Chapter 120

Mom shakes her head, not buying any of the bullshit I'm selling and it pisses me off because I'm so good at lying, well I was until he came back to ruin my life. “You can talk me about anything love, I won't judge you for it.” she assures me, “Tell me, is it man trouble?” she asks, pausing a brief moment before I can decide to indulge in the conversation. “Layla's dad?

“Yeah.” I swallow, still not believing he told them he's her father. It's one of things that confuse me, when I ask he tells me it's because he felt like it. For someone interacting with me on borrowed time, time used to torture me, he's sure making attachments to the people in my life 

Mom sighs, “ I might be wrong but you two are in sync with each other, that boy truly loved you my darling. He came to look for you everyday, for months after you left, he was very hopeful you would return but one day, he just stopped coming. I'm glad you experienced that young love with him even though it made you hard to be