His Halo is a Lie
Maya is scared, but she has grown so used to hiding every bit of emotion that the last thing on her mind is letting me through the walls she has erected.
Walls that I shouldn't even be thinking about breaking down.
As her hand grazed the painting of a half-naked woman bathing under the sun, I remember her, standing naked by the window, her towel in a pool at her feet. She has the body of a goddess, the setting sun on her petite curves making her look even more ethereal.
I try to bury the image along with the rest of my dark memories, but it just keeps resurfacing.
Swallowing instinctively, I take another sip of my brandy.
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