Anything strenuous in the next couple weeks might kill her recovery and make the one-hundred miler an impossibility. Sitting around wondering about the paparazzi was doing her no good, either. Ruby got up off the couch and walked stiffly to the dining room and her laptop. She eased herself into a chair and started looking for the picture. One Google search was all it took to find the photo on a trashy internet gossip site. She may have felt euphoric as she left Micah’s, but her face was scuffed up, she was hunching her sore muscles and her eyes were bloodshot. She looked like something the cat had chewed up and barfed out. The site made a brief mention of whose apartment building it was, referenced the interview from five years ago and took a swipe at Micah’s disability that implied their relationship must be the most bizarre kind of twisted. Micah’s natural charm was reimagined as a twisted ability to manipulate her into self-harm—the explanation for the road burn on her face, she assumed.
What do You think about Winning Ruby Heart (2014)?
