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I need to know.
I hit send.
There’s silence from the other end.
There's no way she's going to respond.
I put my phone back down.
And then I pick it back up.
Nothing.
I put it down again and slam my fist on my desk.
"Fuck!"
I'm losing control, my grip on reality slipping away.
And then the phone buzzes in my hand.
A message from Maya.
My heart starts pounding as I open it.
Yes.
Yes... Yes? Yes? That's it?
One word, but it carries the weight of a thousand.
I stare at the text.
This changes everything.
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MAYA
It's Hunter. Again.
Sitting in my small apartment, I try to drown out the sound of my phone buzzing relentlessly on the coffee table. I can't face him, not now. My heart pounds in my chest with each vibration.
Just pick it up.
My thoughts yell at me.
I know I should pick it up, but I can't.
Finally, the buzzing stops and the room falls silent. All I can hear is the damn clock ticking on the wall. I breathe a sigh of relief. But then, the silence breaks.
A new notification. This time it’s a voicemail.
My heart sinks. I pick up the phone, hesitating for a moment before I hit play.
"Maya..." His voice floods the room, rougher than I've ever heard. There is a pause then a shaky breath. "Maya, why the hell didn't you tell me?" His voice cracks, anger and desperation seeping into each word. "I had to find out from a fucking tabloid? Is that it? Is that what I am to you now? Just some... some guy you can't be bothered to be honest with about something this big?"
There is another pause, thick and heavy. "You and I... We need to talk, Maya. You can’t just... you can't just throw this kind of news at me and then disappear. It's not fair. It's not fair to me, and it's not fair to... to our baby."
