You Looked Down on Me Once, Now You Look Up. novel Chapter 253

Ruby’s sobs echoed through the VIP lounge, her head spinning as she sat slumped in her wheelchair, looking completely defeated. It was like all the strength had been drained from her body.

“Do you know who did this?” Tina’s voice cut through the air, cold and sharp. Ruby barely looked up, her red eyes trembling as she met Tina’s gaze.

Tina didn’t wait for her to answer. “I asked you. Do you know?”

Ruby’s voice was barely a whisper. “I know, but I can’t say.”

Tina’s hands shook with anger. The thought that the person who hurt her daughter was still out there in Riverdale made her want to storm out and hunt them down herself.

“Why can’t you say? Who is it? What are Mom and Dad supposed to do?”

Ruby tried to steady herself. “Please, just stop asking. I really can’t.”

Tina stared at her, searching her face for answers, trying to figure out what was holding Ruby back. There was only one person she could think of.

“It’s Theo, isn’t it? Just say it. Is it him?”

Ruby shut her eyes and didn’t reply.

Her silence was all the answer Tina needed.

Tina was stunned, standing in silence for a long moment. Finally, she let out a bitter laugh and started pacing the room, her voice trembling between anger and disbelief. “Of course. The Newton family. They really think they can get away with anything.”

“If I let her get away with this, there’s no justice left.”

Tina’s furious words were muffled by the door as she stormed out. Left alone, Ruby’s tears fell silently onto the blanket over her knees, vanishing without a trace—just like clouds scattered by a jet, fading into nothing.

Elsewhere, Jackson was lounging in the front seat of a car, playing a game on his phone with zero urgency. “Finally got rid of that idiot Ruby. Who’s next, Kelly?”

“Wonder how far Greg’s gotten with her. The guy’s hopeless,” he muttered.

Patricia sat beside him, her phone open to Kelly’s Wikipedia page.

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