LAYLA'S POV
Whoever invented the word asshole must have known Edward was going to be born, because that is the only way I can describe him and I’m not taking any corrections.
[He was only looking out for us] Oakie says.
No. You don’t yell at people and call them dumb when you care. That’s not how it works. It twisted something in my chest last night, maybe because I grew up with my dad and everyone yelling at me. Words like stupid and boring thrown at me like they were facts. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t say anything or defend myself. I just swallowed it whole and locked myself in my room.
And then he left and didn’t come back until late at night, like the very thought of breathing the same air as dumb me was too much to bear.
And that’s exactly why, between last night and this morn
