“Interesting. I see you grabbing her hand. Is something going on?” Lee's voice pulled Ruby's eyes away from Cameron. After she had set the table and started to walk to the other space at the end of the table to take her seat, he grabbed her, telling her to seat with him instead of going there. She froze, fear coming into her widened eyes as she looked from Lee to Flora, as they watched them. The kids were also looking at her as she stood there. “Get it together, Ruby. You’re looking as if you got caught hiding something. Speak, you're not dumb.” Her brain said to her. “Huh, sorry?” she asked, closing her widened eyes back to normal to keep a straight face, and then she looked away from both Lee and Flora.“I see Cameron grabbing you, I'm asking if there's something going on.” He said. Although she wasn’t looking at him anymore, she could hear the smile in his words, which meant that he was finding this amusing. Was it possible that Cameron had told him about them? He was his bes
They sat in front of the fire that Cameron lit on the balcony of his room, on the recliner, in each other’s arms. He had had the recliner custom made and brought just for the purpose of sharing it with Ruby, looking at the moonlight and talking about their day. Although, this was their first time together like this but he was looking forward to many other nights like this one. Smiling, he glanced at the woman in his arms to see her staring up at the sky with her focus unwavering. He could tell that she had something on her mind, something he wanted to understand and get in on. Instead of wondering what it was or might be, he decided it was better to ask her what it was that was on her mind, and that was what he did. “A penny for your thought, baby? What's going on in that pretty head of yours?” he asked. Ruby looked down from the sky and then she glances at him from over her shoulder, before turning in his arms to face him. "It's nothing important.” She said simply, but he knew t
Cameron frowned. That name wasn’t common, but he sure knew it. "Wait, do you mean it's C.M. Yeḥezqel?” As he asked the question, he hoped that he was wrong and that she would disagree and insist that it was what she had said it was. But, when Ruby gasped with her eyes widened, he knew that was it, and it was the name. But how could that be? C.M. Yeḥezqel was his name.Okay, to be more clear about that, when he was in high school and was trying to rebel, he started to paint, getting into it even when he wasn’t good and his parents were against it. He thought of a name to use that wouldn't make people know it was him, even though he wanted his own family to know it was him, he decided to use his name in another way. The C.M. meant Cameron MacMillan and Yeḥezqel was his Christian and middle name in the Hebrew language. So, that was how he came up with the name, C.M. Yeḥezqel. After a while, he stopped rebelling against his parents and then he scrapped the name. Although he loved it, an
“I think someone in my family knows something about all this.” He said and Ruby gasped. What in the world was he talking about? And she asked him that much. This was really not funny if that was what he was trying for, but she knew it was not. There was no humor on his face or in his eyes. He was damn serious about this. Why would he think that? And he had talked about how his name was the name she had seen on the package those years ago. How would that be his name, when she knew his…Oh wait, she knew he was called Cameron Ezekiel MacMillan, so maybe the first name and surname were turned into the initials, and then the Hebrew name was… Damn it, she wasn’t sure what that meant. All she had done was look up how to pronounce it, and not what it meant. When Cameron saw the confusion in her eyes, he decided to explain the name part and why he thought someone he knew was behind the payment of her school fees. But the reason was still so very unknown to him. “What do you think all of
Ruby sat in Cameron’s office at the house and waited for the detective to start whatever it was he was trying to say. He had arrived about ten minutes ago, and Cameron had requested her to be there because she had something to do with what they had discussed. “First of all, Mr. MacMillan. Are you sure you want her to be here for this?” he asked, glancing at her, and then he said. "I mean, I could explain it to you, and then you can talk to her about it later.” Ruby wondered what he was trying to hide from her and she was glad that Cameron had called her in as well. Whatever it was, they would hear it together. After that night, which was a whole week ago, she had been getting nervous about what the findings could be, or how long it might take, but now that it was here, then she would get the closure she had always wanted, the one she desperately needed. “Don’t worry, detective. This is about her more than it is about me.” He said to him as he settled against the couch she also sat
"Can you make this all make a little more sense?” Cameron asked. All these still looked like he was having a dream in another dream, because this all couldn't be real, not at all. He would disagree about a hundred times if he had to. This was definitely not true. “How did you find this security camera that captured this if he had scrubbed everything as you said?” he said. The detective shrugged. "As I said, it wasn't easy, but I asked for help from my buddy in the feds. He was the one that got this footage for me. The security camera was installed to look like a fake, but it wasn’t. No one knew I didn't know that, and some people on the police force certainly didn't know that as well. The feds had had it installed for one of their operations and never had it removed even after the operation officially ended.” He sure looked pleased, like what he had found out was the best thing since pizza. But, to the people that this concerned, they definitely weren't pleased, not by a long shot
Besides Cameron, he could hear the voice of the detective calling Ruby as he held her in his arms, and shook her. Even though his voice was so loud, it del like he was calling her from a distance, and his eyes were fixated on the woman that was in his arms. His hands started to tremble, non-stop, and even though he tried, he was unable to stop the shivering. It took everything in him just to breathe, even though he was scared to death the woman he loved was unmoving in his arms. It was almost as if his lungs might have stopped working along with hers that looked the same, as he could hear a single breath from her. His heart was hammering against his chest as well, and he didn't know what to do at that moment. At first, when Ruby fainted, he knew he should call an ambulance, but he didn't want to accept that she might not be able to wake up on her own. The shock of the news she heard might have caused something to happen, or an underlying ailment to activate, like a ticking time bo
It's been a solid hour since Cameron sat outside the hospital in the garden with his hand in his pocket and a lot going through his head. He had left the room and come out here when Ruby told him to leave because she didn't want to see him yet, whatever that meant. She was probably blaming him, but that was fine. He was blaming himself as well. It didn't help matters that his family was here; his mother and father, Davey must have called them. He said there in silence, when though his phone buzzed in his pocket for a while now. Someone had been calling him about fifteen minutes after he came out but he had refused to get his phone out of his pocket or pick it up. It was of no use right now, not when the woman he was madly in love with was in this state, and not when she had walked him out.Soon, he heard the rustling of a person’s footsteps behind him, but this was a public place, so it could be anyone, but when the person stopped at his back, he knew they were there for him. “Cam
Closing the door behind her, she turned to see something on her bed and she stopped in her stride, squinting her eyes to determine what it could be. She had left nothing at all on her bed when she left it this morning, so it could only be from one person, and that was Cameron. This must be what he meant when he said something about the gift he was preparing. With a small smile on her face, she walked to the bed to take a closer look at whatever it was. She definitely knew that she was going to have to thank him when he got back from work. This was really nice, she thought even though she hadn't seen it yet. The package was wrapped in a gift box with a ribbon tied in a bow at the top. Slowly, she sat down beside it and opened it, unwrapping the wrapper after getting rid of the bow. This was making her feel like she was a little girl on a Christmas morning, unwrapping a gift she had been expecting from her father. She finally got the wrapper off the box and with a sigh, she opened t
When Davey came into the kitchen, he took Summer out and back to her room by picking her up and Ruby turned towards Cameron. He had gone upstairs after she was done with breakfast to have his bath. He said he had a meeting at the office to attend to. He still hadn't wished her a happy birthday, but she guessed he must have forgotten about it because she had only mentioned it once. She would be sure to remind him after this one, so he doesn't forget anymore that easily. She definitely still stood by her word on not caring about that because she was grateful that she could spend it around people she loved and that loved her, and that was enough. At this point, all she wanted to do was have fun with the kids, call Olivia, and then make great food for lunch and dinner, even if it meant that she would stress herself out to achieve that. Cameron was wearing a dark sunglasses that hid his beautiful eyes from her but the rest of him looked as gorgeous. The dark brown suit hugged hid body p
Summer picked up the book she left in the living room and she walked back to the kitchen to sit with Spring, as Ruby made lunch. She would be going out soon because it was her birthday tomorrow, and she was planning to get some things to prepare for it. “Stop pulling that, Spring. Leave your sister alone.” She said when she saw Spring pulling at Summer’s book. He loved to pick on her sometimes like that, but she was always there to stop him. Spring laughed. "I was just messing with her, but she's a crybaby.” He said as Summer’s eyes started to water with tears. Ruby smiled and shook her head, then she begged Summer and told her not to cry. It was all she could do not to send them both out of the kitchen. They were really distracting her, and she needed to get the lunch done on time if she wanted to get going soon. “I’ll tell Daddy once he's back.” Summer said. Spring raised his shoulder in a single shrug as if he didn’t care who she told. The boy was growing so fast every day th
Olivia grabbed her purse from the kitchen counter, and then her keys from the small table in the living room, ready to head out for a shift at the hospital. She had rejected Liam’s offer to come to pick her up on his way to work as well. Although, she was a bit tired and sleepy, but she had to drive to the hospital because she would be going to the police station to meet Ruby. They had submitted the evidence to the police and Roy had been taken in for questioning.It was another sweltering day and her thick scrubs are not taking the high temperatures into concern at all, making her wish she could stay inside with the air conditioner at full blast. But seeing as she couldn't do that, she started to go out of the apartment, and got to the front door, opening it to step outside.She had barely made it out her front door and she was already feeling the heat welcoming her. Thankfully, her car had an air conditioner, but the only disadvantage was that she couldn't turn it on for long. She
Cameron reached out his hands to grab her before she meet the floor, and then he bent from his waist to grab her behind her knees. Grabbing her, he hoisted her up and into his arms. “Just don't struggle if you don't want your towel to fall off. Or you could, because I'll get to see you like I've been wanting since like forever.” He said, and Ruby stopped squirming in his arms immediately, settling. He walked to the bed and sat down, settling her against his lap, and holding her there, with her butt firmly against his crotch. He groaned at when she squirmed against him, and then she stopped. Ruby realized he was semi hard against her, and she wondered how that was what was in his mind when he had only come in to talk. But then again, he was a man with blood running through his vein, so she understood he would be aroused by being this close to him. She was, after all, aroused too, as she felt her nipples tighten into hard little rocks, and the junction of her thigh tightened in pain.
She waited there, waiting for Davey to come to get the door as she pressed the doorbell, but when the door ripped open, it was someone unexpected that opened it. Cameron!But, it wasn't entirely strange that he was the one that answered the door, after all, it was his house. She started up at him for a long moment, actually, she wasn't sure how long she had stood there staring at him, but when he cleared his throat, she snapped herself out of the daze she had been in. The truth was not that she didn’t know what to say as she watched him, but the fact that she realized at that moment how much she had missed him and how much she had wanted to see him. She had not even realized it sooner until that moment. His beauty, just as he looked on at her, his elegance, as he stood there, his stance, and the way the light behind him in the hallway, made him look even better than he was. Not that he wasn't handsome or anything though. There was something about seeing a man one was in love with
“Dad, ask your wife why she did all that. Please do, because I'm on a very thin line with withholding my anger here.” Cameron said as he looked from his mother to his father. He was really angry. He had waited until Gomez gave him all the proofs to take to her before coming over to confront her. Although he hadn't done anything wrong, he had to shoulder the responsibility for what her actions had caused, and the hate directed towards him by Ruby, a woman he was madly in love with. "What are you doing here, Cam?” Sarah asked behind him. They had talked about this, and she had begged him not to cause a scene, but he just couldn't. It wasn't something he could do. "You should go home and leave Mom. You look really exhausted." She said, observing him.Cameron wanted to roll his eyes because he knew she was only saying that to make him leave and stop yelling at their mother like that. Well, he didn't mean to be disrespectful, but he just couldn't stay quiet any longer. “Stay out of this,
When the phone rang, Ruby was sitting in the living room back at home with Olivia sitting on the couch in front of her. She was telling her about how many times Cameron had called her just to speak with her. She picked up her phone and frowned down at it, not sure she wanted to pick up a call from a strange number. For all she knew, it could be Cameron, but then again, this wasn't his number. She would have recognized it if it was, as she had it memorized. Besides, she knew he wouldn't call her again after he had done it several times but she hadn't picked it up. “Who’s that?” Olivia asked and Ruby lifted her shoulder in a shrug. “I don't know who it is.” She said. She wasn't a psychic so she couldn't possibly know who was calling her. Olivia was convinced it might be Cameron though, because of the look in her eyes. She was even more angry than she was, on her behalf, she would say every time they talked about it. “Then you won't if you don't pick it up. You can drop your phone a
It's been a solid hour since Cameron sat outside the hospital in the garden with his hand in his pocket and a lot going through his head. He had left the room and come out here when Ruby told him to leave because she didn't want to see him yet, whatever that meant. She was probably blaming him, but that was fine. He was blaming himself as well. It didn't help matters that his family was here; his mother and father, Davey must have called them. He said there in silence, when though his phone buzzed in his pocket for a while now. Someone had been calling him about fifteen minutes after he came out but he had refused to get his phone out of his pocket or pick it up. It was of no use right now, not when the woman he was madly in love with was in this state, and not when she had walked him out.Soon, he heard the rustling of a person’s footsteps behind him, but this was a public place, so it could be anyone, but when the person stopped at his back, he knew they were there for him. “Cam