Chapter 23

Layla’s POV

I felt my chest tighten as the loneliness swept in like a hurricane. I clung to my chest as I slid down the wall, tears spilling out my eyes as I gasped desperately for air as my muffled cries broke through. I didn’t know why I felt how I felt right now but I felt deeply sad. I felt the pain on my chest, the pain increasing each time I tried to breathe.

After crying for what felt like forever, my shoulders heaving heavily, I picked myself up and ran into the bathroom, watching myself cry on the mirror. Over again. I looked miserable.

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Logan’s POV

I dragged the cigarette hanging between my two fingers, puffing the smoke in a thick fog and watching it escalating upwards.

After apprehending that mother fucker yesterday, he has refused to say anything to Astrid. I’d wanted to walk into that room and show him things that would make him wish he was dead instead but before I could walk out that door, Dani stops me with a hand