Kingston Beginning's (Final Kingston Series Book)

Chapter 4

**(Edited)**

Grace's POV

Today's the day of my interview. I've washed one of my last dresses for school today, and afterwards I'm walking across town to the neighborhood and hopefully it goes well enough so I can afford groceries today, and feed my grandmother. I know it's going to be rough, I know it is because we don't have anything, not even dishes to eat off of anymore.

I kiss her head and tell her I love her before making my way into the kitchen and taking out some ice and putting it on her head. "Honey, your eye." She tells me pulling the mirror from the table as I see it. My eye looks so bad.

It's big and bruised and completely ugly. I instantly cry when I see how messed up I look. I can't go to school looking like this, I can't. I look horrible. I'm glad I flipped on my mom though, I'm glad. It's been building for years, and normally I don't say five words to her but she deserved everything I said to her. I regret the part when I wished her to die unhappy, that was wrong and the part when I cussed at her. She's awful, but she didn't deserve that, just like I didn't deserve an awfully bruised eye.

I just had to let her know how I felt. I had to, I've exploded and now I'm at my lowest point.

"Grandma Sage I can't get go to school like this." I tell her as she sighs.

"Let's just bandage it up. When people ask, just tell them you're clumsy and that you ran into the door." She tells me as I nod. She takes the tape from me into her shaking hands as she bandages my eye up.

"I'm sorry that this happened. Grace I really am sorry, I don't know what's wrong with her. But honey it's just me and you now. She's not coming back so we don't need her, that's hard for me to say but it's better this way." She tells me as I nod.

"We'll be okay." She tells me wiping a few tears from my eyes as I grab my bag for school. It's difficult with one good eye but I kiss her head and tell her I love her before leaving for the day.

I start my walk to school down the dirt road and my feet start killing me again. These shoes are to small, but it's all I have. I slip them off my feet and walk barefoot for relief as I make my way towards the school. Twenty minutes later I find the school as I see Beau in the parking lot, talking to Felicity. I look up and make the mistake of seeing her as I instantly look down and slip my shoes on. I don't speak to him, and I don't speak to his friends hanging out in the back of their trucks as I pass them.

"Grace?" I hear his voice as I instantly start walking faster and faster. I don't look at anyone as I find the doors to the school. I sprint in with him behind me and find the women's bathroom before opening the door and sprinting in. I know I get looks but I don't care, he needs to leave me alone. Nobody else has bothered me besides him and Felicity.

I sprint in and find the sink before the door opens and he comes busting in. "What?! What do you want?! Felicity made it clear okay?! Please just leave me alone! I can't take this!" I demand to him looking up to meet his face as he stands there.

"Grace oh my god." He whispers coming towards me and lifting his hands as I back away. I keep moving back until my back hits the wall.

"I'm not going to hurt you." He tells me coming towards me as I shake my head no. "Please stop." I demand wiping tears from my face.

"What the fuck did she do?!" He asks raising his voice at me as I still. "What did Felicity do?!" He asks raising his voice as I stand still.

"She Umm, I was at the store and she told me to stay away from you. She said you are hers, and Beau please just leave me alone." I demand to him as I wipe tears from my eyes. But when I do, my bandage slips and it falls to the floor as I reach my hand up to cover it up.