"Layla, I've watched you grow up, and I know that you are a great young woman. This is just an accident, and you only got unlucky. You didn't mean for any of this to happen, so we don't blame you for it. Don't apologize to me. Stay and share lunch with us. I will start cooking now."

"I can help," Layla said.

"It's fine. My husband can help. Just rest. You've just been discharged yourself, haven't you? Have you recovered?"

"Yeah, or my parents would have never let me out," Layla said.

"That's good... If you ended up like Eric, we would be even more devastated," Mrs. Santos said, feeling slightly better. "Why don't you watch some television while you wait?"

Layla did not want to watch television and said, "Can I stay in Eric's room for a while?"

"Sure!" Mrs. Santos said.

Eric had brought Layla here before, so she knew exactly which room belonged to him.

Layla was the only female apart from Mrs. Santos who had entered Eric's room as he rarely invited any woman over.

Since he had