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Chapter 3- Worst Christmas ever

*Nicholas POV*

I got off from Mia after I had released inside her. Then my eyes widened in shock, realization dawned on me.

What have I done??

God, what was I thinking?

Mia still laid on the grass, sobbing.

How could I hurt the girl I claimed to love?

"Bloody hell" I screamed and raked my fingers through my hair. Then I went closer to Mia.

"Mia, I'm sorry. God, I didn't know what I was thinking" I said and made to touch her. But she slapped my hand away and flinched in fear.

"Don't touch me!" She said in a very deadly tone.

She sat up holding her dress to her chest. I looked down and saw bloodstains on the grass.

She was a virgin?

I was the first?

What a cruel way to take her virginity!

"I'm so sorry Mia, I didn't know what I was thinking. God, what have I done?"I exclaimed. I was tearing up too.

"I hate you" she said in a low deadly tone.

"I hate you," she said again. This time she screamed loudly.

"I hate you so much. I regret ever knowing you, I regret ever meeting you, you're such a monster and you shouldn't have been born" she spat out in pain and I flinched.

"I'm so sorry, hit me, kick me, pass your anger on me" I said. I was crying now.

Slowly, she stood up from the grass. Twice, she staggered and made to fall, I leaped up to help her but the cold and deadly look she gave me stopped me.

"I. Said. Don't. Touch.Me" she repeated, putting emphasis on each word.

Then with that, she staggered away from me and out of the garden.

I was at a loss, I didn't know what to do. I had caused so much pain to the woman I love so much.

Why did I lose control of myself?

Will she ever forgive me?

"I'm so sorry Mia" I whispered.

*Mia's POV*

I staggered all the way through the village till I got to my house. The villagers were in merriment, as they were all celebrating Christmas, and so no one noticed me staggering and crying on the road.

I opened the door and staggered in. Mom was about to pop a champagne, a champagne she's been saving since for Christmas.

Looks like they didn't miss me seeing the mood they're in.

Maya noticed how battered I looked first.

"My God Mia, what happened to you?" She asked as she walked to meet me.

Mom looked up, then she stood up and came to meet me too.

I collapsed on a couch as fresh tears came rolling down my cheeks. If crying was to be a profession, I would have been a billionaire by now. I've cried a lot!

"What happened to you?"came the concerned voice of my sister, Maya.

Maya was a Spoilt lazy brat, yes! But she's also sweet and caring.

I couldn't say a thing. I kept on crying.

"Talk Mia, what's wrong?" Mom asked.

"I was raped" I blurted out.

"Raped?" Mom and Maya chorused.

"Raped? Mia, you were raped?" Maya asked in disbelief. I nodded.

"Jesus Christ" she screamed.

"By whom??" Mom asked, with concern in her voice.

I couldn't say anything, I kept on crying.

"Talk Mia" mom commanded.

"Nicholas" I finally said.

"What!!" Maya exclaimed and moved back in shock.

"Nicholas? You mean Nicholas Walker?" Mom asked. I nodded.

"The fuck…" mom started to swear but stopped Midway.

"You mean Nicholas raped you? My own Nicholas?" Maya asked, she was still finding it hard to believe.

"Yes," I replied.

"How did it happen and where?" Mom screamed. She was really angry and it made me wonder if her concern was real.

I explained everything that happened to them.

"That's not true!" Maya exclaimed when I was done explaining.

"Nicholas told you he's in love with you?" Maya asked. I didn't answer.

"Answer me!" She screamed. I nodded my head.

"That's a lie. Nicholas loves me, how can he love you? Who would choose you over me?" Maya said and my heart broke. I looked at mom but she just stood watching, watching Maya say those hurtful words to me. I needed someone to console me not this!

"Tell me, you seduced him right? You seduced him and here you are claiming he raped you. You seduced him!" Maya screamed and my heart shattered into pieces.

"I didn't, I swear. I didn't seduce him, he raped me" I cried, defending myself.

"Not true, you seduced him. Nicholas can never rape you, he's too good for that" Maya said.

"You should believe me Maya, I'm your sister, your twin sister, your blood" I screamed.

"Shut up. I don't believe you, Nicholas can never love you, he doesn't find girls like you attractive. You seduced him, you snake. You knew I liked him so much yet you went ahead to seduce him. You've always wanted what was mine, you've been jealous of me. And now you have the guts to seduce my man?" Maya asked bitterly. She was crying now.

"That's not true. I didn't do anything, I had nothing to do with Nicholas" I defended, crying bitterly.

"Liar! Liar!!" Maya screamed.

"I hate you!" She said and ran out of the house.

"Maya, Maya" mom called and made to go after her. I held her back.

"Mom, believe me, I didn't do anything, I didn't seduce Nicholas" I said to her. She stared at me hard, freed herself from my grip and ran after Maya.

I was left alone with no one to stand by me. Mom and Maya didn't believe me! My family didn't believe me!

God why me?

"Why me???" I screamed.

****

The noise Maya and mom made when they came in woke me up. I didn't know I had fallen asleep on the couch after I had cried my eyes out.

"Maya, Mom" I called weakly.

"Not a word from you!" Maya commanded. Then she walked to our room, a room we both shared.

"Go get cleaned up" Mom said to me and left for her room. I was left alone once again.

This Christmas wasn't good at all. And then I ruined Mom and Maya's Christmas too.

I forced myself to get up from the couch, then walked slowly to the room, dreading to face Maya again.

When I got into the room, I saw Maya lying on the bed with her face buried in her pillow. She was sobbing, I didn't know how to comfort her. I needed to comfort myself too.

I walked into the bathroom to take my bath, after removing all my clothes, I started to bathe. When I got to my private part, I stopped. It still hurts like hell. My teachers had told me in secondary school that having sex for the first time hurts, they didn't tell me it was this painful. I washed down there carefully, not wanting to increase the pain. Because I did everything slowly, I wasted a lot of time in the bathroom.

When I was finally done bathing, I came out of the bathroom with my towel tied on my breasts. I glanced towards the bed, Maya wasn't there.

Where was she?

I walked to the wardrobe and pulled out my pajamas and wore them. I was returning a cloth to the wardrobe when I noticed it was looking empty. In fact, it was only my clothes that remained hanging in the wardrobe. Maya's clothes were gone!

I looked around and saw that her big bag was missing.

"Maya, Maya" I called aloud.

No response.

"Maya" I shouted.

No response!

Then a note on the bed caught my attention. I picked it up and saw Maya's handwriting. I read the contents of the note aloud.

"Left home. Don't look for me!"

Maya left home?

"Mom, mom" I called and ran out of the room to Mom's room breathing hard.

"What's wrong?" Mom asked after I had opened the door hurriedly without knocking.

"It's Maya" I replied, panting hard.

She sat up with full force. She had been lying down when I came in.