Chapter 158

Layal's POV

"Okay." Annabeth's weak response came from the other side of the phone. Thank heavens maybe my little speech had knocked some sense into her.

"Okay? so you'll come stay here right?"

"Not yet, I'll stay with a friend for a while. I want to stay with you guys but I can't risk messing up your lives even more." she sounded tired and I decided to let this matter rest for now.

"Which friend?, where's Derek?", he had taken her home but he never called back so I guessed he was still with her.

"He left a while ago."

He left?! Could he be any more of an asshole. He comes, drops a bomb like that leaves the two of us in a mess and then just drops her at home to be by herself. What was all the love talk about if this was all he could do.

"He left you like this?" I was really starting to direct the anger i fel towards Derek, which obviously wouldn't end well.

"It's not like that, i asked him to leave me alone. He kept apologizing when he wasn't at fault and I knew letting him see me