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Ray opened the door to his apartment and walked in, he threw his coat over the sofa. The room was dark except for the moonlight entering through the window. Ray looked around the room, remembering the good times he's had with Neela. Each corner in the room held a different memory of him and Neela. He looked over at the desk in the corner and his gaze rested on a picture of him and Neela that was sitting on the desk. He had used the picture for the CD he had given her. Ray slowly walked over to the desk and picked up the picture. He traced his finger along Neela and sighed. How did things get so wrong, he wondered. She was so happy in that picture, that was the only thing he wanted for her- to be happy- Ray thought to himself. Ray decided that if she didn't want him to be with her- if that's what made her happy- then that's what he would do. He would keep away from her. He just wanted her to be as happy as she was in that picture.
He put the picture down, and moved to the sofa to grab his jacket to put it away. He lifted his jacket, 'ding', he looked down at the source of the noise. His phone had fallen out of his jacket. He bent down to pick it up and saw there was a message. He checked the message and heard Abby's message. It was too late to call her back now. He wondered if she was calling about Neela. He decided he would call her tomorrow. He called the hospital to check on Neela, once he heard she was ok, he decided it would be ok to call Abby later.
The next day, Ray called Abby. He knew he would have to call Abby but he really didn't want to hear her tell him that Neela didn't want him with her.
"Hi this is Abby" Abby said
"Hey Abby, its Ray" Ray said hesitantly
"Oh hi Ray. I'm glad you called" she paused "I'm just getting ready to leave…"
"leave?" Ray said surprised
"Yeah. I'm leaving for my honeymoon today."
"Oh yeah" Ray said
"How come you left so quickly yesterday?" Abby asked
"Uh…I just had to leave, since County's opening up in the next few days, I just had to get somethings done" Ray explained
"Oh ok" Abby said in a suprising tone
"Well Neela wanted me to let you know-" before she could continue, Ray interrupted her
"Uh Abby, I really have to get going- is Neela ok?" he asked.
"Yeah she's ok-"
"ok great- I really have to get going. Have a great honeymoon" Ray hung up the phone abruptly before Abby could say anything.
Ray put the phone down, he felt bad for hanging up so quickly with Abby but he didn't know what to do. Ray looked around the room, he had a few days off until he had to be at work. He decided he would use the time to think of how he was going to stay away from Neela. He sat down on the couch and stared at the phone lost in his own thoughts.