Jayla is LaTisha’s sister and Pauline’s daughter. Sometime after their father, Glenmore, leaves, Pauline reveals that Jayla has a different dad, which explains why Glenmore always favored LaTisha. Against all advice, Jayla goes in search of her biological dad. She shows up at his mother’s house, and the old woman is upset to discover that he has yet another child he didn’t know about. Her biological father refuses to meet her, leaving Jayla crushed. As an adult, Jayla lives at home with her mother and LaTisha, and she helps take care of Jason, Jantelle, and Jordan. She suffers from an unknown mental illness but refuses to see a psychiatrist. Like LaTisha, Jayla’s story shows how men’s irresponsible decisions and abandonment can have devastating consequences.