Thea's mind was lost for the rest of the day. She wanted to scream 'fuck you, old octopus!' at Mr Cooper and run behind Ruth. Only God knew how she stopped herself from doing that.
Her mind was troubled, and the headache was unbearable. The atmosphere in the shop remained tensed all day. No one talked amongst them, neither they laughed or gossiped like every day. Their faces were gloomy, heart saddened.
As soon as the clock hit the hour of six in the evening, Thea threw everything away and ran out of the shop like a madwoman. She did not know where Ruth was.
Then she remembered another thing. Zoe. Zoe was not there with Ruth. Thea expected her to be around the shop at least today, but she was not. What if one of Edwin's enemies followed Ruth or get to know about who she really was and what she meant for Edwin?
