👋🏻“Shayla Slapped Delica“ When Delica revealed the truth to Shayla about herself and Iman.”😱
[The room goes silent. Shayla’s hands are clenched. Delica stands near the window, calm but shaken.]
Shayla:
Say it again.
Delica:
I already did, Shayla. I’m not repeating it just because you don’t like how it sounds.
Shayla:
Don’t do that. Don’t talk to me like I’m stupid. What truth? What exactly are you saying about me… and Iman?
Delica:
I’m saying you’ve been lying to yourself. And to him.
Shayla:
You don’t know anything about me.
Delica:
I know more than you think. I’ve watched you twist every situation just to feel in control.
Shayla:
Control? That’s rich coming from you.
Delica:
Is it? Because I’m not the one pretending my feelings are something they’re not.
Shayla:
Watch your mouth.
Delica:
Or what? You’ll finally admit the truth?
Shayla:
The truth is you’re jealous.
Delica:
No. The truth is you’re afraid.
Shayla:
Afraid of what?
Delica:
Afraid that Iman never saw you the way you wanted him to.
Shayla:
Don’t bring his name into this.
Delica:
You already did—every time you looked at him like he owed you something.
Shayla:
You’re lying.
Delica:
I’m not. You cared more about being chosen than actually being honest.
Shayla:
You think you’re better than me?
Delica:
No. I think I’m honest. And you can’t stand that.
Shayla:
Stop acting like you know my heart.
Delica:
Then stop acting like you own his.
Shayla:
…Say that again.
Delica:
You don’t get to rewrite the truth just because it hurts.
Shayla:
You crossed a line.
Delica:
I crossed a mirror.
[Shayla’s breath shakes. She steps forward.]
Shayla:
You had no right.
Delica:
Someone had to say it.
Shayla:
I trusted you.
Delica:
And I trusted you to be real.
Shayla:
Don’t you dare—
[Shayla slaps Delica. The sound cuts through the room. Silence follows.]
Delica:
…Is that it?
Shayla:
You deserved that.
Delica:
No. That was you running out of words.
Shayla:
You think hitting you makes me wrong?
Delica:
No. It proves I was right.
Shayla:
You don’t know what I’ve been through.
Delica:
Then talk. Don’t attack.
Shayla:
You stood there and judged me.
Delica:
I stood there and told you the truth you’ve been avoiding.
Shayla:
You ruined everything.
Delica:
I didn’t ruin it. I uncovered it.
Shayla:
Iman will never forgive you.
Delica:
This isn’t about me and him. It never was.
Shayla:
You think he’ll choose you now?
Delica:
This isn’t a competition, Shayla.
Shayla:
Everything is.
Delica:
That’s the problem.
[Shayla looks away, blinking back tears.]
Shayla:
You’re so calm. Like you won.
Delica:
There’s nothing to win. There’s just the truth—and what you do with it.
Shayla:
I hate you.
Delica:
No. You hate what I reflected back to you.
Shayla:
Get out.
Delica:
I will. But remember—silence won’t change what’s real.
