RUBY

My breath hitched as I heard Luther’s words. It was easy for him to say something like the beginning and the end. We had only slept a few times, and now he didn’t need me anymore because his lover was awake.

“Just give me the medicine,” I said, when Luther threw me a question whether I agreed or not with what he said at that time. He wanted a yes from me, right? Isn’t that what he wanted to hear?

“Ruby, I’m not interested in you anymore,” he said ...