"And I don't even like to think about it
On my own, but still so crowded
Walls come down and the guards come up
But there's nowhere to run, I feel surrounded"
-Khalid

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Ruby's POV

Noah has been pacing back and forth in the emergency room for hours now. He forgot to put on shoes so he was barefooted as of right now.

I panicked when I received the phone call so I grabbed a left heel and a right pair of random flip flops I found in the kitchen.

When I walked in I tried hiding it inside of my jacket but, I didn't wanna walk in barefooted like Noah. Then we'll both look like crackheads.

"What's taking them so damn long?"

He asked as he bit his fingernails. He has been asking that question every ten seconds. Every time someone walks towards us his hope skyrockets only for it to deflate when they walk past us.

I feel like at this point they were playing with us. Because why a doctor came up to talk to us about Noah's grandma only for him to reveal later on that he has the wrong person by the end of him talking.

"Noah De La Cruz?"

Once he heard his name he ran to the front desk. The lady said nothing as Noah and I stood In front of her desk. She just kept on typing away at her computer and occasionally looking up at us.

"Lady, if you knew you weren't ready for us why the hell did you call us up here?" Noah said impatiently.

"I'm sorry, I forgot you guys were up here"

She looked us in the eyes a few minutes ago. Ignoring the fact that she has a low IQ, I waited for the lady to tell us why we were up here. I figured that she must've forgotten since she was just stared blankly into the computer screen.

When she finally got her thoughts together she finally told us that grandma was ok and what room she was in. It took her all of ten minutes to tell us that.

As we walked down the hallway I got sad. This lady is an amazing human being who doesn't deserve this at all. She makes everyone laugh and smile daily.

No one has to tell me that Yolanda was behind this, I already know she is. She's a bitter bitch that's mad that Noah chose me over her a million times. Jealousy drives people to do crazy ass shit.

As we got in front of grandma's door Noah couldn't bring himself to open the door. He reached for the doorknob several times but, he never actually opened the door.

I placed my hand on my back and rubbed it. I can only imagine what he's going through right now. His grandma was the person that raised him when his parents abandoned him as a kid. I know it's killing him inside.

"Let's be quiet, we don't want to wake her up"

We expected to see grandma laying on the bed in pain but, she wasn't.

Grandma was rolling up weed on the little tray that they gave her to put her food on. She inhaled then exhaled, quickly getting rid of the smoke so no one could notice she was smoking. The whole room smelled like weed.

"Grandma, what the hell!!!"

Noah screamed. She quickly dropped the blunt into the pitcher of water that was next to her bed. She looked like a kid who got caught stealing by their parents.

Grandma let out a fake cough as if she was hurting. Noah went through her jacket pocket and took out the weed that she tried to hide away from us. How did the doctors not see or smell that?

Her leg had a bulky white cast on and so did her arm. Her foot was propped up in a white bag looking thing that has a string in it that held her foot up to the ceiling.

"I can't have a little bit of fun? I'm about to die anyway"

"Grandma, you know I hate when you mention you dying. I don't want to think of that"

She often used that line to get her way. Since Grandma is now of age she's more prone to getting sick and having heart conditions. She knows that Noah would eventually cave in if she mentions her dying so she uses it to do as she pleases.

"I promise you imma kill Yolanda. Her mentally challenged ass broke into my house and shot me in the damn leg. She did all of this because I wouldn't help her kill Ruby"

At this point, Yolanda doesn't scare me. She's going for everyone except for the person that she wants. Her attacking grandma has now put her in deep shit.

I could tell Noah wanted to murder her. His left eye had a twitch as his legs bounced up and down. His knuckles were practically white from how hard he was clenching his fist.

I could just see him calling up his shooters to take care of this. Who would've thought that Yolanda out of all people would be a snake?

Nowadays snakes don't just slither. They walk with you, hug you, sit down with you, and share a drink with you. They will look you in the eyes and smile in your face.

As Noah was planning on the many ways he could kill Yolanda his phone started ringing. I took a quick look at his phone and saw that it was an unsaved number. He answered then put the phone on speaker.

"What can you possibly want from me? Your mother is in the hospital and you're nowhere to be seen"

"Can you believe that your sperm donor is dating this size zero model from France that has a doctorate's degree, speaks ten languages and has a nine hundred fifty credit score? Where did he find that dumb whore from?"

"Did you not just hear me say that grandma is in the hospital? She got shot in the leg"

"And did you not hear me when I said that your dad is cheating on me even though we got a divorce? Your grandma is getting old anyway. If she were to die then, it was her time to go"

"Grandma should've swallowed you or snapped your neck before you could take your first breath. Your mom is in the hospital and all you could think about is your failed marriage that you ruined the minute dad said 'I do'. You're an inconsiderate human being and I hate you"

I have never heard such hatred in Noah's voice before. I knew that his mom was fucked up but, this is a new level. Who the hell wishes death on their mother like that. All grandma does is love her and she can't give the same love back.

A tear slid down her eyes as she heard her own daughter bash her. I could only imagine the hurt she's going through hearing this. I wiped the tears that were coming from her eyes.

She pulled me in for a hug, holding me tight in her arms. I could feel all her emotions pouring into the hug. It really hurts me seeing the happiest person that I know going through this.

"Do you think I give a damn because I don't. And just so you know you're marrying my boss's daughter Cassandra. Since you don't want to marry Yolanda I found you someone else to marry and you will marry her. There's no if or buts about it. If you don't marry her you'll see what's going to happen. Make that assistant of yours plan it too. I want it to be perfect and making her plan it will absolutely kill her inside."

She didn't even wait for Noah to answer, she just hung up the phone. Everyone in the room was speechless. We all knew that Rosalinda was a woman of her word. When she says something will be done she'll make sure it happens.

All of us just sat down and thought about her words.

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Chapter 48 of 50