LAYLA

Aurelia was standing before me.

She wasn't looking arrogant or smiling wickedly at me. She simply looks tired. Of what ?

She sniffed and that was when I realized that she was crying too. Was this staged or something? Another of her stupid plans? How did she find me here?

Her typically bold and sharp makeup was hardly visible.

She appeared to have been crying for days because of the swollen red and puffy lids on her eyes. I remained motionless.with a wet cloth in one hand and my heart ...