Maya noticed the stares almost as soon as she heard the whispers. They weren’t whispers per se because she could hear their words from afar. Even when she stayed far, they came close and talked about it, only short of pointing fingers and calling her out.
“I heard she was evil to him.”
“I heard she told him to go and die.”
“I think there is a video.”
“Who knew she would be so ruthless? He should have ripped up her application letter and thrown the pieces at her.”
She heard the words, the comments, the snide remarks before she made it to her office and barricaded herself behind the door, and allowed the tears to fall.
Her past. The very thing she tried to hide, to atone for over the years. Somehow, it had come to light, and everyone knew about it. She was the villain, making peo
