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She scoffs. “Let me guess—you were fucking them too? You know what? Don’t answer that. What did the letter say?”
“That they were willing to deal with my whore—I think they were talking about you—but that the men had to go. They threatened to kill them and told me they were coming for me soon.” I sigh, running a hand through my hair. “That’s why I can’t stay here. Honestly, I should probably leave town so I don’t put any of you in any more danger than you’re already in.”
Maya shakes her head. “Maybe you should’ve thought about that before now. It seems your stalker already knows all about us. Maybe if you weren’t constantly fucking people on your channel, you wouldn’t have a stalker that calls you a whore.”
My head jerks as I take a step away from her. Did she just—
“You think you can just throw that shit in people’s faces and they won’t have a problem with it?” She jumps to her feet, pacing across the floor as if she’s not breaking my heart right now. “No one wants to pay to see someone being a whore. This person wouldn’t think they had a chance with you if you didn’t bring on a new person practically every week to your channel.”
It feels like she’s taking a knife to my heart as I take another step back—especially since her words aren’t true. Yes, I’ve had multiple people on my channel, but in the last year, it’s only been her, Andrés, and Victor.
Is this really how she feels about me? Has she been hiding this kind of anger from me?
How did we get here?
How did I get here?
My eyes snag on my keys and cell phone sitting on the kitchen counter, and I grab them. I can’t just stand here listening to her call me a whore. Listening to her tell me it’s my fault I have a stalker. Listening to her belittle the relationships I’m trying to build.
If she felt this way, I just don’t understand why she stuck around.
With a gasped sob, I spin on my heel and run for the door.
“Dani?”
I don’t answer her as she calls after me, just fling open the door and take off down the hallway.
“Fuck, Dani, I’m sorry! Come back!”
I can hear Maya following me, but I fly down the stairs and out of the building. I drop my keys when I reach the car, but I grab them and fumble with them until I can unlock the door.
“Dani!” Maya screams, and I look up to see her in the entrance to her building with wide eyes.
No, I can’t do this.
I start the car, not bothering to put on my seat belt as I tear out of the parking lot.
My phone immediately begins ringing, but I send it to voicemail before putting it on silent.
I don’t care what she has to say.
Chapter Twenty-four
Maya
Tears spill down my cheeks as I watch Dani tear out of the parking lot.
What the fuck is wrong with me?
How could I have said all of that to her? I didn’t even mean it. I was just hurt, and I didn’t know how to deal with it.
I let no one get close enough to hurt me, but I did with Dani. I knew I should’ve walked away from her ages ago, but I couldn’t make myself do it. Instead, I just got closer and closer to her. I fell for her—something that was never supposed to happen.
Just like I was never supposed to fall for Andrés, but I did. Now, the two people I love are together, while I’m left alone.
So I lashed out at her, saying the things I knew would cut her the deepest.
I’m so fucked up. How could I do that to a friend—someone I think I’m in love with?
