“Yes, I’m really here,” James said softly to Ruby, his heart clenching hard in his chest. Then gently, he crouched before her. “What happened?” He asked, but in response, Ruby suddenly went dumbfounded for a moment. “I... I don’t know,” her voice shook. “Mo... mother... my mother, she... she... she... she...” Unknowingly, tears started gushing out of her eyes, making James feel something extremely heavy rising from within his chest. “Shus...” James tried shushing her, to tell her that everything is okay now, that he was now with her, but doesn't know how to say those, not with her current attitude. It was as if she had lost it completely right now, well... because she had really already lost it completely. “My... my maid, she... she, something has also happened to her, also, also... May, May... boohoo!” With that, she suddenly broke out and began to cry really hard, making James become lost for words to say and become utterly confused. ‘What really happened?’ Fo
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