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Girls' Night Out
Ruby turned on the ‘closed’ sign and pulled the daycare door shut. She sighed as she turned her key in the lock. Another day over. Another night in an empty house. She’d thought she’d be used to it by now. She had lived alone for a long time before she had gotten married. It had been bearable, but never felt right. And then Clark had shown up and it had been like a light switched on. Clark illuminated everything, making even the drabbest corners of Ruby’s life bright again. She had never laughed as much as when she had Clark.
Now?
Ruby unlocked her bike chain and stuck it in the basket. She flicked the bell on the handlebars a few times, just to hear a bit of its happiness before she started for home. It was the same bell Ruby had had since she was a kid. T
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