Chapter 90 : To the rescue

MAXINE. I stare at Theo, waiting for him to elaborate, but it seems that he’s sinking deeper into thoughts. I can feel guilt stealing over Livia, and the only thing I can do is hold her hand. I remember how and why I met Ajax that night. He slipped into that room because he claimed everyone was high on moondust and that was not his thing. I remember finding Livia, how floppy and nonsensical she was, how different she was acting. I thought then that she willingly participated in whatever recreation they had, but now I can tell that that was not true at all. She might have been coaxed or tricked into it. If I hadn’t gone to hide that night, could I have been drugged too? What could they have done to me if I was in the same state as her? A bigger picture is looming before me, but I couldn’t bear to look at it. Instead, I turn to Theo to make sense of it all. But he’s still wrapped up in his own mind, and the one who ends up filling the silence is Livia. “I’m so sorry,” she mumbles to