Doubt

“Good… Good… Good.. evening” Maya stuttered as she was quite scared. She did not know what to say at that minute as fear gripped her. She hoped her secret had not been exposed. Had Lucian exposed her and leaked her secret just like her Mother had said? Had she deceived her? Was it all a plan to….

She shook her head and zeroed the thought. If he really did that, she would not hesitate to bring him down as well. She was going to make sure they both took the fall for it.

She faked a smile as she tried not to act suspicious.

“Can we come in?” One of the elders questioned, a smile on his face. It was at that minute she realized she had stood by the door. Her Mother on the other hand was quite worried as she stood by the door. Somehow, she knew something was wrong.

The elders had never visited them and they only visited people whenever they had done something wrong or whenever they wanted to punish someone. She tried to think of several things to do to save herself out of the mess but th