Claudia POV
"Just—shut up!" I yelled back at him out of frustration. My voice weakened immediately after that, followed by a sniffle. "I know you're right. I know he doesn't love me, so just let me be, Ray."
"If you know that I'm right, then why are you still keeping those damned wedding rings?!" Ray asked furiously. "I forbid you to forgive that pathetic bastard for betraying you, you heard me, Claudia? You're free to think of me as a devil or a monster, but you should never think of Miles as anything but a filthy, trash-eating rat!"
"I—"
I stopped mid-sentence. Not for lack of words, but because the truth would only fuel his rage.
So I kept my silence, and I could hear Ray's frustrated grunt as he finally left my door.
The clock kept ticking. When silence finally settled in the air, I opened the door a crack and peeked through.
I looked around and didn't find Ray anywhere. As I opened the door a bit more, I heard something breaking inside his home office.
CRASH!
CRACK!
