Maya was surprised that she had managed to get even a few hours of sleep, on the hard, weirdly stained bed that she threw a clean bed sheet on and curled up for the night.
After work hours the day before, she had considered going to Brogan’s house as usual, but thought against it. If she met him, it was hard to predict what would happen.
Or rather…it was easy to predict that she would melt into his arms if he kissed her, and the topic of his engagement to Vanessa would be forgotten. And what was to say, she would not believe him if he lied to her?
Many had done it in the past, because they could. Brogan would do it, because he could not bear to see her hurt. It made it even worse.
So, she checked into a motel and spent the night on this bed.
For the first couple of hours, it had b
