Chapter 173 Lost

(Jack)

I think I could say that I was officially lost.

When I had accepted my mother’s proposition, it felt like I still had some semblance of control over the situation. I hadn’t thought much about the consequences of it all – most of all Ruby’s heartbreak.

You have to believe me when I say that I never wanted to hurt her. I wanted to protect her from everything she might face. Who would have thought that one day I would need to protect her from my own actions?

I should have refused mother’s offer, but every time I try to think about how that conversation would go, I remember her pleading face as she tried to guilt me into agreeing with her and I just don’t have it in me to experience that.

I try calling Ruby, but she doesn’t pick up. I don’t know what to do. A part of me wants to chase after her right this moment and another part of me wants to give her space so she can come to terms with this whole thing.

I sit in my car and groan out loud.

A notification pops up on my screen and m