Gloria said smiling. Oh geez, why didn’t that surprise me at all? She was a tough old broad. Something that I did not want to admit was that I was tough too. I guess years of emotional and physical abuse made me scared and self-conscious. Nevertheless, I was never a scared little girl, and it was time to stop running, Maggie was right. They had all been right.
“I cannot thank both of you enough for coming here tonight. I really needed to have someone break me out of my scared shitless little bubble. I want to stay because we have been so happy here, Oliver makes us happy,” I said looking over to Maggie.
“Well then what are you freaking waiting for? Go to him already,” Maggie said. “What now? Maggie it is after midnight, and he is probably asleep,” I said rolling my eyes at her.
“Are you high woman? He is a mess; you did not see him earlier. He would probably be doing anything but sleeping, here, I will make it easy for you,” She pulled out her phone and pressed a few buttons on it, I was confused, but when she was done, she looked up, smiled at me, and said, “Done.” What does that mean? “Ok Maggie, I give up, what did you do?” I said confused.
She smiled again. Walked over and hugged me tightly. She whispered in my ear and said, “I promise you it will all be ok, you are my best friend and I could not have asked for a better person for my brother, I love you Grace,” she said
Her truth made me cry, she was my best friend too, Gloria hugged and kissed me on the cheek and then they were out the door.
chapter 9
Great what now? I cannot go to sleep, not with baggy puffy eyes, I had not cried in so long. I went into the bedroom, changed my clothes and tried to unpack a few things.
I froze when I heard a car pull up the drive, not again, Maggie damn you. I ran to the front door and when I pulled it open, I was going to run outside and scream at that woman. Instead I ran dead smack into Oliver. “Ouch, nice to see you too,” he said. I could not believe he was here, but why was he here? “Oli hi, I am so glad you are here, but why are you here,” I said confused.
“Maggie,” was all he said. He did not have to say anymore. I knew, damn her, but damn did I love her.
“Well as much as I normally hate her meddling in my life like a big nosy sister, I am grateful tonight. Look Oli, I have so many things to tell you”…he cut me off. He then grabbed my face in his hands, he kissed me in the most passionate way I have ever been kissed in my entire life, and I was dizzy when he broke away. “Grace, it’s ok, I know,” He said. Wait what? “What do you mean you know?” I said. He took a deep long breathe.
“Well I knew something wasn’t right with you Grace, I would have never told you that I loved you if I had not already known that you loved me too. You have been acting strange on and off for weeks. You would not open up to me and I was worried about you so I called an old friend of mine at the station in New York where I used to work. He did me a favor and did some digging on you,” he said.
“OMG, so now you came here to tell me that you were wrong about me that I am not who you thought right? Because that is what you should be saying,” I was pacing back and forth in the living room.
“Grace, calm down, that is not why I came here. Did you just notice that I kissed you? I mean I thought you did, but damn! My person found out that your husband spent a night in the hospital after you stabbed him. He called a friend of his that was a dirty cop and asked him to put out a nationwide manhunt for your arrest; I am surprised I never received anything. Anyways, the captain of Max’s friend at his precinct found out what happened. They brought Max in for questioning and he told them that you went crazy, stabbed him and then kidnapped Belle,” he said.
Oh no,
“I cannot thank both of you enough for coming here tonight. I really needed to have someone break me out of my scared shitless little bubble. I want to stay because we have been so happy here, Oliver makes us happy,” I said looking over to Maggie.
“Well then what are you freaking waiting for? Go to him already,” Maggie said. “What now? Maggie it is after midnight, and he is probably asleep,” I said rolling my eyes at her.
“Are you high woman? He is a mess; you did not see him earlier. He would probably be doing anything but sleeping, here, I will make it easy for you,” She pulled out her phone and pressed a few buttons on it, I was confused, but when she was done, she looked up, smiled at me, and said, “Done.” What does that mean? “Ok Maggie, I give up, what did you do?” I said confused.
She smiled again. Walked over and hugged me tightly. She whispered in my ear and said, “I promise you it will all be ok, you are my best friend and I could not have asked for a better person for my brother, I love you Grace,” she said
Her truth made me cry, she was my best friend too, Gloria hugged and kissed me on the cheek and then they were out the door.
chapter 9
Great what now? I cannot go to sleep, not with baggy puffy eyes, I had not cried in so long. I went into the bedroom, changed my clothes and tried to unpack a few things.
I froze when I heard a car pull up the drive, not again, Maggie damn you. I ran to the front door and when I pulled it open, I was going to run outside and scream at that woman. Instead I ran dead smack into Oliver. “Ouch, nice to see you too,” he said. I could not believe he was here, but why was he here? “Oli hi, I am so glad you are here, but why are you here,” I said confused.
“Maggie,” was all he said. He did not have to say anymore. I knew, damn her, but damn did I love her.
“Well as much as I normally hate her meddling in my life like a big nosy sister, I am grateful tonight. Look Oli, I have so many things to tell you”…he cut me off. He then grabbed my face in his hands, he kissed me in the most passionate way I have ever been kissed in my entire life, and I was dizzy when he broke away. “Grace, it’s ok, I know,” He said. Wait what? “What do you mean you know?” I said. He took a deep long breathe.
“Well I knew something wasn’t right with you Grace, I would have never told you that I loved you if I had not already known that you loved me too. You have been acting strange on and off for weeks. You would not open up to me and I was worried about you so I called an old friend of mine at the station in New York where I used to work. He did me a favor and did some digging on you,” he said.
“OMG, so now you came here to tell me that you were wrong about me that I am not who you thought right? Because that is what you should be saying,” I was pacing back and forth in the living room.
“Grace, calm down, that is not why I came here. Did you just notice that I kissed you? I mean I thought you did, but damn! My person found out that your husband spent a night in the hospital after you stabbed him. He called a friend of his that was a dirty cop and asked him to put out a nationwide manhunt for your arrest; I am surprised I never received anything. Anyways, the captain of Max’s friend at his precinct found out what happened. They brought Max in for questioning and he told them that you went crazy, stabbed him and then kidnapped Belle,” he said.
Oh no,
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