Chapter 26 Sweet Taboo

• When we’ve eaten, I pay the check, and we head back to school for the football game.
• Layla is buzzing with excitement. She directs me to a seat in the front of the stands where the cheerleaders’ families usually sit. My chest squeezes again when I see how proud she is to have me there. It makes me want to go down to the jail and kick Doug’s ass for never supporting her.
• When the other cheerleaders ask her who she has with her, she introduces me proudly as her friend, Jay. My heart aches for her. Thank god she doesn't introduce me as her uncle because my thoughts about her are far from uncle-ish.