Chapter 95. I Love You Too

RUBY

The past few weeks have been a rollercoaster for me, I've had a series of highs and lows. First, it was the elections and after that, it was a looming fear that our little family would be broken. Another fear was that the break-up would end with a custody battle of some sort, that would have killed me. Toby's niceness became a cause for alarm for me at some point. I was waiting for an impact that never came, at least not when I expected it to.

The day we moved to the mansion, I was feeling a complicated array of emotions. It felt like a waste of time to move when our relationship was running out of time, I thought that I'd just have to move out in a few weeks anyway but I was too afraid of losing what we had to even breathe a word of a divorce.

I had been unpacking a few things when a knock came through. I answered with the usual, "come in".

"Good morning, brunch is ready," she said.

"Good morning," I an