Introverted Love!

Chapter 19

After work on Wednesday Lizetta picked me up to take me to a bridal appointment, the shop was run by a business associate of Mr.Mazari’s and therefore had been closed specifically for us. I hated the fuss but there was no way around it.

When we arrived we were seated in the hallway next to a changing room and a tall lady in a black pant suit walked over to us.
'Hello ladies, and which one is the bride' she beamed at me as I slightly raised my hand
'Its me' I said suddenly nervous
'And do you have any specific requirements or ideas in mind'
I just shook my head and followed her into the changing room
'Ok then I will bring some dresses I think will look good on you'
She disappeared for a few minutes while I undressed and reappeared with an arm full of dresses. I spent an hour trying them all on and as the clock was ticking and I didn't want to have to come back I got more anxious.
Finally Liz walked in with a dress she had picked and I decided it would be the final one I try on. The sales assistant helped me get in to the heavy dress it was a ball gown style in silvery white with a teal border. It was gorgeous, I heard Liz gasp as I walked out to the floor length mirror. I couldn't believe it was me, I looked taller and elegant and the dress fit my every curve like it was made for me, it was breathtaking. For the first time it really hit home that I was going to be a bride, I was going to marry Zackriya and I was going to leave my father.

Lizetta went to pick out shoes for me when I heard the shop door bang open, I didn’t see her until she turned the corner but all the hairs on the back of my neck stood up when she appeared. Zack’s mum was storming towards me at such speed I didn’t see her hand coming but I sure as hell felt the stinging pain it left behind on my cheek. She slapped me so hard my eyes seemed to lose focus, I heard Lizetta come running from behind me but I didn’t pay any attention because my eyes had now zoomed in on one person and one person only – Zack he stood a few steps behind his mother and he looked shocked but worst of all he didn’t move a muscle towards me. He just stood there and watched as Mrs. Mazari screamed at me
‘How dare you even think of marrying my son, you always were a leech but I will never let a girl like you with such low morals attach herself to my son’ she was inches away from me but I didn’t even blink. The shock of her words turned me into a statue, I wasn’t good enough for her son since when did she care? What had I done that was so bad? I didn’t have to ask Lizetta spoke up as she carefully stepped between us
‘What exactly are you accusing Maya of?’ she said calmly but sternly
‘You know exactly what, it was probably you who put your brother up to it trying to get a hold of that houses wealth, well I warn you don’t even look at my family again’
Both me and Lizetta looked at each other confused, I looked up at Zack but he just stood and watched as his mother who had abandoned him tore into me. Finally she pulled out some pictures from her purse and threw them at me, in them I was with Luke in various locations but not one single one was what it looked like. Panic ran through me, they had been edited to look weird even though we weren’t doing anything explicit in them we definitely looked cosier than friends. Lizetta’s face fell but to her credit she immediately backed me up
‘Maya would never ever do anything like this’ she squeezed my hand ‘Also these pictures have definitely been edited since my brother has been out of a wheelchair before the date on these and he is sitting in one in the pictures, how can that be the chair was returned to the hospital by that date’ she smirked and my knees almost buckled. Relief swam over me and I finally took the breath that I had been holding since Mrs Mazari walked in. 
Zacks face twisted as he tried to come to terms with the truth but Mrs.Mazari hesitated only for a brief second as if realising she'd been caught out. Then she tried to continue 
'Is he living in your house when your dad is nowhere to be seen, how is this acceptable' she tried to keep up the bombardment but she had unconsciously stepped back. Zack finally moved forward
'Mum please leave now' she turned to face him but her anger never cooled she just changed targets
'What is wrong with you, why are you believing this girl when you know she's no good' Zack held her arm and pulled her out of the store gently but she didn't put up a fight she just left behind him knowing she was defeated for now. Worry set in like a thick fog and I collapsed onto the nearby sofa
'Maya don't worry she's clutching at straws trying to break you both up but it won't work lies never do' 
Finally the shock wore off and the pain set in, tears fell so fast my vision blurred and I couldn't catch my breath
'He just stood there Liz, he didn't defend me even once' I wailed like a child totally oblivious of the sales assistant who stood dumbfounded by the changing room door. 
'Lets get you out of that dress' Liz lifted me up and helped me get back into my jeans while I sobbed. She took me home but when we parked up we saw Zack leaning against his car outside. 
'I don't want to speak to him Liz, not now I can't' I mumbled and she got out of the car to speak to Zack. I don't know what she said but he immediately turned and walked into his house without looking back once. Watching his back walk away induced fresh tears and I sat in the car for 20 minutes before I gathered myself enough to go inside. I had decided not to tell dad or Luke they would panic and stir up an argument I just couldn't deal with right now. I wanted to crawl into bed and never leave. 
Lizetta told them I was tired and I went straight to bed. Once under the covers I put my headphones on and listened to the radio needing to distract myself from my troubles but they followed me and my phone pinged
[I'm sorry. We need to talk.] Zack
Anger boiled inside me how could he not trust me? He knew me and Luke were just friends but even if he had doubts why let his mother do this to me, the same women who had destroyed him. I jumped up out of bed , opened my window and threw my phone as hard as i could. It made no sense but it made me feel so much better.