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not sure. Just hanging out on the couch?”
“Oh god.” Maya speedily dresses herself and steps into the living room. Irritated, she asks her father, “What are you doing here?”
“What is your boyfriend doing here?”
“None of your business.”
“Excuse me? Remember as long as you’re living in an apartment that I’m paying for, then it is my business.”
“So he slept over. So what? I know you like to have this idealistic vision of me as your perfect little girl. But that’s not reality. Alright? We slept together. Is that what you want to hear?”
“When I visited you last week his car was here. Since then I’ve stopped by the parking lot each morning. And every morning his car is there. And every morning it’s parked in a different space. So I know he’s been coming and going. But he’s always here in the morning. Which leads me to think he goes to work every day but he comes back here every night. And he always stays until the next morning.”
Maya doesn’t say anything.
“Is there anything I have wrong?”
“You’ve been spying on me?” Maya asks, revolted. “That’s unbelievable.”
“What about you lying to me? What do you call that?”
“I can’t believe this.”
“How long has he been living with you?”
“I don’t know. A while.”
“And you thought this was okay without asking me?”
She exhales a laugh. “Well, it wasn’t hard for me to imagine what you might think about it.”
“What’s the point? Why does he need to live with you? He could visit any time.”
“I wanted him to. I wanted to be with him as much as possible. I love him.” I hear Maya begin to cry lightly.
Her father’s voice changes. Reacting to her tears, probably feeling like a bully, he attempts to comfort her. “You can love him without having him live with you. And if he really loves you, he can ask you to marry him and then you can live together.”
Maya’s tears subside. She composes herself.
“And besides,” he father adds. “If you’re living together already, what’s his motivation to marry you? He already has all the benefits.”
Maya doesn’t respond, but I can feel her disgust with him. “I’m going in the bedroom to talk to Tom,” she says.
“I want him out immediately,” he says. “I want him to pack right now.”
“He has work,” she says, exasperated.
“Well, he can take the morning off. I have. Not that I should be, but I’m as angry at him as I am with you. I want to see him out.”
She enters the bedroom and closes the door behind her. I stand in the middle of the room and she walks up to me. Her face contorts and she buries it into my chest and cries. “I’m so sorry,” she whimpers.
I put my arms around her. “It’s fine. We’ll be fine,” I say, the only thing I can think of.
“He wants you to pack now. I’ll help you,” she offers. “Where will you go?”
“I’ll find a hotel. Don’t worry.”
I have two suitcases. In her closet most of clothes are on hangers. She helps fold them. “You know,” she says, her spirits rising. “Everything should work out. Our relationship has moved really fast. And even though I want you to stay, this will give you a chance to find
“Oh god.” Maya speedily dresses herself and steps into the living room. Irritated, she asks her father, “What are you doing here?”
“What is your boyfriend doing here?”
“None of your business.”
“Excuse me? Remember as long as you’re living in an apartment that I’m paying for, then it is my business.”
“So he slept over. So what? I know you like to have this idealistic vision of me as your perfect little girl. But that’s not reality. Alright? We slept together. Is that what you want to hear?”
“When I visited you last week his car was here. Since then I’ve stopped by the parking lot each morning. And every morning his car is there. And every morning it’s parked in a different space. So I know he’s been coming and going. But he’s always here in the morning. Which leads me to think he goes to work every day but he comes back here every night. And he always stays until the next morning.”
Maya doesn’t say anything.
“Is there anything I have wrong?”
“You’ve been spying on me?” Maya asks, revolted. “That’s unbelievable.”
“What about you lying to me? What do you call that?”
“I can’t believe this.”
“How long has he been living with you?”
“I don’t know. A while.”
“And you thought this was okay without asking me?”
She exhales a laugh. “Well, it wasn’t hard for me to imagine what you might think about it.”
“What’s the point? Why does he need to live with you? He could visit any time.”
“I wanted him to. I wanted to be with him as much as possible. I love him.” I hear Maya begin to cry lightly.
Her father’s voice changes. Reacting to her tears, probably feeling like a bully, he attempts to comfort her. “You can love him without having him live with you. And if he really loves you, he can ask you to marry him and then you can live together.”
Maya’s tears subside. She composes herself.
“And besides,” he father adds. “If you’re living together already, what’s his motivation to marry you? He already has all the benefits.”
Maya doesn’t respond, but I can feel her disgust with him. “I’m going in the bedroom to talk to Tom,” she says.
“I want him out immediately,” he says. “I want him to pack right now.”
“He has work,” she says, exasperated.
“Well, he can take the morning off. I have. Not that I should be, but I’m as angry at him as I am with you. I want to see him out.”
She enters the bedroom and closes the door behind her. I stand in the middle of the room and she walks up to me. Her face contorts and she buries it into my chest and cries. “I’m so sorry,” she whimpers.
I put my arms around her. “It’s fine. We’ll be fine,” I say, the only thing I can think of.
“He wants you to pack now. I’ll help you,” she offers. “Where will you go?”
“I’ll find a hotel. Don’t worry.”
I have two suitcases. In her closet most of clothes are on hangers. She helps fold them. “You know,” she says, her spirits rising. “Everything should work out. Our relationship has moved really fast. And even though I want you to stay, this will give you a chance to find
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