Ruby (REWRITING)

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Parts 2
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❝I am like fire, Adam,❞

                  ❝In the end, I will burn out,❞

             ➢ ➢ 
Pain is inevitable. 
It captures the strong, and damages the weak. 

For Ruby Byrd, pain was always bound to happen. Making her a mystery for those around her. 

Adam Johnson ignored the thought of pain. Pain was just an idea, making it a mystery for him. 

But their life crumbled in their fingertips with a single action. 

She was a mystery, and he was the fool trying to solve her. 

And the past ALWAYS comes back, it's a permanent marker that cannot be erased. 

She is; 
Ruby. 
         ➢ ➢ 

Highest rank: #66 in mystery/thriller

WARNING: DARK THEMES, 

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