Heartstrings and Heartbreaks
But as they grew older, Maya had learned to swallow her grief and buried her resentment deep within herself, trying to maintain the illusion of peace.
But now? Now, Oscar wanted her to accept the daughter of the woman who destroyed her family as his bride. And he wanted her to be understanding?
That one sentence broke something inside her.
She thought of her mother, gasping for breath on a hospital bed. And she remembered the vow she had made at that very moment: she would never repeat the same tragedy. She would never let another person trample her heart like that.
Let alone compete endlessly with Diana for the same man.
"Fine," she said. "Then I won't bother you two anymore."