Chapter 95
Maya shut her bedroom door behind her and leaned against it, exhaling shakily. The entire day’s tension seemed to come crashing down at once. Azalea’s calm, probing smile had followed her all the way home, lingering in her thoughts like a shadow she couldn’t shake off.
She kicked off her shoes and sat on the edge of her bed, staring at her phone for a moment before finally dialing Bennett’s number.
He answered on the second ring. “Maya?”
“Yes, it’s me.” Her voice was quiet but urgent. “I think we have a problem.”
There was a pause on the line. “What happened?”
She took a deep breath. “Azalea. She’s beginning to see me for what I am, Bennett. I could feel it today. The way she looked at me, the questions she asked…”
“What questions?”
“She asked about us,” Maya admitted, h
