Chapter 2.5: Fatal Attraction

Last time:  Ruby had now lost her mother and father but also got engaged to Jacob.  The two are currently moving to a new town as Jacob's career.

This was Norma's house that both Ruby and Jacob have moved into.

The two newbies in town were welcomed into Norma's home wonderfully with photographs being displayed of them all.  It didn't just feel like Norma's house but their own house.

 Jacob had a lot on his plate with work and was constantly thinking about it.

 Ruby often went to bed by herself with Jacob not even coming home.

 She was getting lonely, she hoped that life with Jacob would not be like this forever.  Even though she was settled in at Norma's she wanted to move into her own family home already.

Norma on the other hand had a secret that she didn't want Ruby to know.  She was sleeping with men for money.

She would meet up with married men in the park.

And exchanged her services for cash.

They even came over to her home.

Some would want to chat before hand...

Others would just want what they paid for and left.

They would sneak out of the house without Ruby seeing...

Strutting around, proud of themselves.

 The two girls went out one night to have a girls night out.  Norma was asking Ruby about her boss Thornton which Ruby thought was a bit odd, asking her if his wife was pretty or if he had ever mentioned her before.

Norma had a few drinks at the bar while Ruby danced.  She was talking nonsense to the bartender.

After a few drinks Ruby was shocked to see Norma speaking secretly to the door man.  

 The door man asked Norma what she was going here.  He said he paid for one night and didn't want anything more to do with her.

Ruby asked Norma what was all that about?  Norma just said that he was a friend that she had not seen in a while.

After the discussion the girls had last night the few rumors that Ruby had heard recently had encouraged Ruby to say something to Norma.

Norma just shrugged it off and said that she was no currently seeing anyone and had never meet Thornton before, she was just curious about Ruby's boss who was well known about town.  Ruby just left it there as she wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt. 

 But once again she would continue to have men over, this time when Ruby and Jacob were sleeping.

Ruby told Jacob about her suspicions, about how she things something is going on with Norma about the rumors that were going around town.

He just told Ruby to relax,  if there was something going on Norma would have told her he reassured her.

It was not until one day Ruby noticed some clothes out in the hallway,  men's clothes...

 Ruby knowing well and truely something was up asked Norma who clothes they were outside her bedroom.

Norma said that they were hers.  But Ruby insisted they were men's clothes.  Norma then confessed.

Norma said that she had foolishly had a man back here.  She had meet him while she was doing her rounds at the hospital.  Once again Ruby thought that maybe Norma was telling the truth so she believed her, but she was still going to keep an eye on her.

Even Jacob was worried about both the girls telling Norma that if there was something she was keeping from Ruby she should say something.

Norma said that she tells Ruby everything and that she shouldn't worry about her.

Next time:  Will Ruby find out what Norma has really been doing?  When are Ruby and Jacob getting married?