After seeing Steve off, she did not return to her hospital room; instead, she found a coffee shop and sat alone.
She still held a glimmer of hope that the doctor had mistaken the medicine. She purposefully searched it online and found that there indeed was a type of contraceptive pill and vitamin that both appeared identical as small white pills— indistinguishable from one another unless examined by a professional.
Ruby retrieved the pill and compared it to the website's analysis. When she observed that it was indeed a contraceptive pill, she completely gave up hope.
Rather thanaying she was shocked for a long time, realizing that the bottle of vitamins was actually birth control, she was too afraid to think about what to do next.
But when she finally calmed down and thought about it, she found it to be a truly complicated choice.