Bride of the Beast
Layla did not look like a hummingbird though, not with the cute, ribbon-bound pigtails she’d put her hair in, and the black plunging neckline of her straight, open-back gown.
I hesitated, wondering if I should say anything.
Low profile Nola, low profile.
I told myself until my messiah complex won out and I opened my big mouth again.
“I think you look beautiful Layla,” I said quietly, and the corridor fell into silence as all the eyes turned to me.
“If anything,” I continued in the silence because apparently, I enjoyed torturing myself.
“I would say you look like a black swan, elegant Layla. Different.” I finished airily, looking pointedly at Sarah’s puff, blue princess gown and smiling back
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