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!"

He refused to believe what he had just heard. What he believed

for you as soon as I get off work

comforting Cassandra,

she closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks, "it's impossible for us to be together. I mean it, Rufus. I really

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

and left Rufus standing outside. She refused to open it no matter how hard he

bit her hand to keep her sobs from escaping.

Open the

not giving a damn about his priceless

begging you, please talk to me! I'll do whatever

ached to hold her in his arms, to reassure her that everything would be

just said only added more water

herself, full of doubt. What she wanted was quite

than a simple life, a man devoted and faithful to her, with whom she

do that, Rufus?'

of excitement. Ever since I met you, my life began to take a different direction into unknown lands. I can only feel my way into my world

his magnetism and looks. He was so perfect, aside

romance. How could she have been so blind? Nonetheless, his constant profession of his love

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 in the

nor by what others thought of her. But in Rufus's heart, Amanda had been gradually tipping the scales

Countless lonely nights, Cassandra would stare up at the empty white ceiling and sometimes looked at the distant night sky, sparsely populated by stars.

time, Rufus behaved like it

She waited for his explanation, but now she was tired of

she would suffer less and shed fewer

fighting back the

heart. One neighbor popped his head out

world is it that

had never experienced

bring such chaos into his heart. He felt his blood boiling; his heart

again to no

it down if you

words when Cassandra felt the door shake. He

the next few seconds, the hinge sounded to be in

so, so

eyes had been worn out by the constant crying. She

him a

the little

I'll let you rest.