Brax's POV:

I was sitting down on the couch, flicking through TV channels, when I heard a knock on the door, I turned it off and got up, as soon as I saw the smidgen on blue uniform, I wasn't in the mood, coppers, pestering us again. Except this time, Casey wouldn't be here, and that's cause Heath had done a runner with him.

I flung open the door to see Charlie standing before me,

"Hey. I see you're back then, and back on the job."

"Yeah, is Casey here?"

"Er, no he's not in actually bu-" Charlie interrupted me, she clearly didn't want to speak with me longer than necessary, and I couldn't blame her,

"Okay, do you know where he is?"

"No, sorry. Maybe you could come in though, for a coffee or something?"

"I can't, gotta get back to work."

And with that, Charlie just walked off.

Charlie's POV:

I didn't want to be near Brax any longer than I had to, I felt angry that I let my guard down with him again last week, breaking down in tears in front of him, voice cracked because of how upset I was. I felt sick thinking that he had the power to hurt me like that, the power to make me cry because of him, and I hated myself because of it.

I walked in the front door to hear someone crying, I rushed into the living room to see Ruby pacing up and down, tears streaming down her face,

"Rubes, hey, hey, what's wrong?"

No reply.

Ruby jumped slightly, like she was shocked to see me having entered my own house.

"Ruby, what is it?" I asked again.

Again, no reply.

"Is it about Casey?"

No reply, still.

"RUBY!" I took a harsher tone with her. She finally looked up, a small acknowledgement that she was actually among the living.

"YES, OKAY, YES! He broke up with me, okay! We're not together anymore, I, I-" I watched Ruby break down in tears before me, I knew she'd be upset if Casey broke up with her, but I knew this was something more, instead, I walked up to her and took her in my arms and hugged her tightly.