Chapter 102

The locked door rattled. ‘Layla? Are you in there?’ It was her aunt’s voice, sharp and demanding.

Lifting the bag, Layla unlocked the door and prepared to step past the older woman.

Instead, Madison White laid her hand on Layla’s arm to prevent her from walking away. "Are you pregnant?" she demanded thinly.

Layla was startled by the question when she had not shared her concern with anyone. She stiffened, her brows lifting in a startled arc. "Why are you asking me that?"

‘Oh, that could be my fault.’ Emily sighed with mock sympathy, pausing at the top of the stairs. I was behind you in the checkout at the supermarket, and I couldn’t help noticing the test...’

Layla lost colour. "Yes, I’m pregnant," she admitted stonily.

Her aunt, always a volatile woman, immediately lost her temper. By the time she had finished shouting, threatening, and verbally abusing her niece for her morals, Layla knew where she stood and that she could no longer remain in her aunt and uncle’s home. Layla knew tha