Chapter 65: Disappear

Rayna frowned in confusion. What was Ruby talking about? How did he refuse to see the truth if she didn’t get to tell him?

"You’re getting me confused, Rubes. What exactly is going on? Tell me in plain words." .com

Ruby burst into tears again, her heart breaking all over again as everything that happened in that room came rushing back. She exhaled and wiped her face, telling herself she needed to be strong for her baby.

"I tried to tell him the truth, Ray. But...." she let her words trail off and Rayna sighed in frustration.

"But what, Rubes? What happened?"

"He didn’t believe me," Ruby said, her voice breaking. "He... he threw me away like I was nothing. And my own mother—she said I ruined everything. That I was selfish. Ivy cried, and they all rushed to her like she was the victim."

"Oh God..." Rayna murmured. "Ruby... wait. Did I just hear you say Ivy? Your mother siding with her? What are you talking about?" Rayna asked and Ruby gathered her strength to tell her all that happened at the hospital and how Ivy’s appearance had shocked her.

Ruby leaned her head back against the bench, tears finally sliding down her cheeks. "I don’t understand, Rayna. I stood by him when he was broken. I protected him from everything—even my own heart. And now... it’s like I never existed. Like none of it mattered."

"I’m so sorry," Rayna whispered. "I just wish I was there."

"I wish you were too," Ruby said. "Because right now... I feel like I have no one. I don’t feel.... I have no one, Ray."

you do, baby.

Her baby.

what his father was doing so how could she

won’t even know his father," Ruby murmured. "I was going to tell Stefan about the

They’re turning everything against you. You need to protect yourself—and the baby. If Ivy knows about the baby it means they’ve

want to fight," Ruby said. "I want to make him see the truth. I want to stand in that house and

You’re pregnant, heartbroken, and surrounded by people who want to erase you.

repeated, her

out without anyone breathing down your neck. And if Stefan can get to see the truth early, then

of Florittle, the quiet mornings and late-night talks they used to have. A sanctuary.

don’t even have anything packed," Ruby

whatever you can carry. I’ll buy you clothes when you get here. Just

down at her stomach again, then stood up slowly.

she said. "I’m

and began walking, one hand cradling her stomach as if shielding her child from the

had been holding up shattered

once a place she had begun to think of as home, now felt foreign. Each wall seemed to whisper betrayal, each step echoed with a memory she wasn’t ready to face. Her hands trembled as she walked

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