"Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Provin nature's laws wrong it learned how to walk without havin feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from...
This chapter explains a lot about Layla so you guys can understand why she have trust issues.
Chapter 9
Layla
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Exams had finally passed and Layla couldn't be any happier. It was almost two months since she had encountered Rell or Cassie. She had spoken to Kam every couple days since they left the hospital and had even spent time with Kali.
She still thought about Rell almost everyday. But she never attempted to reach out. Today was her day off and the beginning of her summer break.
Being the lazy person she was Layla was still laying in bed at 11 am. When she was about to get up her phone began to ring. Looking down she saw it was her father calling.
"Fatherrrrrrr," she sang into the phone as she answered.
Her father chuckled. "Where you is?"
"I'm home today. Probably gonna spend the day with Nadi if she does leave me for Sed."
"And how the baby doing?"
Layla was excited. "I went to her last appointment and I believe it's a boy but the tech couldn't confirm."
"What about you? You ain been calling me as much."
"Well you know how I get around exams. But I'm officially done."
"You coming home?"
Layla nodded as if he could see her. "Definitely. Just not sure when. I have to situate everything with work first."
"You talking to any little boy up there?"
Layla's father knew exactly what she went through with Josiah. He actually handled the situation for her. However she didn't tell him that Josiah was still trying to contact her.
"No daddy. I'm just focusing on school right now."
"Well okay. It's you day off go rest. Call me later."
They exchange I love you's and hanged up.
Layla began thinking about her life since she moved to Cali. Back at home, life was so simple and free but up here everything moved at a fast pace. Because her grandmother lived here already Layla always came several times a year that's is how she met Nadirah in the first place.
However when the hurricane hit her father refused to allow her to live in such conditions and booked her on the first mercy flight out. Of course Layla wanted to stay because at the end of the day St. Thomas was home and she didn't want to abandon it.
When she first moved up to Cali, she reconnected with Nadirah. After two weeks of getting comfortable, they both decided to go out to a house party. That is where she meet Josiah.
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