My psycho side

Grey blue eyes

Maya's POV

      I quickly walk up the stairs and quietly head for my room. It's late afternoon so I hope no one's home but to my surprise, Cass comes out of the kitchen. I try to run so she doesn't see me but I am a second late.

                  "Maya, I didn't know you were back." I don't make any effort of turning back because I am afraid she will notice my reddened eyes and puffy cheeks.

                  "Yeah, I just got here." I answer and try to open the door to my room but she stops me in my tracks.

                  "Maya, is something the matter?" Oh come on. How did she know there was something wrong?

                   "Maya stop." She commands just as I open the door and try to ignore her question. She quickly walks to where I am and stands close to me. She holds both my shoulders and turns me around. I let her cause honestly I know I can't get away from her even if I tried. Her eyes drift to my face and for a moment she just stands there scanning my face. She pulls me towards her in a tight embrace and rubs her hand up and down by back.

                   "What happened dear? You can tell me, I will kill whoever made you cry." I chuckle despite myself. She doesn't know what she's getting herself into. She doesn't press the issue when I don't speak up, she just stands there hugging me like a big sister would her sibling. But I am not her sibling. Hell, we aren't even related but she doesn't seem to care. Since the time I woke up, she treated me no less than a family member. She welcomed me with open arms.

   Slowly I lift my hands and hug her back letting the cat out of the bag. I weep for a long time but the pain doesn't seem to disperse. The more I cry the more I feel am losing my footing. I feel like I just jumped off a six foot building and am still mid air, can't reach the ground below not matter how much I want and try to. It gets harder to breathe, so blurry I can hardly make out any object but Cass never leaves my side. She holds me even tighter if that's possible but just enough not to choke me. She just tries to coax me which makes my heart melt. No one has ever been this kind and loving towards me except for mom. No one has held me in their arms so delicately fearing that they might crash me but I am stronger than that. I pull away from her after I have cried my heart out that I can no longer shed any more tears.

                   "Do you want to talk about it?" I hadn't realized we were on the floor until she stands up and offers her hand to pull me up. How stupid? I mentally facepalm. After am level with her, I debate whether to tell her everything nor not. Larry never said anything about not telling anyone and I think this secret is safe with her because she has shown that she doesn't like the Orlando's as much. So... here goes nothing.

                  "Can we go inside the room? I will tell you everything." I point towards the door and she nods her head quickly, completely showing interest in what I am going to tell her. She sits herself comfortably on the bed and I start pacing the room, scratching the back of my neck. Where do I start? Eventually I start talking and she doesn't interrupt me. She only nods her head to show that I have her attention.

                  "Well... that's uh... messed up." She says after a thoughtful minute. I am out of words too. I can't think beyond the rage that has overpowered all sense of reasoning. Honestly if I wasn't in here, I would've been in front of Jeff and his bastard for a father. My insides are all burning in new found rage, rage I have never felt before. Lincoln robed my family of the peace it should have had, he robed William and I of our mother, robed Larry of his wife. I don't forgive Larry for what he did to the both of us but now I understand why he had to do what he did with us. I am actually grateful for what he did, otherwise I wouldn't be here today, protecting Camaya. I am grateful William and I turned out to be strong enough to take care of ourselves, strong enough just like our father. Ironic.