"I turn the news on when I smell death in the air"
- G herbo, Lil Uzi Vert, Juice Wrld, Chance The Rapper

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Ruby's POV

I've been sitting outside of Noah's house for about half an hour now. I don't want to walk into his house just yet. I haven't formed my argument in my head yet.

I'm the type of person that has to form a whole bunch of scenarios in my head before I talk with someone. I have to make sure I have responses for everything that they could say.

I'm doing all of this but watch forget everything I'm planning in my head once I talk with Noah.

I was so deep in thought that I didn't see Noah standing in front of my car. I almost had an attack-a-heart as he started laughing his ass off. I'm glad he finds my mini heart attack funny.

He opened my car door then escorted me outside. Despite my anger towards him for almost killing me I attacked him in a hug. It has been a week since I've touched him and I missed it.

He took in a deep breath and hugged me tighter. I could feel his body relax against mine as I stroked his hair. I forgot how good this felt. I pulled away from him then looked up at him.

"Why didn't you text me?"

"You told me not to text you"

"Men are so silly. There's a difference between 'stop texting me' and 'stop texting me'"

There really was a difference though. I guess only girl have the brain capacity to see it. I could tell his mind was going a hundred miles per hour. He probably feels like he messed up. I smiled at him and got back to hugging him again.

"I've missed you, mamas"

"I've missed you too"

After a couple more minutes we pulled apart from each other then went inside. I missed the homey feeling that his house gave me. It smells like homemade chocolate chip cookies and cinnamon rolls.

"I know you smell the sweets, Ruby. They're in the kitchen"

"You're fucking lying lemme see"

I said as I quickly let go of his hand and ran to the kitchen. Cookies and cinnamon rolls were all over the counter and stovetop. I didn't know where to start but, I just knew I was going to devour this.

I walked slowly to the couch, not wanting my food to drop. My food safely and securely made it to the table without tumbling over. As I was celebrating my win Noah slapped my ass unexpectedly, causing everything to fall on the table.

In honor of the five-second rule, I quickly started to arrange my food back in the tower that it was in. In the process, one of the cinnamon rolls didn't make it. I had to watch Noah drop it in the garbage which was heart-wrenching.

"Ok so, I know you came here to ask me some questions. So, go ahead and ask me them"

"So your punk ass had sex with a lot of girls while I had amnesia. I did my research and I saw many articles where you took girls home with you. You a no good ass nigga"

He looked taken aback. I bet you he didn't expect me to start off like that. He started sweating as I calmly ate my food.

"I didn't have sex with other girls. I only kissed like two girls other than you and I did that in front of your face. I tried to see if you would snap out of it and remember me. Yes, I took them home but, it wasn't my house. I knew you were gonna research me. I thought that maybe if I had this bad history with girls that your crazy ass would remember and come haunt me down. "

"You're sounding like Aaron right now. That's not a good thing at all. You're looking real asshole-ish"

I could see the panic on his face. He tried to think ahead and do all this so I could remember but, he just ended up looking like an asshole.

"I swear to you that I'm not even like that. Please don't ever compare me to Aaron again. I'm begging you"

He looked hurt like hell because I know that he's not fond of Aaron since he did me dirty. I nodded my head and got back to eating. As I ate Noah caught me up to date with everything that I missed in the past years I've been in hell.

I missed a lot of birthdays, weddings, and school plays. Miracle is in school now and I missed all of her ballet recitals.

Noah made sure that he made a scrapbook of everything that I missed though. He even took pictures of himself eating dinner alone for our anniversary. In every picture, his wine class is to the camera as if he was roasting to me.

When I said he was like Aaron I was wrong. How many men do you know scrapbooks important events for you while you're gone? Even though I wasn't at those events physically I was still caught up to date.

"Can I meet the family tomorrow?"

I wanted to meet them the moment my memory came back but, I was scared. I don't know how they would react when they see me. I know they would be happy but, my overthinking took over.

"Yes, of course, you don't even have to ask me. I know that you missed them a lot and they missed you even more"

After a little moment, I started getting ready for bed. I went to the bathroom while Noah tried getting caught up with his work.

Imma have to stare at Noah in his sleep tonight so I could examine his ass.

Noah's POV

Knowing that Ruby was waiting for me upstairs motivated me to type faster. I missed her being next to me every night. This past week has been filled with silent nights.

As I was finishing up my phone started ringing. Every time my phone rings there's always a problem. If my grandma is in jail again her ass is staying there.

"Mr. De La Cruz speaking"

"Sir, we have a problem"

"What is it?"

"The lady that you tortured then gave to us to take care of isn't Yolanda. We've compared their DNA and it doesn't match at all. She made a look-alike get caught while she roams free"

My phone dropped out of my hand. The random phone calls that I've been getting along with the weird things that have been shipped to my office are all making sense now.

She doesn't like Ruby and she's in love with me.
The fact that I want her dead is basically fuel for her now. Any opportunity she gets at taking out either one of us will make her happy.

I quickly started thinking of ways to make this situation become less hazardous. I could kill her but, every time I try to kill her but, she doesn't end up dying. It's like she's Chuckie or Anabelle.

How could I not have noticed that wasn't her. I should've known though. Yolanda wouldn't have let me taken her easily. I picked up my phone and started talking to her.

Now I have to send out a search party to find this girl. There's no way I'm letting her life after everything she has done to Ruby.

"Baby? What's wrong?"

"Yolanda put a look-alike in her place so I killed the look-alike instead of Yolanda"

"There was someone in the world that looked like Yolanda? That's tragic"

I kissed Ruby's head and got off to thinking. Where could she be? A coward like Yolanda most likely went to a safe house.

I've known her for a long time.  My mother and her mother have tried to set us up together or the longest. I've always said no because I knew I would find someone better than her and I were right. Ruby came into my life years later.

I didn't tell my mom about ruby until the day of the dinner because I knew she would've tried to break us up. She's a conniving and vindictive woman when she doesn't get her.

I never understood why my dad married her at all. He's a calm man with a very business-oriented mind. By the age of seventeen, he successfully opened three businesses nationwide.

The only downside was that he was always a people pleaser. Everything my mom said was always yes. Sometimes he looked like he was in hell.

After they got a divorce my dad has gotten a lot closer. Ruby, him, and I hang out almost every Saturday now. I asked him why did he divorce my mom after being married to her for forty years and his answer was simple.

He never loved her. His parents arranged him with her so that their parents' business could merge. That's what she was trying to do with Yolanda and I.

By know, I'm pretty sure I know her next move. She's going to lay low for a few months then she's going to attack. Her attack will most likely be trying to attack one of my businesses.

After I got off the phone with Sarah I started pacing around the room. Yolanda is just like my mother in many ways. I didn't want to marry Yolanda then and I'm not marrying her now.

My office door busted open with a force that sent the papers that were on my desk flying around the room. Ruby stood at the door with tears streaming down her face. I quickly got up and ran to her. Before I could ask her what's wrong she spoke.

"Noah we have to go, your grandma is in the hospital right now going into surgery"

And there it was. The first attack that no one was ready for.