Layla walks up to me and comforts me as I cry my heart out
“Come on let's get you home”
She offers a hand to get me off my knees and I take it.
“I wish I never came here but how could I miss it? it’s my loving brother’s birthday”
“I can’t believe he brought his rotten self here, he totally ruined the party. I apologize on his behalf”
As I get up, she embraces me
“I'll try to make sure he never comes close to you again, I promise”
“Let's just go home; please take me home, Layla”
Layla helps me on my feet and we exit the restroom, Marcus who stood outside the restroom
eavesdropping on us, tried to leave as soon as the door opened but Layla stopped him.
“There’s no need to run, we already knew you were outside the door. You’ve been like this since childhood”
“okay okay you caught m
