Chapter 58 : Busted

MAXINE. I stare at Ajax, hardly able to process anything he’s saying. The only thing I can think of is the fact that someone needs my help, and I’m failing her in the most basic way possible. I can almost weep in frustration, but I just do my best to get past him and declare this thing over. But Ajax blocks me, getting in my way and making sure that I can’t go anywhere. “You can’t just pretend you didn’t do anything,” he hisses, so intensely that I have no choice but to take a step back. “You can’t just go around pretending nothing is wrong. You agreed to be my mate.” “I did,” I say, and the regret comes back in a big wave. I look him in the eye even though guilt is eating me up. “But I made a mistake.” Silence hangs in the air. Time is ticking. The desperation to help is getting to me really fast, but I don’t think he will allow me to do anything until I address this. So even though it’s not the right time at all, I face him and say, “It was a mistake. I’m sorry. But it was. I d