Aftermath

POV Layla

A few weeks later....

After the trial, things seemed to calm down. I say seemed because I didn't feel calm. I was still stressed out most of the time. My therapist said that it was normal but I felt like the walls were closing in on me sometimes. I loved having my wonderful family and friends around but sometimes they were completely overwhelming to me. It was awful and for some reason it was getting worse. I tried to hide it from Leo and Finn. Honestly, I tried to hide it from everyone but Eve knew everything. She would stay with us almost every night now, even when her parents were home. Her parents didn't seem to mind and Dad, Leo and I loved having her with us.

I woke up in the middle of the night with a gasp. I had the nightmare again. I could see Tate and Billy. They had me and they had killed everyone. I screamed when I saw my friends and family on the floor, dead.

"Shhh. It's ok. It's not real. I'm right here." Eve said as she jumped into my bed. My Dad had gotten h