"Stop making a scene. Rachel's hungry. Go cook."He kicked my injured ankle, irritation thick in his voice.I said nothing. I stared out the window, eyes hollow.The next second, I grabbed my luggage, held Nina tight, and walked straight out the door.He clearly hadn't expected me to actually leave.His voice chased me from behind, anger barely covering the humiliation in it."If you leave, don't bother coming back!"I walked around the house to the window where he'd thrown the ring.Thick clouds blotted out the moon, leaving the grounds pitch-black.I turned on my phone's flashlight and searched the grass by its faint glow.Nina trailed beside me, whimpering softly.I knelt on the ground. Tears fell one by one, soaking the earth.Dirt and grass packed under my fingernails.Sobbing, I clawed desperately through the grass.Where had the ring landed?Nina barked once toward a spot, and when I looked up, the ring was right there, not far away.I snatched it up and slid it onto my finger.
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