Elijah POV I woke up with a gnarly headache that was almost blinding. How long have I been unconscious and why is Miss Ma the only person here? Where was Laila? Tried to remember the last thing that happened before completely blacking out. I’d gone over to Laila’s and successfully broken her out. “Broken her out?” The word sounded strange as soon as I said it. How could that asshole lock her up like a prisoner in her own house? Just how messed up could he get? Maybe if I had a concussion, these would be a distant memory and I wouldn’t be so angry right now. Tried to move out of the bed but couldn’t. “What happened”, I finally managed to ask. “Thank God you’re awake. I was beginning to think they got you real good this time”. “Where’s Laila?” “Sorry Elijah but we were too lat

