Chapter 84: Chapter 84
LENA’S POINT OF VIEW
Maia hasn’t come back for a week, she texted me and said she’s gonna back today to get her thing and move out. I’m so frustrated because I can’t believe that Maia will leave me at the lowest point of my life. My puffy eyes can’t stop crying since last night Maia told me that she will be moving out, and my sister just called me and gave me weepy news. All my best men get arrests, the girls also waiting for me to get them out, everything just falling apart.
I heard footsteps climb around the 27 stairs and get closer to my room, that’s Maia, she is here. She gets into the bedroom and starts to pack her clothes. I sit in silence on our bed and pretend that she’s not here. Tears come out of my eyes, go down to my cheeks, and dripping down to the last destination, my thighs. “Are you on the phone now?” Maia asks as she unpacks her closet. “Have you seen my passport?” She asks. “It wasn’t in the drawer, either” She says.
I sit in freeze and tell nothing, my tears exploded, it keeps dripping and dripping down to my thighs. My sight is getting blur cause my eyes are full of tears like it never stops and I’ll go blind. “Did you look at all while I was out?” Maia asks as she keeps looking for her passport inside the closet. “Lena, I understand you’re upset, but could you at least acknowledge I’m a person who is speaking?” Maia states as she keeps looking for her passport.
“If I lost my passport I’m screwed!” She says, the items start falling from the closet as she keeps looking for the passport, I could hear the annoying noises fall down to the floor. “Lena! Passport!” She snaps. “Hello?” Maia says. “My mom died...” I say in a low voice, my eyes keep staring blankly ahead with tears on my cheeks. Maia suddenly stops unpacking the closet and stands in silence before she makes her way closer to me.
“What?” Maia gets closer to me and she sits next to me. “My sister just called up, it happened this morning, I guess...” I say with a trembling breath. “Oh, Lena” Maia stares at me, she’s wiping my tears. “I’m so sorry…” She hugs me, she's caressing my hair after. “My first instinct was to spend more time with her” I sob, tears keep falling down to my cheeks. Maia caresses my hair, she cups my cheek after and facing me.
“What happened?” Maia asks as she wipes my tears. “I don’t know, my sister said so many things I don’t even remember now” I sob. “What can I do?” Maia asks subtly. “I don’t know. I mean, I need to fly home” I state as I up from the bed and make my way to my closet. “I need to figure out the funereal because there’s no one else to do it” I say. “Okay...” Maia replies subtly. I pack my clothes with tears in my eyes, it keeps dripping to my cheeks.
“Will you see if you could find us two seats out on a flight today?” I ask and sob, as I keep packing my clothes, moving them into the luggage. Maia gives me a look as she keeps sitting on the bed in silence. “Lena, I can’t go with you...” She states. I wipe my tears and pointing my gaze at her. “What?” I respond. “I’m so sorry about your mom...” She replies as she looks at me. “But this doesn’t change anything” She ends.
“You’re still leaving? Right now?” I ask. “My mom just died…” I sob and start to cry. “I can’t fucking believe you!” I end as I wipe my tears. “I can’t be your fiancé anymore…” Maia says as she keeps looking at my pathetic puffy face. “Yeah, and apparently not even my friend...” I reply. I take a breath for a few minutes to relieve the feeling of tightness in my chest, resting my shoulder on the closet.
“Top closet, underneath my pants” I admit. “Jesus, Lena!” Maia mumbles, she off her ass from the bed, and makes her way to our closet. “You fucking hit it?” She says as she keeps looking at the passport inside the closet. Maia found her passport and she staring at me, fed up. “Please don’t leave...” I beg Maia to not leaving me. My heart feels like being stabbed by swords. “Not now...” I sob, my heart really hurts and it hurts to breathe.
Maia stares at me in silence, I could see the resentment within her face as she looks at me. She clearly saw how devastated I was but she chose to leave instead of stay. She takes her luggage and leaves the bedroom, she leaves me… For seconds I thought she will never leave, I thought she will always be by my side, I thought she will always love me no matter how hard the situation is and I thought she will be my last, I thought she loves me, but I’m wrong. She broke my heart and she left me all alone.
I lock my luggage zipper and calls Dmitri. I told him that my mom died and he needs to pick me up now and fly with me to California, canceling the Dubai arrangement and be with me. He’s not only just my best friend, but he also always there every time I needed him. Not like Maia, she’s always leaving every time I needed her. Maia is not only the love of my life but also the person that I wanted to spend my entire life with but she really hurt me.
“Oh, God” I sob as I held my chest to relieve the pain. My phone suddenly rings, it’s Dmitri. “Hello?” I’m sobbing through the phone. “I’m here, I’m waiting at the driveway” Dmitri replies subtly. “Okay, I’m gonna get there in minutes” I say as I wipe my tears. I hang up the phone and then I close my bedroom window, and also the balcony door. I leave my room pull apart and walk full speed downstairs, grabbing my luggage with me and get into the car.
“You okay?” Dmitri asks as he turning on the engine. “Yeah…” I reply briefly as I turn my gaze forward to hide my tears from him. “Okay” He responds with a slight of grief in his voice. Dmitri and I drive full speed to airport, I don’t even remember anything, and I feel like I’m losing all sense of direction in life. The darkness in my eyes drowning me into the deepest place in my thoughts and making me loses all the happiest memories in my head.
“Here we go!” Dmitri pulls in as we reach the airport. He grabs my luggage inside the trunk and carries it with him. We make our way full speed into the airport and get ready for our flight, it needs five hours for us to get there and the funereal will starts tomorrow as my sister said. “I can’t believe this happened to me…” I sob inside the plane. Dmitri caresses my arm to strengthen me as I keep crying like no one around.
“Where’s Maia? Why she’s not here?” Dmitri asks. I laugh softly with tears in my eyes, dripping down to my cheeks. “She leaves… like she always does” I say. “God, damned bitch!” Dmitri scoffs, he shook his head after. I point my gaze at Dmitri, my mouth corner form into a small smile and I laugh softly after. I used to be strong and I never cry or feel broken before. But today, my heart feels like stops and it hurts so fucking much, stabbing me deep into my chest.