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.

isn't it? Is your girlfriend living with you?" Layla came to a sudden realization. "Why don't you give me the

"What about you?"

until the IV

If I fall asleep, are you

be appropriate for him to do so. "Are you really not going to tell your family about this?" Eric

will recover soon.

to sleep, then. I will stay the night to make sure that you are

there's nothing in it," Layla said. "You should just go home! After the IV drip, I should feel much better, and even if I vomit again, I won't be as weak

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,

not spoken

but Avery had not said anything. Though he desperately wanted to know what happened, he