The doorbell rings and Maya checks her wristwatch, confused.        It was just some minutes past 7, So it wasn't Xavier and as far as she knew, none of the girls were expecting anybody.   "Coming." Jasmine hollered, heading for the door.   She turned back to the mirror as she pondered on what to do with her hair. She was tempted to pin her hair up, going for classic chic since the gathering was not a family event but was also open to the public and the well public was just a good way of saying vain obnoxious, rich individuals.   Melissa had explained to her, that it was mandatory to send an invite to them no matter how toxic, bitter and annoying they could get.   Though Maya didn't get it, like why invite someone she couldn't stand to her party, like it's my birthday party bitch, she understood that things were a bit different for them wit

She loves Melissa and believes she is a sweetheart, but if she truly believed everything she had just said, then she was naive, so naive it was dangerous and unattractive.     "Was she so clumsy that she had tripped and pushed your Dad into a bed with her own sister? A leaked picture of them, In a compromising position was everywhere, on the news, the blogs. It made headlines for weeks!" Melissa's nose were red as she vehemently shook her head, upset.     "Mom had said that.."     "You are so ridiculously foolish, it is nauseating. I can see that you have grown into a spineless weak woman, like your mother who covers her husband's trash, you cover your father's. I just hope you are not attracted to bastards too." He simply said, his eyes hardened.     "Why don't you tell her that yourself. Why don't you tell her what you think about her already? Just like you have conveniently don

She held a beer in her hands widely gesticulating as tears glided down her cheeks while the duo in front of her stared at her with their eyes wide open as she spilled out everything that had happened between her and Xavier, well apart from the fact that she was acting as his fiancée.   Telling them that will lead to a series of questions, questions she had no business replying to. At the end of the day, it was Xavier's story to tell.   Jasmine stared at the big rock on her finger which collaborated the crazy story she had just heard, the story she was finding too hard to digest.   "So Xavier is the hot stranger at the club?" She nodded, taking another swig of her beer.   "And you are engaged to him?" Jessica's eyes were also wide with shock. She had known Maya was dealing with some secret private shit, but this was beyond her.   "And his father was the one who attempted raping you?" Her

Maya rolled her eyes, wondering who was so intent on running down her battery with almost a gazillion of text, calls, and even online notifications as the poor device have been going off like a light cracker since she woke up.   She ditched her hair which was not in any way being cooperative that morning, as it was all a tangled mess around her brush. Deciding to off the damn phone so it won't distract her from her preparation to go to work, she grabbed it.   A message caught her eyes before she could switch it off.Xavier- Hope you are fine? Of course, you ain't. Stay right back in your apartment, do not step out, I insist do not.   She rolled her eyes wondering what the fuss was about as she opened a message from Alex.Alex- Maya? Hope you are alright and you have not been found by the mob of reporters that will be engulfed in the race of searching you out. Please do take care of yourself and just know you have a

Xavier's eyes widened as he took in the thrashed state of Maya's house, lots of possibilities going through his mind as he pushed the door ajar.   He ran inside, shocked to see everything in order and Maya seeing a Netflix series on her laptop.   She raised her brow, noticing that he was breathless since he had run From his car to meet her.   "Are you alright?" She asked sipping from a juice box she had next to her, while she eyed him like he was the one who had his house vandalized and was seeing a movie.   "Maya, are you fine?" He mumbled, bringing out his phone and showing her, her own text.   She stood up and then hugged him, his hands loosely hanging at his side awkwardly taken aback by the gesture.   "I was so worried about you," she explained stepping away from him as an awkward silence ensued.   Jasmine and Jessica's arrival was announced by a car scr