Matt Casey's nieces and nephew

Chapter 63 part 3

"Do we have to talk about Tyler . I'm tired of everyone telling me to be careful and that they don't trust him." Grace groaned And says.

"I know and I'm not going to say any of that. But I want you to be smart about this and I want you to trust your instincts when it comes to Tyler."Antonio said.

"Why won't anyone believe that he's changed? People can change." Grace says.

"Yes they can, and I hope he did, I really do. I just need to know that you'll be able to walk away from him if it turns out he didn't change." Antonio says protectively.

Grace frowned, "Of course I will." Grace says.

He stared at Grace for a few moments before nodded , "Okay." Antonio said.

Grace continued to frown as Antonio got out of the car. She followed him inside and up to the intelligence unit. Grace sat at his desk and helped him do some paperwork, waiting for the other shoe to drop. She knew he was dealing with a lot since that guy he worked private security for was killed, but it wasn't just that, something else was off. After an hour had passed and he still didn't say a word Grace finally spoke up.

"Okay, what's wrong with you?" Grace asks Antonio

"Excuse me?" Antonio asked her.

"I'm so going to regret this, but that conversation in the car was not over and there is no way you would normally let me get away with what happened on the weekend." Grace explains, "What's going on?" Grace asks him.

"Look Grace, you made some mistakes and some bad choices last year, and everyone around you held it against you and came down on you for it. And I'm not saying that was wrong, but I'm trying to teach you to be an adult and be responsible for your decisions and choices. That's how you learn. You don't get grounded in the real world and you won't always be surrounded by people who care enough about you to hold you accountable. You have to be accountable for yourself." Antonio explains.

"I know." Grace says but was still confused and not entirely sure she believed his reasoning.

"Do you? What have you learned?" He says as he raised his eyebrows.

Grace frowned, "What do you mean?" Grace asks him.

"You're going to have to figure that out for yourself. I've got some people to talk to, but you're going to stay here until you can tell me what you've learned."Antonio says as he stands up.

"And there it is. I knew that was too easy." Grace says.

While Antonio was gone with Roman, and the rest of the team was busy trying to solve this case so he could keep his job, Grace was trying to figure out the best answer to give him. She kept getting distracted with everything going on and all she wanted to do was to help out, but everyone was a bit too busy to stop and explain and show her things.

When Antonio came back he signaled for her to follow him. Grace followed him into the break room, closing the door behind them. "You're going to have to stay in here for a bit until we figure this case out." Antonio says.

"Oh, Is it really that bad?"grace nods her head and says.

"Yeah, it is. We've only got two days to figure it out or I could lose everything." Antonio explains.

"Are you sure I can't help?" Grace asked, being hopeful.

"I'm sure," He nodded. "Just do your homework, and have you figured out what you've learned?"
"I'm kind of stuck between what I want to say and what you want to hear." She said. "I don't really know what you want me to say."