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Maisie had ninety-nine problems, and being kicked out of college was currently one of them.
She hadn't told anyone, half from the embarrassment of failing at something she paid half her life's worth toward and half because she really wasn't in the mood to get a call from her half-assed father down in Florida with her half sister yapping off in the background. Because that phone call would mean that she would also hear about the new baby on the way, how they're gonna paint the nursery yellow and that they're renovating the backyard to fit in a pool.
So she could hear about everything she wasn't going to get.
Maisie hadn't told her mom and Tony because frankly, at the end of the day, she just didn't have it in her anymore to be the cause of a huge problem that would only stress everyone out. It was better if she just went on for a bit and told them later. It will be better later.
Yet when Maisie lay on her bed the night after finding out, eyes to the ceiling and arm under her head, she felt her entire body shaking. She glanced over at the draw in her beside table where the letter lay, tucked away in its envelope, and just sighed. She felt heavy, her head hurt and the only thing that was in her thoughts was the fact that she had failed, plain and simple.
Maisie's phone went off beside her head and she flinched, yanking her arm out and grabbing the little device. The screen lit up with a text from an unknown number and she frowned, unlocking her phone.
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Maisie blinked in surprise and sent a text back after saving his contact.
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