Exhale

Layla was known as the ugly duckling and the charity case to the elite of Grandton. Old money always looked down upon those that didn't fit into their society. The city of Grandton was no different.

Layla did not belong among this society, she was an illegitimate child. A bastard for lack of a better term. Her mother had skipped town twenty-two years ago and never looked back. Her mother had left her on her grandmother's porch a week after she was born, never to be seen or heard from again.

So, Layla was raised by her grandparents. Cherished and loved in her household, she never knew of hate; never felt heartbreak. She was a flower amongst weeds until she was cut down right at the root, until her world was turned upside down, until she decided to take charge of her life.