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I don’t understand why she got so mad or cared so much. He’s a fucking piece of shit who deserves a lot more pain. Yet there she was on her knees helping him.
She’s not getting off easy this time. She’s not about to disappear with no explanation.
I want answers.
I deserve answers.
After what feels like hours, though it’s only been minutes, Maia appears in front of me. The warm ocean water washes over her flip-flop-clad feet. She doesn’t take them off, not caring if they get wet, and for some reason, I think it’s the cutest thing.
Fucking stop. Focus.
“Hi.”
The one word sends my nerves into overdrive.
Fuck, I couldn’t be mad at her if I tried.
“Hi.”
“Nice night,” Maia says, and I hold back a chuckle.
Her attempt at breaking the ice is cute as fuck.
“Indeed it is.”
“You sound like an old professor. Indeed it is, Maia. Indeed it is.” She scratches her chin, and I throw my head back and laugh.
Damn, I didn’t realize how much I missed laughing with her.
“At least the ice is broken between us. But I won’t keep you long. I just wanted to make sure you were okay.”
Maia shrugs and looks toward the ocean, then back at me. “I’m alright. I owe you an apology and a thank-you. I’m sorry I kissed you, I’m sorry I got mad at you for protecting me, and I’m sorry for disappearing these past couple of weeks. Fuck, everything is a damn mess. I feel like I’m always saying sorry.”
“You don’t have to be sorry. I didn’t understand why you were so upset after I punched Alex, that’s all.”
“I don’t know. It’s all so damn confusing, and it’s also really hard for me not to care. He was the first love, the first relationship I’ve experienced, and look how it turned out. I almost don’t want to believe it. I don’t want to think that the person I love could treat me that way.”
“I get it. But he deserved to have more than just his nose broken.”
“Yeah, you’re right.”
“You didn’t seem to agree earlier.”
“I know. I’m an idiot, remember? After you walked away…” Maia looks out to the ocean again. It’s like it gives her the courage to say what she needs to. When she looks back at me, tears shine in her eyes. “He called me a bitch and told me I have such great taste. I threw the Uber driver some cash and walked off. I wasn’t going to the hospital with him. That was the second time he raised his hand at me.”
My blood boils. “I swear to God, Maia, if I find out he laid a finger on you, he’s getting more than just my fist.”
She shakes her head and wipes tears away. “No. But if words were bullets, I’d surely be dead.”
My hands open and close into fists, and I breathe in and out through my nose in hopes my shot nerves calm down. “Please, just promise me one thing, Mi.”
She looks up at me, and my knees weaken. Her glowing skin in the moonlight, her red lips I remember tasting so delicious mere hours ago…
“What?”
“You’re done with Alex for good.”
“Yes. That I can promise. We’re done. One hundred percent. He’s left so many scars…I don’t know if I’ll ever heal.”
