22. SECRET RAGE

~ASH

Anger rose in me as I watched Ruby stare at my brother with star crossed eyes.

I had to stifle the urge to smash Ethan's face on the steering wheel, to pluck his eyes out, to do anything to stop Ruby from staring at him like he was her world.

I gritted my teeth and endured the rising rage. When we got home, I alighted and I gave an excuse of attending a meeting. I doubted that they heard me. They were too bust holding hands and playing love.

I've never wanted to kill Ethan so much like I did in that moment. So I left them and walked to the side door that led into the kitchen.

My room was on the topmost floor, and I heard them still muttering in the sitting room as I went up.

I tried meditating, thinking about things that made me happy. But my thoughts started straying back to Ruby, and how she looked at my brother.

She had never stared at me like that before. She always glared at me with anger, disgust, rage, indifference. But never that way.

I wanted her