Chapter 27
Clara's POV
"Where have you been?", Ruby yawned, trudging tiredly to the kitchen to brew a fresh cup of coffee.
"Around", I shrugged, avoiding her gaze not that she'd notice my swollen eyelids in her half asleep state.
Ruby was the real definition of 'not a morning person'. Once, she had thrown a glass trophy at her brother's head after he came knocking at her door and performed a mini-dance session with his phone playing on the highest volume. He had to undergo minor surgery to stitch the gash.
"Really?", she frowned, taking a careful sip of the coffee before facing me, or rather, my back. "I knocked on your door last night but you never replied."
"I was probably sleeping."
"You're not a heavy sleeper."
Internally, I was screaming. It was almost as though she was de
