CHAPTER 54
Mace
Maybe it’s because Ruby is the only girl I’ve ever dated for real, but I’m not sure how good I am at reading women. See, one minute Ruby sees me in the bathroom — I just came in here to check on her because even from outside I could hear her sobbing — and she’s holding onto me like I’m Jesus himself.
Next minute, she’s pounding me with her fists, telling me I’m a man-child and I’ve wasted her life and she never wants to see me again.
If I had to make a guess, I’d say that it has something to do with the way I couldn’t spend more than a couple minutes with Jessi. I guess Ruby was different and stayed in there close to an hour. At least that’s what she tells me, and knowing her, I’m surprised it wasn’t longer.
But I’m not strong like Ruby. I never have been. That’s why w
