All I could do was stand frozen, mouth slack with tears falling unchecked down my face, listening as my world fell apart. With every hateful word that came out of Roman's mouth I felt my soul die a little and my heart break. His verbal attack blindsided me, and from the expressions of the people standing near us, them too. Drake ,bless his heart, actually tried to silence him..to no avail. His interruption just made his relationship with Taylor a target for Roman's scorn and ridicule. I couldn't understand what had happened to make my normally doting boyfriend turn into a hateful stranger. As I realized my pleas for understanding and clarity fell on deaf ears, I gathered the shattered pieces of my heart to me and with what dignity I had left, I raised my head, wiped away my tears and turned and walked away from the person I had considered to be the love of my life.
Standing in the shadows, Terri watch as the drama played out in front of her. She couldn't help but smirk, her plan was working even better than she had imagined it would. She'd be the one there for Roman to pick up the pieces after everything was said and done. Three down, four to go.
Standing quietly on the opposite side,Maia, Roman and Sophia's mother stood. Even though she didn't share her late husband's belief of integration she was just as dumbfounded as everyone else about the sudden change in her son, but also very much aware of the Atrian teen lurking in the shadows with the malicious expression and hate and jealousy in her eyes. Something was definitely wrong with this situation.