Chapter Sixty-Nine

Layla POV

I can't take my eyes off the beautiful twin girls on my bed; I promised their dying mother I would look after them, and I will until I die; they have filled the hole in my heart. Amy sits beside me on the bed and asks,

“Did she tell you their names, Layla?”

I shake my head. “NO,” the poor woman didn't get the chance. I already know what I want to name them. I look at Amy and say,

“This little one's name is Elena, and the beauty beside her is Bethany.’

Amy's eyes glistened with tears as she asked,

“You are naming her after my mother?” I chuckle,

“No, Amy, your middle name is Bethany; I am naming her after you.”

Tears slowly ran down her face as she asked,

“Why, Layla.”

I pull her into an embrace and whisper,

“I wouldn't have made it all these years without you, Amy; besides, they are too little to have such long names; we can shorten their names to Ellie and Beth.”

Amy stops crying and laughs,

“You have thought of everything already, haven't you?”

I sm