Surprise

Chapter 84

Ruby stood like she had been punched in the gut. There was no way that could be true. It couldn't be true. It just couldn't be true. She repeated those words to herself over and over again.

"Jaxon tell me it's not true." She pleaded in a low voice. She couldn't believe it. She would not accept that her parents had killed themselves.

"Ruby..."

"Tell me it's not true," she yelled through the tears that had started to fall.

"Gem i-"

"Say it's not true," she begged, "please."

"Ruby, everything I told you is the truth, I promise you." Jaxon told her but she wouldn't accept it. How could she?

Her hands curled into tight fists and she gritted her teeth. Anger she had not known was there surfaced and made her see red.

"It's not true Jaxon. It just can't be." She stated as she looked him in the eyes. She had loved her parents so much and they had loved her too. They wouldn't think to kill themselves.

She had been there and saw with her eyes how they died now he was suddenly telling