revenge ✔

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MAYA POV

My parents? What have they got to do with any of this?

“Yeah….they died in a car crash.” I reply trying to not give away too much info. I need to know how much Zay knows about me.

“A car crash in which you were supposed to die in too.” He points out. Stalker much? I sigh.

“Cut the shit Zay, how do you know all of this stuff about me?” I ask getting straight to the point. He smiles at my eagerness.

“Did you know your parents took drugs?” He asks me with an eyebrow raised. Of course I did! I remember finding the box under their bed. I nod at him confused to where he was taking this. I can see Lucas from the corner of my eye looking between Zay and I with anger and confusion written all over his face yet he stays quiet letting Zay continue. I silently thank him for that.

“Do you know how they got those drugs?” He asks tilting his head to the side and shifting his gaze to Lucas as if he were waiting for him to say something.

“It was you.” Lucas states quietly in realisation. What? That’s impossible! It was like nine years ago! That would have made Zay….12? I remember Lucas telling me earlier on that the rest of the gang also used to be drug dealers so it would make sense I suppose.

“Yep.” Zay replies shifting his gaze back to me. This is so confusing….Why is Zay telling me all of this?

“But you only would have been 12 years old then.” I say furrowing my eyebrows.

“Yeah. I was born and brought up within an extremely vicious and powerful gang. They started training children as young as 7 to become a good dealer and how to fight.” He shakes his head at the memory.

“They make us start dealing at 12. Your parents were my second clients.” He says looking directly in my eyes. Ok…? I’m still confused. I glance over at Lucas and I notice his face has gone pale and he’s avoiding my gaze. Is there something he knows? I mean he’s a drug dealer and all as well. He keeps quiet and clenches his jaw. I frown at him and turn my gaze back to Zay.

“Keep going.” I say cautiously. They both know something and I need to know now!

“One day, I think it was a Friday, I went over to your parent’s house to receive my payment for a new batch of drugs they had brought from me. However, they refused to pay saying they had no money left to give me.” He says replaying back his memory. I partially remember when my parents used to get the door and a boy my age would be standing there. I had always asked my parents who he was but they just told me to stay away from him. Now it’s all slowly starting to make sense.

“I had always been taught to kill my clients there and then if they refused to pay, but I was still a kid and just as I was about to reach my gun, I had thought of a better compromise.” He continues looking directly at me and ignoring a rather pale but angry Lucas. I stare at him gobsmacked. I did not like where this was going. How can such heartless people do that to such young kids! They were probably teaching them to kill at the age of 7!

This reminds me a lot like what happened to Riley's parents. I guess we were a lot alike each other than we’d assumed

Zay steps forward a little and Lucas instantly tenses beside me. I look at him and give him a look to calm down. I wasn’t going to get any answers from Zay if Lucas started to beat him up which I know he wanted to do badly but was holding it in for my sake.

“Well? What was the compromise?” I ask impatiently. Zay chuckles at me.

“I told them that I’d forget about their payment so long as I could have something from them in return.” He says taking another step forward. Ok now it was my turn to tense up. As much as I wanted information out of him, there was no way of knowing I could trust him. However, I stand my ground and give Zay a look urging him on.

“What did you ask for in return?” I ask knowing I was not going to like his response.

“You.” He says simple. I freeze and my eyes widen. Did I just hear him right?

“Me?” I ask shakily.

“Yes you. I always saw you watching as your parents answered the door and I was intrigued by you even at such a young age. As soon as I saw you, I instantly wanted to have you to myself.” He explains shrugging. I am shocked at his words. Did he used to like….fancy me? Does he still fancy me? I’m even more confused now. Zay's words also has an effect on Lucas as I see him clenching and unclenching his fists by his side.

I needed Zay to finish explaining and then Lucas could do whatever he liked with Zay.

Zay shifts his gaze to Lucas' hands before meeting my eager gaze again.

“Once I told your parents what I wanted they obviously said no. Well I gave them two options it was either they died or I took you and they lived. However, I was still a kid so I let them off easy and gave them a day to make their final decision.” He shakes his head at himself almost cussing himself for making a stupid mistake.

“Oh how young and stupid I was.” He says thoughtfully before meeting my gaze with his now blackened eyes. Well that’s not good.

“The next day I returned and you and your parents had vanished. I find out the same day about the car crash which you all supposedly died in. I didn’t really know how I felt about it at the time. I didn’t know if I was sad or angry. But when I found out you were still alive, it sparked hope inside of me. I knew that someday I would get you back. Since then, I have been following your every move just waiting for the right time. I saw you in high school and I saw you when you moved to California. That’s how I know about you.” He says his voice raising a little.

Reality comes crashing down on me. He was the reason why my parents killed themselves. Now it all made sense why they wanted us to die in a completely remote area. They were trying to protect me from him.

A surge of anger washes over me and my hands ball up into fists similar to Lucas.

“You were the reason my parents killed themselves.” I state lowly. Zay starts to chuckle.

“Honey, your parents were drug addicts, them dying was probably the best thing that ever happened to you.” He says. Excuse me? They may have not been the best parents but they were still MY parents. I still love them and I will never stop.

“Yeah. Well I’m glad they did what they did if it meant staying away from you!" I snap. Lucas steps back a little getting ready for a fight just in case. I got a feeling of safety knowing he had my back.

“Really? That’s funny since you are practically dating a person just as bad as me.” He says motioning over to Lucas.

“I may be as bad as you Zay but at least I know now that I was wrong.” He growls at Zay.

“Have you even apologised to her?” he asks. Lucas goes pale again. Looks like Zay hit a nerve. I know for a fact that Lucas hasn’t said he was sorry. A strong feeling of sadness overcomes me as I realise this. He hasn’t even apologised for all of the times he abused me and I instantly fell for him quickly. How can I be so blind?

“Don’t let him get to you Maya! He’s trying to get to you so he can have you all to himself.” Lucas seethes and I can see the logic in his words but for some reason, the realisation of Zay's words HAD gotten to me.

Lucas wasn’t good for me yet I still somehow love him.

I snap my sad gaze to Lucas and he looks bad at me with his guilt filled eyes. I turn to meet Zay's smug gaze and instantly my anger returns. I confidently stomp over to him so I stand face to face with him.

“I hope you rot in hell you sick bastard.” I seethe at him before lifting my hand up and colliding it against his cheek before stomping out of my own house not bothering to turn and meet Lucas gaze.

I know if I do, I will probably run back into his arms and forgive him and I can’t let my guard down now.

Neither of these men were good for me.