RUBI
Kelly, please. Do you want me to get on my knees?” I sighed, exasperated yet determined. “I’ve already apologized ten times.”
I had dragged myself into her cozy coffee shop, rehearsing every word for hours. I owed her the truth. why I disappeared without a trace, why I hadn’t called even once. It wasn’t just guilt eating me alive all those months, away from her, it was fear. I was afraid Hector might have eyes on her, and through her, on me.
Turns out I was the i***t. He hadn’t just known where I was. He planned it that way.
Kelly rolled her eyes, wiping her hands on a towel behind the counter. “Oh, stop being such a drama queen,” she scoffed, her gaze softening as she gave me a once-over. “You’re lucky I can’t stay mad at you for too long. But you’ll have to make it up to me.”
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