Chp 226 - The Unwanted One

“So it was your fault!” Layla said immediately Adam finished his narration.

She had been holding herself so rigidly as Adam told them everything without sparing any detail.

Even as others gasped and muttered with sympathy and shock as Adam explained exactly how Theo had died, she had only stood their with soot and sweat drying on her body.

With her arms tightly around herself, she stood still, like she might crumble if she moved.

Tears falling from her eyes had increased, but she didn’t say anything.

Then, immediately after Adam completed his narration, she blurted that out.

“Layla, I don’t think Adam...”

“No, it was his fault.” Layla cut Maddy off. “If he had not told him to stop, if he was not so concerned about getting some goddamned farming tools, Theo would still be here with us!”

Each of her words dug a dart into Adam’s heart.

He had not expected that from her.

From anyone else, he could have expected the hateful words coming out of her mouth.

But not from Layla. She was...Layla