Eric watches Layla’s body sink into the water, her legs kicking and her arms flinging.

His heart grew cold and the blood drains from his face.

He’s on the verge of jumping into the water when a hand stops him. He looks over and it’s Karen.

“Don’t mind my cousin. She does this all the time for attention. She can swim.” Karen snorted.

Eric look over at Layla, noticing how she was sinking more into the water.

His brows furrowed. She didn’t look like she was faking it.

She tries to emerge again, gasping as her hands grasp for air. “Helpggg,” She sinks into the water yet again.

Eric’s heart began to pound furiously. This didn’t look like a fish for attention.

“Are you sure Plow.

Someone dives into the water, grasping Layla quickly and pulling her up.

Eric felt the blood drain from his face.

Tyler.

Eric looked over at Karen, well where she stood moments ago. She was no longer there.

He felt a cold chill swing down his spine when he realized

Karen had lied to him.

A commotion of people began to rush over and Eric knew he was in deep shit. He should not have listened to Karen.

Layla’s pov

The water was cold, freezing as it wraps around me. I’m grasping for something, fighting as I kicked my legs.

I can see Karen and Eric’s figure, even though blurry, I knew they were looking at me.

Were they really this cruel to let me drown?

My heart pounds and more panic had me fighting to stay above water.

I need to stay above.

| kicked harder, my face emerging from the surface of the water. I gasp and cried out. “Helpggg.”

My lungs burn as I once again sink into the chilling water. I’m fighting but I’m losing the battle quickly.

Karen standing over the edge of the pool while she looked at me drowning would be my last vision

up the fight, my

I truly felt when I

Arms wrap around my waist, holding me close and

soon as we resurface, I gasp coughing up

me, my heart throbbing when my eyes connected with

Tyler.

eyes deep with worry. His mouth is shifting.

can’t understand. No, I can’t hear

ringing and my eyes are a bit

him. I

stops and

Because he saved me.

saved me

saved me from

crying as

like

He’s mine.

closer while he swam to

heart racing. I’m still in disbelief at what just happened

out of the water and pulls me into

are eyes around us, I

so sorry for leaving you.” He says shakily, his lips on

loss for words. I’m not

swimming in the aftershocks of what

 

my attention when she kneels beside me

in her hold and she tries to keep me warm as

working. It still feels like I’m in that freezing water, fighting for

Brett’s voice above Tiffany’s, but my gaze doesn’t stray from him. No, they stray to the pool, looking at the devil that tried

the pool wasn’t the devil at all. The devil was a bleached blonde

The devil was Karen.

“I didn’t

Eric starts.

source of heat I really needed at

to see that he was face to face with that Eric guy who pushed me into the

Seconds later, the sound of bones cracking

fucker. You just stood there while she was drowning! You could’ve helped her!” Tyler roared and

down his nose to his lips. One hit and he looked

arm back

on the guy’s face

getting to Tyler. Tyler was far too lost in his head right now to focus on

looked like a beast

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