Chapter 29: Return

“If only love was enough”-

Damon's POV

“Damon?”, I felt a hand on my shoulder, shaking me awake, and I peeled my eyes open to see my mother kneeling next to me, looking defeated.

“What did you do?”, she whispered sadly, her voice almost breaking and my eyebrows arched up in confusion

“What do you mean?”, I looked over my shoulder hoping to see Layla sleeping peacefully beside me, but she wasn't, her side of the bed was wrinkled up and empty. My heart sank when I realized she was gone.

“She left this morning”, my mother informed me and I jumped off the bed to the closet only to see that all her clothes were gone

“Did she say where she was going?”, I reached for her phone to dial her number, it rang at first, but then it took me straight to voicemail

“She went back home, to her father's house”

“Mother, why didn't you wake me up? I could have stopped her”.

My mother shrugged lightly. “I also didn't know, she left a note saying she needs some time to herself and that she's not sure when s