I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

Joy Chaucer's anger intensified upon seeing Ruby Kim's defiant attitude. Spotting a fruit knife on the table, she grabbed it and lunged at Ruby Kim, hissing, "I will kill her." Just then, Ethan Channing intervened, snatching the knife from Joy's hands and pushing her away, "No bloodshed in my house; that's the rule, and no one is breaking it."

Ethan's face darkened, terrifyingly stern, which brought a bit of sanity back to Joy, though her eyes still glared murderously at Ruby Kim. "She won't see tomorrow's sun, or we're all done," Joy seethed. "Consider it handled," Ethan commanded his bodyguard with a wave, "Clean this up."

Ruby Kim laughed wildly, "Joy Chaucer, I'll wait for you down below. Ha, it won't be long!"

Despite her fearlessness towards death, something Ethan found admirable, he knew she couldn't be left as a loose end. As Ruby was taken away, Joy, both in pain and fury, glared at the ear on the ground, wishing she could dismember Ruby completely.

Noticing Joy's bleeding ear, Ethan suggested, "Get that looked at in the hospital." Unyielding, Joy replied, "I want to see Ruby Kim dead with my own eyes, the same way her mother was killed." She wiped the blood from her ear and hand with a tissue, letting her hair down to cover the wound. Ethan smirked, "Indeed, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. As you wish."

An hour later, on the outskirts of town, in a surveillance-free area, a wounded Ruby Kim lay on the ground, despairingly staring at the dark sky, her eyes blood-stained red. Nearby, Joy Chaucer drove up, her car lights illuminating Ruby. Suddenly, she accelerated directly towards Ruby.

Ruby's eyes brightened, piercingly radiant as she seemed to see her parents coming for her. "I'm happy... I feel no pain," she murmured as her world faded into a vast whiteness. "Mom, Dad, I'm sorry I couldn't avenge you," she whispered, tears rolling down her cheeks. Now, all her hopes rested on Meredith to avenge them. "Meredith... Meredith, avenge me..."

At Merrydale Estate, Meredith suddenly woke from a nightmare, sweating and heart pounding. "Another nightmare?" Terrence Sterling quickly turned on the night light, his voice full of concern. Meredith, clutching her chest, gasped, "I don't know why, but it feels awful, like I can't breathe. I heard someone calling me... I have a bad feeling something terrible has happened."

"Don't worry, I'm here," Terrence comforted her, though he too was worried - Meredith's dreams were often prescient. After sipping some water, Meredith calmed a bit and suggested, "Call your mom, check on Grandma."

Concerned by her nightmare, Terrence called his mother. Grandma Sterling was fine in the hospital, which reassured Meredith slightly. However, she couldn't shake off her discomfort or stop thinking about Ruby Kim, whom she hadn't seen for months.

The next afternoon, the reason for her unrest became clear. As Meredith was about to visit the hospital, the police arrived with news - Ruby Kim was dead, killed in a gruesome car accident, her body nearly unrecognizable. The last call on Ruby's phone had been to Meredith, which led the police to her. Shocked, Meredith asked, "When did she die exactly? Has the driver been caught? I didn't receive her call, when did she try to reach me?"