His Eagle Eyes on Me

Eric stilled at the question.

"Did something happen?"

Eric had not cut ties with them on purpose, but ever since Layla had asked him out, he had gotten the feeling that neither Elliot nor Avery wanted to see him. So, he took it upon himself to stay out of their sight. "Yeah! Something big happened," Layla said. "You should ask Mom!"

"I won't pry if your mom didn't tell me about it."

"And that's why I'm saying that you didn't keep in touch. Is it because of your girlfriend? It's like you don't care about what happens to us anymore."

Eric was rendered speechless.

Is your girlfriend living with you?" Layla came to a sudden realization. "Why don't you give me the IV bag and go home?" "She doesn't stay

"What about you?"

will wait until the IV bag

I fall asleep, are you

and wanted to stay to care for her, but he was also worried that it might not be appropriate for him to do so. "Are

them? I will recover soon. You said so yourself. Telling them will just make them

the night to make sure that you

Layla said. "You should just go home! After the

will nap on the couch if I get sleepy," Eric said decisively. "You still look horribly pale. I'm worried." Layla reached up to touch her face and noticed that her skin was cold to the touch despite it being summer. "Thank you. I will sleep." Not having the energy to argue, she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. After she had fallen asleep, Eric took out his phone and

had not spoken to one

last time met. Layla mentioned that something had happened, but Avery had not said anything. Though he desperately wanted to know what happened, he was too shy to ask