title: The Layla Diaries Dr. Layla AT YOUR SERVICE: Dr. Layla AT YOUR SERVICE
author: Sonya Bartlett Skipworth
description: Sonya Skipworth is currently a Special Education Art Teacher. She lives in Alabama with her husband, Phillip, the famous "G" from The Layla Diaries series. Phillip is a pastor and they have spent 30+ years in the ministry. They have two children, Ben, who is married to Jessie; and Sarah, who is married to Matt. They have three grand-dogs: Maddie, Coco, and, of course, Layla.
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  Now and Again
  
  By Brenda Rothert
  
    
    
  
  Chapter 1
  
    
  
  A chill wound itself around Layla like a ribbon, wrapping around her chest,
  moving down her thighs and ending at her toes. Even her ass cheeks were
  freezing. She lifted her head and a sharp pain radiated from her forehead all
  the way down to her neck.
  
   _What the fuck is going on? Why is my face wet? And what the hell is . . . ?_
  
  The fingertips she stuck in her mouth and pulled back out answered her
  question. Glitter. On her tongue? She rolled to her back with a groan and
  opened her eyes, a spinning ceiling fan coming into focus. Who ran a ceiling
  fan in the middle of winter?
  
  “Hey. What’s up?”A deep, groggy voice spoke from beneath a pile of covers on
  the other side of the bed.
  
  “Andrew?” Layla squinted as she peered at the half-open brown eyes. What the
  hell was his last name?
  
  “You craving some more of the golden rod?” He grinned and Layla looked back up
  at the fan.
  
  Andrew Golden. That was his name. He was a j