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One night wasn't enough Chapter 36
Maya's pov He comes over Monday evening.Not planned. He texts at six saying he is nearby, does that work, and I said yes because saying no requires an explanation I do not have ready.He arrives at seven with food from the deli. Sets it on my kitchen counter and Looks at me."Hey," he says."Hey."He looks at my face for a moment. Does not say anything yet. We plate the food, sit at the table, start eating. The conversation stays surface level. His site visit. My rebrand project. Something funny that happened at his firm.Normal.Too normal.The kind of normal that requires effort from both sides.He puts his fork down about twenty minutes in."What's going on," he says."Nothing. What do you mean.""Maya.""I'm fine.""You've been fine for two weeks." He says it without heat. Just stating it. "Every time I ask, fine. Every time I suggest something, a reason not to. You cancelled twice last week.""I was busy.""You're always busy. This is different.""Caleb I'm fine.""Stop saying
One night wasn't enough Chapter 35
Saturday morning. Lena is at my apartment uninvited with coffee and pastries which means she has an agenda."You cancelled on Caleb last night," she says, settling on my couch."I was tired.""You were avoiding.""Same thing sometimes."She gives me the look. "Have you talked to him?""We texted.""That is not talking.""It is a form of communication Lena.""Maya.""What.""You cannot keep doing this. Avoiding him, avoiding Sandra, avoiding the whole thing." She opens the pastry bag. "At some point everything you are avoiding is going to walk through your front door."My phone buzzes on the coffee table.We both look at it.Unknown number.Lena raises her eyebrows.I pick it up.He met her Thursday. Coffee place on Michigan, north end. Eleven thirty. Two hours.I read it. Show it to Lena without saying anything.She reads it. Puts the pastry down."Thursday," she says."Yes.""The day before dinner.""Yes.""When he said old acquaintance not important.""Yes.""Two hours Maya.""I can
One night wasn't enough Chapter 34
I lie awake until one in the morning making a list in my head.Reasons to tell Caleb.He deserves to know his ex has shown up. He is in a relationship with me and this directly affects that relationship. Keeping it from him makes me the person doing the same thing I have been frustrated at him for doing. Secrets compound. I know this. I have lived this.Reasons not to tell Caleb.Telling him means explaining how I know. Which means explaining the unknown number. Which means explaining that I have been receiving mysterious texts for weeks and did not mention it. Which means explaining that Lena has been investigating his social media. Which means a conversation I am not remotely prepared to have while I still do not understand what Sandra actually wants.I fall asleep somewhere around one thirty without resolving anything.Morning.I make coffee. Sit at my kitchen table. Open my phone.No new messages from the unknown number.Nothing from Sandra.Caleb texted at eight. Still on for ton
One night wasn't enough Chapter 33
Lena sent me the profile link before she hung up. I told myself I would look at it in the morning. Fresh eyes. Clear head. Not at eleven at night sitting on my couch with cold tea and too many thoughts already competing for space. I opened it at eleven fifteen. Sandra's profile is exactly what Lena described. Public. Fully public. Clean, curated, the kind of social media presence that looks effortless because someone spent time making it look effortless. Recent posts first. Work events. A dinner with friends. A photo at what looks like a rooftop bar, three women laughing at something off camera, Sandra in the middle looking like someone who belongs in every room she enters. She is beautiful. Not in a complicated way. Just straightforwardly, objectively beautiful.I scroll. More recent posts. More dinners. A weekend trip somewhere warm. A work celebration. Normal life. Full life. I scrolled further. Further. There. The photos started appearing about two years ba
One night wasn't enough Chapter 32: Two women and one man
I canceled dinner.Not permanently. Just tonight. I texted Caleb at seven forty five saying something came up at the studio, can we reschedule, I am sorry. He replies in three minutes.Of course. Everything okay?Yes. Just work. Tomorrow?Tomorrow works. Call me later if you want to talk.I put the phone down.Sandra's visit is still sitting in the room with me. Her voice. Her composure. The specific warmth of someone delivering difficult information carefully.He has a pattern.Nothing significant.The unknown number's message underneath it.Sandra is not what she looks like.Two women. One man. Zero clear answers.I called Lena.She picks up on the first ring."How was dinner," she says."I cancelled."A pause. "Why.""Sandra showed up at my studio."Silence.Complete silence."Lena.""I heard you," she says. "I am processing." Another pause. "She showed up at your studio.""Yes.""In person.""In person. Sat down. We talked for twenty minutes.""Maya." Her voice is doing several thi
One night wasn't enough chapter 31
She sits down like she has been here before.Not literally. She has never been in my studio. But she sits in the chair across from my desk with the ease of someone who makes themselves at home in rooms that do not belong to them. She crosses her legs, sets her bag on the floor beside her, looks around the space with a polite interest that feels slightly performative."Nice studio," she says."Thank you.""Very you somehow. Even though I've never met you." She smiles. "Caleb mentioned you were a designer. He said you had good taste."The mention of Caleb's name sits strangely in the room."How do you know Caleb," I say. Direct. I am not doing the slow approach with this woman. She showed up at my studio unannounced. She has been texting me from an unknown number. Direct is the least she owes me."We were close," she says. "For about a year. A while back." She says it simply, no drama attached. "We stayed in touch on and off after. The way you do with people who meant something.""You t
One night wasn't enough CHAPTER 9: We broke the rules in 4 days
It is Caleb.Of course it is Caleb.He is standing in my hallway in a grey hoodie and dark jeans looking like someone who did not spend twenty minutes deciding whether to come here, which I do not believe for a second. His hands were in his pockets and he looked at me through the peephole with the
One night wasn't enough CHAPTER 8: Let me be clear
I gave myself the whole weekend to think about it.By Sunday night I had made a decision. The only decision that makes any sense when you strip away the noise and the feelings and the way he looks at you when nobody else is watching.It needs to stop.Not because nothing happened, It did. Not beca
One night wasn't enough CHAPTER 7: Orbit
Derek texts me on Wednesday.“Gathering at mine Friday”. Nothing big. Just come.I stared at it for a while. Then I typed back “maybe” which in our sibling language means yes and he knows it because he sends back a thumbs up without pushing which means he already knew I was coming before he even as
One night wasn't enough CHAPTER 6
The kitchen smells like dinner and my mother's good mood. The radio is on. Something old and slow.I am washing a dish that is already clean.“You left before I could make you breakfast”.I don't know why that's the thing I keep coming back to. Not the other things. Just that.I scrubbed the plate.
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