The Story of Grace

Chapter 36

Grace's POV.

Me and Alex are currently watching a movie. He picked it, I'm just sitting on the couch Harry on my lap.

"In gonna go make some popcorn. Be right back!" He says as he runs to the kitchen. I continue watching.

Then all of a sudden I hear buzzing. I move the pillows around to see what it is. I see Alex's phone.

I read the caller ID it says David. I hear the microwave start and the popcorn popping. I decide to answer it.

"Hello" I ask.

"Who is this?" They guy-David- asked immediately probably not recognizing my voice.

"Alex will be here in a minute..." I say casually. I look over my shoulder to see if the popcorn is done.

"Is this Grace?" He asks. My eyebrows furrow and I'm shocked Alex talks about me to his friends or whoever this guy is. "Um yeah how did you know..." This guys starting to creep me out.

He sounds older. "Oh I know a lot about you..but I'm sure Alex knows that..." I'm about to respond when Alex walks in.

"Hey who's on the phone..." He looks at me but stops when he sees my scared face and his phone in my hands.

"Grace give me the phone..." I'm too shocked to move. He snatches it and looks at the caller ID. He immediately looks pissed. "Fuck!" He yells.

The call ends and he throws his phone on the floor. Immediately I'm fucking terrified. Alex never yells like that. Or curse in front of me.

I know he does but just not around me. I feel my heart pounding with Alex just standing there breathing hard and his hand tugging at his hair. "Shit shit shit..." He repeats.

I get up from the couch. But I'm too afraid to run to the door. I have absolutely no clue what just happened.

"Alex you're scaring me..." I gulp and he immediately stops. "Don't be please...." He begs. I nod and sit back down.

He takes a seat next to me and stares at his feet, looking in deep thought. "What did he say on the phone I need to know Grace..." He sounds desperate and helpless.

What the hell is going on? I'm still in shock trying to think why this is such a big deal. This guys just some creep.

"Grace...Grace" Alex snaps me from my thoughts. "He just said 'oh I know a lot about you' and that you probably know he does..." I let out a breath and wonder why he's so scared.

"Look he's just a creep...you have some weird friends don't worry about it..." I try to calm Alex down he looks very stressed.

"No Grace there's something you should know..." Alex starts. I'm shocked he even said anything. He never usually explains himself. He's a very confusing person.

"Um what's wrong..." He looks away and breaths in deeply.

Alex's POV.

If I tell Grace every little detail I'm afraid that she'll leave me and not think twice about coming back.

So I decide to leave out a few things.

Here goes nothing. She had to know or find out eventually. "That guy on the phone is a very cruel guy..." I start off slow.

"He's very rich and when I was younger I fell in with a bad crowd and that led me to him...I did some pretty shitty things and was a dick to everyone."

She was listening intently and had no look of judgement on her face. So I continued.

"I did some business with him and eventually I started to become more of his partner rather than some dumb kid he would use to do his dirty work..."

She was still listening and had a confused look on her face. "Reality finally hit me after a year or so...I needed some money and I needed it fast. So I borrowed some from him..."

She looked sad and like she knew where this common sob story was headed. I wasn't special I was just another screwed up mess of a teenager.

"After a very traumatic event that happened, I don't wanna go into detail at this moment but it happened. I realized I needed to get my shit together so I stopped helping him out and got a job in town then got this apartment."

She gave me a small smile and grabbed my hand telling me to continue.

"He's been caught, here I think or some one is after him...he needs to collect his debt. I still owe him all that money and I don't have it...he's been making my life a living hell and wants to take away anything that makes me happy..." I look at her. I'm so ashamed of myself.

She frowns. "Me.." She whispers. I keep my head down and nod.

"I'm sorry Grace that guy who tried to kidnap you works for him...I feel terrible."

Her eyes widen and she looks absolutely terrified now. "I promise I won't let anything happen to you..." I whisper. She nods. "I need some time to process this..."

I nod my head still down. "Yeah I understand."

What I told her wasn't very detailed I'm just glad she didn't ask for more. I feel like shit. Before when I used to think about my past it never really bothered me.

But now when I look at this sweet, innocent, beautiful girl. Who I don't deserve one bit, I regret it all.

I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

"I think I should go..." Grace pulls me from my thoughts. My heart drops and I feel as though my hope is slowly crumbling.

"Please don't leave..." I beg. I don't even feel pathetic at the feet of this beautiful girl.

"I-I don't know...Cece is probably worried..." I shake my head. "I promised I'd keep you safe please..."

She sighs. "Okay I'll stay.." She grabs her phone and texts Cece. "I'm gonna get ready for bed..." She still looks deep in thought but I don't mind.

Hopefully she will realize that she's safe with me and I won't let David come near her.

Bark bark

My eyebrows furrow and I look around but then remember Grace's dog.

Who will now be staying with my thanks to the lovely Grace.

I sit down on the floor and pet the small dog. Thinking about what my next move is.

"What am I going to do?" I whisper quietly to the small puppy.

A/N
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