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!"

believed were her bitter tears, which

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

tried comforting Cassandra, to

tears streaming down her cheeks, "it's impossible for us to be together. I mean it, Rufus. I really don't love you anymore. I can't continue to love

her tears glistened as they fell of her eyes.

Rufus standing outside. She refused to open it

Cassandra slowly sunk to the ground. She bit her hand to keep her sobs from escaping. She didn't want

Open the

giving a damn about his priceless Italian tailormade

talk to

to hold her in his arms, to reassure

he just said only added more water

he really do that? Give me whatever I want?' she thought to herself, full of doubt. What she wanted was quite simple, but it was a simple thing that he could

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

can you really do that, Rufus?' she cried

life is full of excitement. Ever since I met you, my life began to take a different direction into unknown lands. I can

by him, drawn by his magnetism and looks. He was so perfect,

she have been so blind? Nonetheless,

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 face of

circumstances of birth, nor by what others thought of her. But in

up at the empty white ceiling and sometimes looked at the distant night sky, sparsely populated by stars. She twisted

time, Rufus behaved like it was

She waited for his explanation, but now

she thought she would suffer less and shed fewer tears

her eyes, fighting back the tears.

trying to soothe her weary heart. One neighbor popped his head out of the window

the world

had never experienced

felt his blood boiling; his heart

might, again

I don't care. I'll bring it down if

words when Cassandra felt the door

the hinge sounded to be in too much stress.

so tired...I am so, so

constant crying. She felt spent; her

him

by the little

I'll let you rest. I'll see