The Angel's Silence 14

Hours had past, and Maya was still unconscious.
The test results had finally come in.
Sure enough, it was Cyanide poisoning.
It was not a high enough dosage to kill her.
"Whoever did this, clearly did not know what they were doing."

Said the Doctor who gave them the news.

More hours had past, and it was now 4:38 am.

Mariya and Antanas had both fallen asleep, but Rayna was still awake, wandering the halls.
Wondering who could have done this.

The thought that maybe Maya did this to herself because she wanted to kill either herself or the baby did enter her mind a few times, but was quickly dismissed.

"I know my sister, and I know that she would have never done this to herself."
She thought to herself.

Maya finally awoke.
She was confused as to why she was in the hospital.

"Mom?"
She cried out after she noticed her sleeping next to Antanas on a chair.

Mariya woke up immediately, and went to see Maya.
All the commotion woke up Antanas and they both were with her.

"Mom, Dad, what happened?

Why am I here?"
Asked Maya

Mariya answered,
"You collapsed at school.
The doctors say you were poisoned.
Do you remember anything suspicious that could help us find out who tried to kill you?"

Maya shook her head.
"No. Someone wanted to kill me?"

"That's what it looks like."
Answered Antanas

"Why does the back of my left arm hurt so much?"
Asked Maya

A nurse was in the room, and went to check on Maya's arm.
She was surprised at what she saw.

There was a large bruise, and around it was severally swollen.

The doctor was called in to look at it.

"How could we have missed this before?"
He asked himself while examining her arm

"There appears to be a puncture wound here.

This must be where the Cyanide was injected at."
Said the doctor

"Maya, do you know how this happened?"
Asked the nurse

"All I can remember is, I was leaving history class when I saw my boyfriend waving at me to come to him.

He asked me if I would like to meet him at his place tonight.

When I told him 'no' that I had to study, he seemed to have gotten angry.

As I walked off to get my next class, I felt a sharp pain in my arm.

The last thing I remember was walking into Math class, and seeing Rayna staring at me. Giving me that 'Where have you been?' look."

Antanas looked over at Rayna, who was standing in the doorway, and gave her an apologetic look.

She clearly could not have done it if she was in the classroom at the time she was poisoned.

There was a moment of silence before Mariya said,

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you had a miscarriage."

Maya put her head down in shame.

"You know I was pregnant?"

"Yes. The doctor told us.
Why didn't you say anything to us about it? You know we would have understood."
Asked Mariya

Maya bit her bottom lip.
She was not sure how to answer that question.
However, she tried to anyway.

"It was an accident.

We were careful.
Once I told him that I was pregnant, he flipped out and dumped me.
He said that I did it on purpose so he would have to marry me."

"That's terrible!"
Said Mariya

"It is terrible, but I guess I could understand why Brent would have been scared.

He is only 17 years old. Nevertheless, it is still no excuse for him to have done what he did.

Leaving you all alone at this time."
Added Antanas

"Brent?"
Questioned Maya

"Brent wasn't the father."

Everyone looked back and fourth at each other in confusion.

"If Brent isn't the father, than who is?"
Asked Antanas

"Almost three months ago, Brent and I got into a huge fight, and he said it was over. I was so angry that when Yulian Demurtas asked me out I accepted. He was my rebound, I guess, and I ended up getting pregnant from him.
Once he dumped me, Brent wanted me back, and I really did not want to be alone, So, I took him back. I told him the baby was his, and he believed me until he started doing the math and realized that was impossible, or I would be a lot more pregnant than I was.

He was furious with me. I told him the truth that night after Rayna saw us together at school that day.
He called me a 'whore' and said he never wanted to see me again.

I traveled to Santo Sussurra looking for Yulian.

I knew that is where he would be hiding. I told him that he had to take responsibility for this baby.

He refused, and said it probably was not even his.
I could not go home and face you.
I knew you would be ashamed of me. I'm sorry."

Maya, at this point, was in tears.

Mariya tried to comfort her.

"I'm sorry that all this had to happen to you.
We would have understood, really."

"I just can't believe my baby is dead. I was just getting used to the fact that I was going to be a mother."
Said a tearful Maya

Antanas got up off the bed and headed out of the room, when Mariya said,

"Where are you going?"

He answered,

"To the police.
It all makes sense now."

(To Be Continued)