Chapter 53

Ruby had been standing near the door to hear what the boys were talking about outside; she rolled her eyes when she heard Deak disclose to Hudson about Amanda being adopted. Didn’t she say not to bring that up? Did anything she had said get into his thick skull. Ruby was lost in thought when she suddenly heard Amanda say the word “Mom” and turned her complete attention to her. “Oh, Amanda, thank goodness I was able to get ahold of you. Are you alright, dear?” Ruby heard the female voice say through the phone. Amanda looked wide-eyed at Ruby, not knowing what to tell her mom. Ruby nodded her head to show that Amanda should let her mom know that she was okay. “Yeah, Mom, I’m okay.” “Oh, I’m so relieved. Your father and I received a call from an Officer Riley telling us that you had gone missing, and I just nearly died. I don’t understand why he was calling us if you’re okay. Where are you? Are you in your dorm? We tried to call your dorm room first but there was no answer.” Rub