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"W-what. I don't- understand."

"What's confusing about it?" She said.

"You were so nice to me and you took me in. I told you what this monster did to me, and you're still doing this?"

"I went above and beyond to make sure you got back on your feet. I let you stay in my house, and even gave you my grandpa's house for free. And you can't even take five minutes out of your day to say hello!" She's fuming and I can see tears threatening to run.

I couldn't help but feel bad. Everything she was saying was true.

"When you described your ex, I knew straight away who he was. We went out before university, but he broke up with me before he left. I always knew he still loved me. So we worked together to make your life a living hell as payback for what you did to us."

"You two are sick." Virgil spat when Maliah finished explaining.

"Look, I'm sorry for not keeping in contact with you after everything you did for me. But I don't think you understand what you have put me through."

"That was the point, idiot!" She snarls.

"Don't you dare speak to her like that." Virgil said as he stepped in front of me.

"Or what?" My ex says as he stepped up to him, despite being much smaller than him.

"Are you going to get your side chick on us?" He added.

"Your what?"

"Oops. Does she not know?" Maliah added sarcastically.

"Is this true?"

"Yes it's true. And everybody knows about it, clearly not you though. When you went on your little girl's trip, papz caught him with some blonde at a bar."

"Is that why you didn't want me scrolling through all those articles? You didn't want me to find out?"

I looked up at Virgil with tears in my eyes.

"I can explain."

"Okay. Go ahead."

"I was drunk and- after you thought me and Mila were- it was stupid, I was stupid."

"Is that the best you could come up with?" I pushed passed them into the house, grabbed the keys and drove off.

I stopped at a shop car park and called Nikki. I explained everything and she sent me her address and I went over.

Virgil's POV

I drove for hours trying to find Alaïah.  I tried calling her, but she didn't pick up. I don't blame her. Eventually I gave up and went back home.

"Hi." Mila said.

"Where's Alaïah?"

"I don't know." I replied, bluntly.

"What do you mean, you don't know? Have you called the police?"

"Please just calm down. She's mad at me."

"What did you do?"

"Look, I don't want to talk about it, I'm going to bed."

I laid up for ages wondering where she was. I got a message. It was from Alaïah.

Alaïah: I'm staying at Nikki's house tonight

Me: ok. When you come back, I need to talk to you

She didn't reply, but I was relieved she was safe. I drifted off to sleep.

The next day there was a knock at the front door, and I rushed to answer it.