<span style="color: #00FF00">Cold air blew across the room, causing Ray to pull the covers on her bed up further, wrapping herself in warmth. She tilted her head up enough to glance at the clock. After blinking the sleep from her eyes she saw it was six seventeen a.m. and a frown crossed her face. She sighed, pushing herself up and off the bed. She stumbled into the bathroom, feeling her way around the walls for the light switch, and after a minute she was bathed in a soft glow of light. Turning on the faucet, she got out a washcloth and dampened it, using it to clean her face of sleep, especially her eyes. After she turned off the faucet, she glanced in the mirror and a mixture of shock and realization washed over her. She lightly touched the black and blue patches around her right eyes, the cut below her lips, the shadow on her left cheek, and in turn saw the split knuckles on her own hands, shaking. A sigh passed through her lips, as she walked out into her bedroom, searching for her pack of Marlboros. Finding them, she pulled one out and lit it, as she walked to the double doors and opened them. She walked out onto the balcony of her apartment and looked around outside, thankful that it was a decent day outside.<br/>She couldnâ€™t help but let her thoughts turn to last night, letting them replay on fast forward. Her ex-fiancÃ© coming home with his ex, how he beat her, how she reached her breaking point, the point of no return as she unleashed hell on his ass using only her handsâ€¦the hands that had been molded along with her mind over 5 years of tae kwon do training. How they left, his ex supporting him out the doorâ€¦ How this tragically was not a surprise, but something she had been expecting as she had watched and felt him drift away from her over the past month. She shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts. â€œFuck him,â€ she muttered, walking to the kitchen. She opened the fridge and took out a Smirnoff blueberry lemonade drink and twisted it open. â€œItâ€™s five oâ€™clock somewhere,â€ she said to the empty apartment as she sat down on the balcony with another cigarette.</span>