Ruby
I stared at my apartment's door until it blurred. Then I realized it was the tears filling my eyes that obscured my vision. Blinking rapidly, I wiped away a tear that streamed down my cheek with annoyance. I thought I'd be all cried out by the time I got home.
My tears had flowed continuously since I left Minneapolis. Everyone on the bus I took must have thought I was a nut job. I'd hunkered down and cried for about five hours straight. I just couldn't hold back my misery.
It wasn't just heartbreak from how things ended with Julian, but years of grief brought on by my a*shole parent. The argument with Julian just caused my tough girl exterior to shatter to smithereens.
“Ruby? Are you still there?"
Remembering that I was in the middle of a conversation with Kenzie, I pulled mys
