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Chapter 44

Brax's point of View

"Ruby?!" I opened it only to see the young girl standing there, drenched from head to toe.

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"Charlie has been looking for you everywhere!" I let her in and quickly got her a towel. I could tell she hadn't stopped crying and it was killing me.

"Don't you mean mum?" She mumbled, sitting down on the sofa. Casey walked in and gave her a hug.

"Look Ruby Charlie thought she was doing what was best for you…"

"BULLSHIT! She was doing what was best for her! She was 15 and couldn't handle her life being fucked up by a bastard of a kid! I suppose that's her own fault for sleeping around and not knowing who my father is!" Ruby stood up and confronted me.

"See if you'd stayed and actually let Charlie explain to you the whole thing you wouldn't be saying that ay!" I defended Charlie.

"Oh what ever Brax…she'd probably only tell me a pack of lies anyway. My whole life has been a lie, why not add a few more to the mix" She retorted sarcastically.

"Ruby, ya mum was assaulted! She was raped!" I spat out. Ruby looked at me in shock before going silent.

"How did you know that?!" Ruby yelled at me, walking closer.

"Because I told him" Charlie had walked out of my room, tears in her eyes as she seen Ruby standing there.

Charlie's point of view

I could hear loud voices outside the bedroom, waking me up from my much needed sleep. "Ruby?" I mumbled, hearing her familiar voice.

"Ruby, ya mum was assaulted! She was raped!" I heard Brax snap. Oh god…of course he had to let that slip.

"How did you know that?!" Ruby yelled back. I quickly opened the door and saw her standing thing, wrapped in a towel, her hair a wet mess.

"Because I told him" I revealed, making her turn around and looking at me.

"Of course your hear with him rather than out looking for me!" She shouted at me! "You know what I also love…I love that you can tell him you were rapped after sleeping with him for what 6 months, yet you've known me your whole life and you couldn't even tell me this!"

"Ruby please let me explain…"

"Do you even know who my dad is?" She yelled at me.

"Yes…your dad was my boyfriend. I loved him until he wanted to take things faster and I wasn't ready!" I explained to her calmly. "Ruby you have to understand…I was 14, I was a child and I had been raped by someone who I thought, loved me"

"Charlie, I get that I do…but I just don't get why you lied to me for so long!" Ruby burst into tears before rushing back out the door.

"Ruby!" I went to go after her before Brax stopped me.

"I'll go" Casey nodded before chasing her.

Ruby's Point of view

"RUBY!" I could hear a voice chasing me. "RUBY!" It was getting louder as a set of arms grabbed me.

"GET OFF ME!" I kicked and screamed as I could feel the raindrops drenching me yet again.

"Ruby, stop it!" Casey tried to hug me.

"Just leave me alone!" I shouted, pushing him away.

"Ruby, please come back inside!" Casey pleaded.

"I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!" I pulled away from his grip and bolted. This was all happening too fast, this was all too much right now!

Charlie's Point of View

"I need to go home…I need to sort all this out!" I pulled away from Brax and went to collect my wet clothes from the laundry.

"No, Charlie just stay here for now. You need to calm down" He grabbed my hand. I pulled away from him.

"Brax, now is not the time to be thinking about us…I need to go!" I snapped before storming back home. I walked in the door only to find Bianca pacing the kitchen before seeing me and rushing over.

"Did you find her?" She quickly hugged me.

"She came over to Brax's and I gave her a quick overview of what happened but then she ran off again…what am I going to do Bianca?" I burst into tears on her shoulder.

"I don't know hun, I really don't know" We sat on the sofa together in silence. I really had no idea what to do right now. I guess the only thing to do was to give her space. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I remember was waking up on the couch, to the voices of Bianca and Heath mumbling. "Hey, good morning! You looked like you needed the sleep so I just left you there. Go have a shower and I'll make you some coffee" Bianca smiled as I got up sluggishly.

"Thanks…Ruby didn't come home this morning did she?" I asked, hopefully.

"I'm sorry Charlie…no word from her" Bianca's smile changed. I nodded and walked into my bedroom before grabbing my things to shower and heading into the bathroom.

Brax's Point of View

Casey had been really concerned about Ruby after she ran off from him, but everyone knew she needed some space. Casey and I woke up early after our eventful night and headed down the beach to catch in a few waves before school and work and after the storm last night the waves were bound to be good. "I honestly don't know how I would cope in a situation like this." He stated as we walked down the beach.

"Yeah I really don't know what's going to happen between Charlie and Ruby and it's none of my business. I tried to help, but Charlie just wanted to push me away, so I'm out" I replied back as we headed into the surf. After about 40 minutes of so wave time we headed back in.

"Definitely needed that" Casey chuckled as he grabbed a towel and dried off his hair. I nodded back as I looked up the beach towards the weeds and bushed only to notice something in them. I walked slowly towards them. "Brax?" Casey called my name as I followed. I dropped my board as soon as I could see Ruby asleep.

"Rubes?" I sat down next to her and shook her a little. That's when I noticed the empty bottle of vodka roll out from her hand. "Oh god Ruby! Rubes…WAKE UP!" I shook her harder.

"What's wrong with her Brax?!" Casey panicked as he sat down next to her.

"I'm going to take her to the hospital…you go get Charlie and take her there!" I quickly picked up Ruby after she didn't respond. I practically threw her into the passenger side of my ute and sped to the hospital as quick as I could.

"I NEED SOME HELP HERE!" I yelled out as I carried Ruby through to emergency.

"Brax, what's going on? What's happened?" Sid rushed over, escorting me into a room, letting me place her down on the bed.

"I found her on the beach this morning, she drank a whole bottle of vodka and she won't wake up!" I tried to calm down.

"Can I get blood taken, an IV, fluids, insulin, potassium and sodium!" Sid called out to the nurses surrounding Ruby.

"Brax, do you know when she last had her insulin? Sid asked me, reminding me that Ruby was a diabetic.

"I have no idea. She went off the rails yesterday and I know she hasn't been home since yesterday afternoon" I told him everything I knew. "Casey's gone to get Charlie…do you know what's wrong?" Side took me out of the room as the nurses worked on Ruby.

"I suspect, due to the amount of alcohol she's consumed, the lack of her insulin, plus dehydration has caused her to go into a diabetic coma" Sid explained.

"Is she going to be ok but?" I asked, quickly.

"I'm not sure at this point! Just sit and I'll tell you more when we've run some more tests and when Charlie gets here" Sid explained.