A Graduation Gift

'Tastes good? Must've been Amanda who said it.

Amanda bought this bread for him, but he turned around and gave it to me? It's ridiculous how he thinks I know nothing about this.

Rufus, you must be wallowing in satisfaction right now as two women pine for you at the same time.

What exactly am I to you?' she thought to herself.

Her trust in him was already at the brink of collapse, but because of this, it had fallen rock bottom. 'Is there any good reason, any reason at all to stay in a relationship with a man who uses what his other lover gave him to flatter me?' she wondered, apparently in a daze.

"Rufus, we're bearking up!"

Cassandra wrestled with herself before blurting it out, hear tears like torrents streaming down her cheeks.

"What's wrong with you, again?"

Rufus's smile was gone like the wind and was replaced with a look of concern when he saw her tears. A wave of panic engulfed him.

'Why is she crying? Is it because of my tardy return?

But no matter how upset she is, she has no right to break up with me because of that small slight, ' he thought and got kind of crossed.

"I remember saying that to you before, are you just using that to get back at me?"

Rufus asked, knitting his eyebrows and studying her expression, grasping for some sort of clue that would give away her true intentions.

Cassandra only shook her head, unable to say anything.

"Tell me what happened, Cassandra. Please, please talk to me,"

Rufus pleaded. He took Cassandra's arm and held it tightly. She was wracked with sobs.

His stomach did a one-eighty. He was so physically close to her, yet their hearts and feelings were so far away from each other.

He silently wished that she would stop being so stubborn and be gentle like other women. He just couldn't bear seeing her in tears.

"I don't love you anymore. We're done,"

Cassandra cried out desperately and in one swift motion, pulled her arm out of Rufus's grip.

Once upon a time she had always imagined that she would live a happy and peaceful family life with Rufus.

But the recent events had only reminded her that she was never good enough for him. They weren't fated to be with each other.

"No!"

to believe what he had just heard. What he believed were

as I get off work tomorrow onwards, okay?" Don't say

tried comforting Cassandra, to

to be together. I mean it, Rufus. I really don't

back and turned around, some of her tears glistened as they fell of her eyes. She then

slammed the door shut, full of bitterness, and left Rufus standing outside. She refused to open it no

against the door, Cassandra slowly sunk to the ground. She bit her hand to keep

the

desperately, not giving a damn

I'm begging you, please talk to me! I'll

of her weeping filled Rufus with dread. He ached to hold her in his arms, to reassure her that everything would be

only added

What she wanted was quite simple, but it was a simple thing that he

devoted and faithful to her, with whom she could celebrate life and love until

can you really do that, Rufus?' she

lands. I can only feel my way into my world since it was so dark, ' her thoughts recalled all the past events since they

him, drawn by his magnetism

been so blind? Nonetheless, his constant profession of his love for her never failed

thought that he was completely devoted to her and only her, but it was just wishful thinking and naive of her to believe that. She had been so confident, but now it had all disappeared

her unfavorable circumstances of birth, nor by what others thought of her. But in Rufus's heart, Amanda had

up at the empty white ceiling and sometimes looked at the distant night

after time, Rufus behaved like it was

She waited for his explanation, but now she was tired

less and shed

shut her eyes, fighting

One neighbor popped his head out of the

in the world is it that you

had never experienced such

into his heart. He felt

his might, again to

me or not, I don't care. I'll bring it down

barely finished his words when Cassandra felt the door shake. He apparently charged at it.

to be in too much stress. Cassandra started to

tired...I am so,

crying.

response relieved him

heart flipped by the

rest. I'll