It has been two weeks since the gala party, and Maya has yet to contact Dalton as promised. She kept stalling. She misses him so much, but whenever she makes a move to contact him, the disturbing image of Mr. Wilson being murdered haunts her, causing her to recoil and never want to see Dalton again.
When Dalton confided in her about killing a man when he was ten years old to save himself and Aiden from their captors, her reaction was subtle, but why can't she come to terms with the second murder?
Becauseyoudidn'twitnesshimkillingthefirsttime. A voice in her head said.
Oh, life has been miserable without Dalton. But she can not be with him because she is too fragile; after all the horrors she has seen in her life, she thought she was tough and would be able to cope with this, but she can't. She was mentally weak.
