"Why are you shouting at me?! Of course, Mommy taught me to knock before going into someone's house, but she never said anything about knocking before entering a dirtbag's house!" Layla yelled in a voice louder than Elliot's as she glared at him with her brilliant eyes.

It was as if she was competing with him to see whose voice was louder and more powerful.

Elliot gritted his teeth.

Dirtbag?

Who had taught her to say that?

"I didn't want to come here anyway! I'm leaving right now!" Layla huffed angrily, then jumped off the couch and walked toward the front door with her doll in her arms.

At the hospital, after going through a series of routine tests, Avery asked Mike for his phone so she could call Laura.

Her phone was dead, and she needed to let her mother know she was safe.

Mike pulled out his phone and handed it to her.

Laura answered the call soon after it began ringing.

"It's Avery, Mom," Avery said with a smile. "I'm fine. I was too tired yesterday and fell asleep. You