Grace the Runner #1 ✔️ #wattys2019

The End

The Narrator/ Third P.O.V

Kaden, Emily, mama, Archer & Cole were all going in the wrong direction.

Archer & Cole didn't want their bestest friend to grow old with worry lines, they believed Grace could make their friend actually happy again.

Since Kaden's dad was sent to prison for abusing his wife and son, Kaden used girls... well didn't exactly used girls, he just went for the slutty types as he knew they wouldn't be looking for long term.

But the boys believed when they first saw Grace by the pool, that Kaden was smitten for her. He nearly fell over for god sake. Fell head over heels in love, soon they hoped. They hoped she could fix his broken heart and make their friend whole again.

Mama just wanted to spread love and hope. In the times before her husband was sent to prison, she would always be so rude to the people below her. Telling her son not to go towards the homeless people, believing that they deserved to be where they were.

But she was wrong, they all deserved love and hope. That's why when the disgusting man she once called the love of her life left, she adopted Emily and raised her as her own. And now Emily has carried that on.

And Emily has. Seeing little Grace on that park bench she knew she needed to save her. She saved her but once again she's lost, a lost soul.

Kaden needed to save Grace, he wanted to be her superhero. He was the reason she ran. If he didn't let that leech Jessie, attach her lips to his neck he wouldn't be in this situation. Jessie was what you would call a slut, she would open her legs to any person, girl, boy, monkey I don't think she would mind.

On the inside Kaden was scared, scared shitless. This girl had swam into his life, she was scared. Being with him, she would wear a smile and now she's probably scared again, and it was his fault.

The guilt was eating him alive.

To the dark side we turn, Victor Joshua el Diablo. The boss was evil as ever, acting as a sick bastard, shouting orders. Being the stereotypical drug dealer, mob boss kind of guy.

Grace's mother had some darkness inside her as well, everyone has. She was confused, her brain was mentally damaged. She couldn't tell Grace from the drugs, Grace was just a hallucination to her.

Finally, Grace. She was alone as always. She wanted to escape, she wanted to run.