Chapter 73

Ruby

Everything was still tense around the ranch, and I was a little jumpy. I had one more day left to decide if I needed to stay here or go back home. After I had stalled for two more days, my uncle and Dave were very adamant that I should leave. I needed to go back to apologize, according to my uncle, who was refusing to speak to me, so everything was coming from my aunt.

Dave was pretty much the same. He only called once after our talk and gave me the same ultimatum. He said he was putting his foot down, whatever that means. His attitude was giving me more reasons to stay, but I was worried that if he comes here, then things will turn for the worst. If he sees this place, he would lose it completely.

Filip is always sweet to me but he has told me he doesn’t like to share and he gave me an ultimatum too. He canceled the date we were supposed to have because he thought I needed to be sure before wasting his time. Part of me thought he was being stressed out because of everything, b