After giving time to thinking they left from there.The night had become unbearably quiet.
Inside her small apartment...Maya sat alone on the edge of her bed, her mobile phone still clutched tightly in her trembling hands.
The conversation with Noah replayed endlessly inside her mind.
"If she contacts you... please let us know."
She closed her eyes.
"...I'm sorry."
The words escaped as nothing more than a whisper.
She was apologising to Aria because for the first time since Aria disappeared...
Maya wasn't sure if she was doing the right thing anymore.
She slowly stood and walked toward the window.
Outside...
Rain quietly covered the streets of Velmora.
"Am I protecting you..."
"...or making everything worse?"
She pressed her forehead against the cold glass.She remembered the night Aria had arrived at her apartment.
Completely exhausted.
Eyes swollen from crying.Trying so hard to smile.Trying even harder not to break.
Maya had watched her cry herself to sleep.
