Chapter 119 A Talk Between Old Friends

(Jack)

I put my hand on Ruby’s and squeezed it. She looked at me morosely. “How could this have happened?” she murmured.

I grimaced. I did not know what to say.

“Sarah has been struggling all these years,” said Ruby, “And she’s never let anyone know.”

I rolled my eyes. “Well, I wouldn’t exactly put it that way,” I said, “She has tried to cause serious harm to everyone around her and close to her simply because of her obsession with Thomas.”

“Stop it, Jack, Don’t be so cruel!” exclaimed Ruby. She slapped me lightly on the back.

“The girl’s been going through Heaven knows what for so long,” she said, “She used to be in my dorm building, you know. Her room was across the corridor from mine. I sometimes caught sounds of her crying to herself. And I did once knock …

“Sarah had opened the door, her eyes red and brimming with tears.

“‘Oh, honey,’ I had said, ‘What is it?’

“‘It’s nothing,’ she had replied, shaking her head.

“I had walked into the room.

“‘What happened exactly?’ I had asked he