Chapter 19 was one of the shortest chapters in my story. Even though it was, it was still a significant part in telling the dramatic change in the relationship between Ricardo and Brianna.
Brianna went from her one-sided relationship with Jordan to a friendship with Ricardo in which she became the center of his world. It wasn’t a huge initial change to Brianna, as it happened subtly and over time. So when she removed Ricardo from the equation, she realized the part he has played in her day-to-day life and the change he had brought to her emotional well-being. She hadn’t realized that until it was completely removed. And it wasn’t one, big thing that she noticed it was the little things–the little details. Ricardo had become not only a tutor or a friend to Brianna, but he was her support, her shoulder to lean on, and someone who was just there for her. He was the happiness and the goodness that she didn’t know she was missing. And when she removed Ricardo from her daily life, she, in turn, removed all of that as well. And, as the title of the chapter says, “She Didn’t Think She Would Miss Him This Much”.
And we already know Ricardo was devastated by this separation. He went from having nothing and no one to having the girl of his dreams in his life pretty much every day. And then that was suddenly yanked out as well. He had to return to the seclusion he once knew and thought he has escaped. His world was devastated.