Chapter Hundred and Thirty-eight

NIA'S POV

Earrings. Rubies. I gasped. It was the same earrings Gloria was wearing that night that I had complimented on. The ones I could not take my eyes off of that night. Could it be that there was more to this than I understood? There was also a paper, probably a letter or... I could not even guess what it was. I turned around to see if there was anyone looking at me. There was no one. I pulled the paper out and opened it. It read:

Sometimes struggles can turn into pleasure if it's done for the person you love. I thought these earrings would look fantastic on you and as if I received a sign, I turned to steal a look at you that night and caught you staring at it. I hope you love them, Gloria thought they would be fantastic on you, I hope she's right.

Wait. Gloria thought it would look fantastic on me. Did this mean that the both of them had nothing going for them except the earring talk? If this was true I would slap myself, it sounded ridiculous but I was going to do it. I immedi