As a result of Maya's activities, they split up. Maya understood Carina was correct after her father visited her at work and abused her during a fire. She saw Carina in the hospital and apologized, saying she loved Carina and had never said that to anybody other than her brother before, so it was a huge issue. They remained friends thereafter. Maya became obsessed with getting revenge on Angel for abusing her, so she decided to start a fire at his new nightclub, which caused him to close down until he could reopen it. When Angel found out that it was Maya who set the fire, he went to talk to her about it, but she attacked him first. It turned out that all she wanted was for him to love her like he used to, so when he refused, she left him. Carina later found out that it was actually Maya who set the fire, and she told Angel this before leaving town. After hearing this, Angel decided not to sue Maya because there was no point in making things worse for her by taking her father away from home. He did send her money every month though, just in case she needed it. Maya then started working at Angel's club as a hostess. One night when Angel came into the club with a new dancer named Toni, he asked Maya if she wanted to dance. At first, she said no, but then changed her mind after seeing how good he was at dancing.