PLAYING FOR KEEPS (Book 5)

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Alexis POV

What the hell, I didn’t know quite what to expect from Grady. Why is he trying to be nice to me? It was really throwing me for a loop. Why can’t he ever just be straight out with me?

I kept thinking throughout our meal and figured that he just had no one to talk to at the moment and figured he should make nice with me. But fuck it, we are going to be around each other now that he is staying so I might as well make nice too. We finished our meal and I washed the dishes.

“Well what do we do now?” I asked Grady and he smiled at me.

“Well we were brought here to relax. I say we kick our feet up and just relax. Let’s go outside and just soak up the rays and talk.” He tells me and we did just that.

He made sure to take out Chico’s basket as we made our way out. I thought that was so sweet that he worried about my little Chico being comfortable. The little shit, I’m still made that he turned traitor.

I settled on the blanket I carried out and closed my eyes as I tilted my head back. I had been going nonstop from residency to my own practice. I really did need the rest.  “You look so lovely with the sunrays hitting you right now Alexis. You take my breath away.” Grady said in a soft voice.

I opened my eyes and pushed my hair back as I looked at him. “Even Chico looks nice and calm at the moment. I really like that jacket on you. It makes you look so small and dainty for some reason.” He told me and I could feel myself blush.

“Grady, last night you were having a nightmare that had you crying and calling out for your mother.” I asked him hoping he would tell me what he dreamt. I also wanted to take his attention away from what he just told me.

He turned and looked at Chico. “When I was small, my mom was sick and got progressively worse as the time went by. The days seemed to go by as fast as she got worse. It was just me and her. I took care of her as best I could. I mean I was only going to be 7.

Then one day she said it was time and that I would be left on my own. But that she would always watch over me. She made me promise I would behave and be good once I went to the orphanage. She also said that I was to make something of myself and not stop or be side tracked for anything.