them.
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storyteller290
Those fools died miserably... Finally, Hector came out of the shadows
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