Layla couldn’t believe her gift exchange had turned into her kissing Santa Claus out at Steeple Ridge. She giggled as she pulled away. “Could you take off that ridiculous hat?” She swiped it from Logan’s head and sobered. “I like you a lot better in the cowboy hat.”
“You and me both,” he said with half a growl in his voice.
“I can’t believe you bought me a ring.” She gazed at the purple gem on her finger. “Did you know I’d already started the process of leaving Island Park?”
He blinked. “What now?”
Layla met his eye. “I decided I was going to come to school with you whether you invited me or not. I think I’ll be able to get there in a couple of months.” She’d originally thought it would take longer, but with things working out so quickly with Hazel and Aria and Dr. Gowans, her timeline
