Well, they would probably not hear from or see Ruby for a long time, if they saw her at all.

About three weeks earlier

Ruby had decided that her paintings of smooth-bodied, urban models with their muscle builds that came from gyms and manicures from beauty salons were not giving her much inspiration, and they were no longer a challenge anyway.

Being an explorer of the arts, she had decided that young guys from rural areas who get their bodybuilding from hard work on the farm, on the sea, and through hunting are the perfect candidates to eradicate her sense of ennui. Now that she doesn’t have Ava at her...