Maya's POV I watched as Micah stood up abruptly and began to pace his room. He looked like he was trying to gather his thoughts and at the same time talk himself out of gathering his thoughts and telling me what was going on with him. He seemed to be distraught and I was confused. "This is kind of embarrassing but," he stopped and sighed again and then resumed his seat beside me. I could tell he was finding it difficult to spill how he was feeling and I couldn't help but see him differently. Micah was not one to mince his words. He was on the list of direct people I knew, so for him to find it hard to talk, it meant that whatever was bothering him was driving him crazy. I was glad that I had asked him. "I hate talking about it but you saw my parents leave in a hurry just now, didn't you?" He asked and I nodded. "Yeah, I did." I said, facing him completely. "We, that's how it is with them. For the longest time, all I remember about them is their backs turned to me. I know i

Micah's POV I watched as Maya walked out ignoring my plea for her to wait. It was not what she was thinking and I had not said anything to Juliet. I hated the tears that rolled down from my eyes when Juliet had mentioned her mother. I was completely distraught by her words and when she’d looked at me with shock, I had lost it.How on earth had Juliet found out about Maya’s mother? And why would she say something so cruel?“Maya, Please wait!” I tried to call out to her again. But all I could see was her back as she ran away from me. I looked down at Juliet, who was still glaring at me with contempt in her eyes and felt the inexplicable urge to snap her in half.“ How dare you?” I sneered.“How dare me? You were the one cheating on me. What are you talking about, Micah?” she retorted.“You’re right. I think I have given you way too much leverage. I cannot keep doing this with you, Juliet. Try as you may, you are still a fucking bitch and I’m done with you. Get out of my house.”

Maya's POVI sat in the cafeteria with a long face as I complained about what Micah had done to Lydia who seemed unfazed and frankly bored.She was barely paying any attention to me and just continued to eat her food like I wasn’t speaking. It kind of hurt me that she didn’t care about my situation, but at the end of the day, I couldn’t blame her, she told me to stay away from Micah from day one and I had not listened to her.“Lydia, are you listening to me? I asked In frustration.“No, I’m not listening to you. Maya. In fact, I am annoyed by this conversation. I cannot believe we are talking about Micah right now. You know how much I do not like him, you know that I hate his fucking guts yet you keep bringing him up.”“ I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bring it up,” I said, feeling terrible. I wanted to be mad at her. But I couldn’t be mad at her. She was right. I kept bringing Micah up. I had no idea why he was such a constant topic in my life. No matter how much I tried, I just cou