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His Attempts

"Ruby, can we talk?" My head falls forward, hearing Jake. "Please. I've no one else to speak to."

Nodding, I look towards Bex and Ivy, watching as they walk away. Jake sits opposite me.

"Now what, Jake?"

"Can we..." My hand goes up.

"Don't! Do not ask me if we can try again or try to fix things. I'm not going back, Jake. We're done. Nothing can change that."

He looks at me, defeated. "I'm sorry. I guess now, without the money, I realise just who fucking cares about me. No one." His words are loud.

"People care about you, Jake." His dad, for one.

"No, they don't. Do you know how much I have spent on others? How much I have given away? Nights out drinking where I paid. Now, it's nowhere to be seen. Not a single one of them will even buy me a damn drink."

My head nods. "You used money to gain friends. They weren't ever your friends, Jake. They were there for your money, and now that it's gone, they have moved on to the next fool."

"I know that." He looks around us. "I realised the one pe
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