"Are you alright?" Tyler asked her, concern in his eyes as she screwed up her line for the umpteenth time. They were on the terrace and according to the script she was supposed to tell him a story about her that would inspire a song.
She unscrewed the cork of the bottled water one of the members of the crew provided her with and hurriedly gulped the whole content. She stood up from the cold slab where she sat with Jared resisting the urge to yell and ask him how he expected her to be fine, but no thanks, she didn't want to trend on social media as the newest added member of the deranged patient in NYC, she thought drily as she removed the microphone on her body and steadily walked out of the room ignoring Tyler as he called her repeatedly.
She had thought she could do it, work and pretend like her life was in order but she had been kidding herself. She felt suffocated like she was burning inside of her and was not expected to shout, was dying
He stepped closer and she couldn't help but noticed that something has changed about him, it had nothing to do with his surprisingly wrinkled clothes or how humbled his eyes were. A one o clock stubble seemed strange on his perfectly shaven jaw and his eyes seemed almost dead, she choked on her spit horrified although the realization that he could be ruffled made him look less god and more like a man. A human. He took another step forward and she could see his ruffled hair where his hand must have been on so many times in exasperation, frustration, or both. The tight line of his lips. The leaves on his shoes. The matching sleeping bags under his eyes yet somehow he looked devastatingly handsome and it felt unfair that he didn't even need to try at all to look that way. She took a step backward as he took another and he stopped. "Please Maya, don't go away," he begged and tears burn her eyes at the pleading tone in his voice. The Xavier
"Where is Maya and how is she doing?" Tyler immediately asked Jared the minute he stepped into the Hall. The interior decorator was already removing the wallpaper and things in place they had used in making a part of the room look like a balcony and he was glad Tyler had spared him the stress of spelling out what they both knew already. Maya was in no mental or physical state to perform today and till further notice and it was only because of him, Tyler, and his stupid obsession with revenge. "If I didn't know better I'd have thought you cared for her and do not see her only as an important pawn in your plan to achieve your devious plan." Tyler looked hurt by his words and took a step backward like they were physical weapons because they did have the same impact of wounding him though not physically. "You know I do care about Maya. You know that." "Do I?" Jared hoarsely
Morphing into a sadist"Where is Maya?" Jared rushed towards him but he shook his head slightly. "She left. She left me." His words expressed raw pain but his eyes were blank, empty, cold. Jared recoiled. Now, this was the Xavier he had seen in high school, the golden boy that was rumored to be tortured. Tyler chuckled heartily but if Xavier heard him he didn't show. He slightly pushed Jared from his road and brought out his car keys, disengaged its alarm, and slowly walked towards it. "That's it?" Jared howled. Steam came out of his mouth even as he readjusted the neck scarf around his neck. The weather was way cold and it was suddenly becoming icy as Xavier turned to look at him. His eyes were blank, all emotions drained. He didn't look worried, helpless, happy, or sad. He didn't feel anything. "She doesn't want me." He curtly replied and then opened his car door. Jared watch
Two months later."I fulfilled the part of your request by not letting anyone know where you are but don't you think it is time to fulfill mine." Maya sighed softly even as she remembered that day she had run back home to grab a change of clothes unaware of where she was heading but knew she needed to get away. Ashley as usual has probed and asked, always curious and she didn't know when she had broken apart and told her she needed to get away. No questions asked Ashley had handed her keys to a condo in Boston and although she was tempted to ask her how she had an apartment there or why she didn't make there her residential area, she also didn't want to ask questions seeing that Ashley didn't. She had ran and hidden away wanting to sort her thoughts and had made Ashley promise not to tell anybody where she was. She adjusted her body on the Queen size bed, remembering how surprised she had be
6 seconds. That was how long she had stared at her reflection in the mirror before packing her things hurriedly in a duffel bag, calling a cab, and heading back home. Once upon a time, someone had once told her that whenever you get to a point in life and you can't look at your reflection in the mirror without looking away then you need to know you're being untrue to even yourself. She couldn't remember who had told her those words perhaps her mom or one of her friends but all that didn't matter, all that did was that she had hidden for too long and cried hard too. She needed to start being true to herself. She owes herself that much she thought. It was raining when Maya arrived at the penthouse she shared with the girls. The house was locked and even though she knew that a spare key was kept under the foot mat just in case, she couldn't bring herself to use it. It felt wrong disappearing for wee
She stared at the mirror for as long as she could remember. She saw a woman who had made mistakes, who had fallen in love deeply and greatly too. A woman who had friends turned family that had stood the test of time with her and were still standing. There were loopholes and errors but she didn't flinch or cringe. She wasn't ashamed of the woman she'd become.***Tyler sighed as Maya dropped her letter of resignation and turned to leave. He didn't even recognize his voice as he called her back. The past few weeks have been terrible for him. He was drowning in an ocean of guilt and it didn't help that Melissa has been calling him regularly and coming around to check up on him... Like he was family. Like she would her brother. Anger and pain never allowed him to see past Xavier Salvador and notice the immense love he was being showered by his family and now he was on the brink of losing it all, he was beginning to realize that Jared
The squeaky sounds of their boots as they approached the cemetery even as Xavier spared Maya a glance to be sure she was still there, that he had not been hallucinating all that had happened some hours ago. He had heard chatters inside the house which had alarmed him and woken him up from his catnap. He wasn't expecting anyone today and so found it strange that his housekeepers were conversing with someone so enthusiastically. Her back was towards him and yet his legs had suddenly gotten numb and forgotten how to function the minute he had set his eyes on her. He could tell it was her. There was only one woman he knew too well what her hair looks like, he could tell the length of her hair and how luster and soft it looks and the sound of her laughter that releases from her mouth as she was yet unaware of his presence as she discusses animatedly with his cook were no stranger to his ears and he wondered why he wasn't able to know that he was fucked
So guys, I had this book completed on my Wps document that was backed up to my drive. I woke up yesterday to find everything gone. I'm still in a state of shock and though I might come around to rewriting this work but be patient with me if updates come slower than expected as I'm literally in tears as lots of my documents are still missing. I'll try to like wait it out, and see if this is a system bug or just a huge joke because my life is a mess literally right now. Might drop updates tomorrow or next but definitely not today because I don't think I'm in a frame of mind to write anything having lost 300k+ work from three of my not nearly done book files also missing. I'll appreciate suggestions if anything like this has ever happened to you and how you resolved it because trust me everything in my life is a huge mess and I can't stop crying. I don't even know where to start from!!!