The bruise under Maya’s eye was really hard to miss. It was very noticeable.It was under her left eye, very dark and red. It looked like it was growing on her skin. The moment I saw it, I felt really bad.“What the fuck, Maya? What happened to you?” I screamed.She flinched a little, enough for me to see it. Her fingers got a bit tighter around the strap of her bag as she moved her sunglasses down her nose."Nothing," she said quickly, "I just hit my eye somewhere.”I looked at her for a while. “Hit your eye somewhere?” I scoffed. “Are you blind that you would just hit your eye like this? Are you really that clumsy?”Her lips pressed into a line. For a second, I thought she would yell at me but she just let out a sigh.“These things happen, Zara,” she said quietly. “Just let it go.”The way she spoke, made my anger go away. I started to feel worried about her. “Fine,” I muttered, still unsure. “But you went to the hospital, right?”She hesitated.“Yes, I did that,” she replied.I n
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