Risen (Sequel Of Rejection)

Chapter 2

Jason's POV:

I can't believe I finally saw her again. She looked so different now, more mature, elegant and utterly beautiful. But wasn't she always beautiful? I kinda hate how she didn't recognize me at first. Did I look that different? Maybe she was taken by surprise, we haven't seen each other for 15 years. There's a lot we missed out on each other. It's like we're strangers now, we could barely recognize each other. I needed to catch up with her. Know everything that I missed out over the years. Most importantly I needed to see the child she raised on her own and makeup all the years I missed out in my kid's life.

Sam's POV:

My mind was still blank. I couldn't think straight. How did this even happen. I can't believe I couldn't even recognize my own childhood friend. Maybe these years of separation really did change us. It changed him a lot. How did Jason go from, a careless slack off high school boy to one of the richest and wealthiest men in this world? How much did I miss out?

He didn't even seem like Jason anymore. The person that I used to know isn't there anymore. How did he even find me here? What if this is a sign. What if God wanted us to meet again for a reason. What is wrong with me? I have a perfectly good family and an amazing boyfriend. If I didn't let Jason be in my life before why should I now? Besides we're different people now. We're not the same people we were back in High school. He's living his own successful life without me and I'm living my normal life without him. And that's how it needs to be.

I finally got home around afternoon, Grace usually comes home around this time but the house was empty. She's probably staying out with her trouble making friends or hanging out with her so called "boyfriend" of hers, Cody. Cody was a bad influence on her and I didn't like him one bit. He was much older than her too. He was 17 and she's only 15 in my age book, that's a huge difference. Cody was those typical bad boys that breaks all the rules, does drugs, parties 24/7 and pisses off adults like me. But Grace was obsessed with that boy and I don't want to get in the way of her love life. I can be a strict mother sometimes but her happiness mattered to me the most. I want her to find someone she'll fall deeply in love with and hopefully spend the rest of her life with them. I don't want her to end up like I was.

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I heard the door open, Grace tip toed her way in thinking nobody will notice her coming in very late. She was gone for 4 hours when she told me she was only going to he gone for only 2 hours.

"Hold it right there young lady" I said. She quickly froze. I hated giving her lectures because I know she won't listen to me or she'd try and pick a fight with me.

"Grace do you have any idea what time it is"

"Please don't start with this mom I'm already dealing with other shit" she said. I noticed there were bruises on her wrists and arms. I grabbed one of her arms.

"Who did this to you" I have a bad feeling it has something to do with that boy Cody. I wish she was more open about things with me. I was her mother and I think I have every right to know about my child's life for her own safety. Everyday she walks out the door without telling me where she's going and I'm honestly getting tired of it. Here's a small advice, never have kids.

"Nobody did nothing to me" she pulled her arms away from me. "You're always yelling or complaining about something"

"Well excuse me for being concerned about my child's safety, I'm worried about you Grace"

"I'm not a little kid anymore mom, I know what to do or what not to do so I'm perfectly fine with taking care of myself" she made her way to the stairs.