Is it love? Grace's story 🔞 Adam or Owen?

Sun and moon

Owen's point of view 

They say you should judge a book by its cover, they also say 1st impressions are important, but so much controversy that happens with regards to just these two quotes.

I had been brought up as an only child, my parent believed that everything goes back to nature, as i began. That said they are part of a nudist colony, so that whole concept isn't exactly strange to understand why they believe what they do.

Yep, well that's been said you can now sort of see how I felt growing up, I mean don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with going naked, but there is a time and a place and children don't need to see that, or the fact of old people's you know, ewww anyways, let's change the subject.

So the moment I turned 17, I made my way into the big bad world alone, I packed up my only worldly possession, and head straight to new york city, leaving behind the weird ritual of what my parents truly believed in.

I got a job as a handyman working in an apartment block, thanks to my new friend ash, and with it came somewhere to live, as well as a wage, the one thing I grew up with that remained the same though, was I still did protests for the rights of animals and the planet,that would never change.

I met adam when I was 18, and he finally decided to get out from under his father's thumb by the time he turned 21, it only took him 4 years and who did he turn to, yep you have guessed it, me. We been inseparable ever since.

Though, we do have our arguments, though that being said, it's usually something trivial, or it was till he introduced Grace.

The moment she sat down next to me at the bar, I was already in a bad mood to start with, dealing with fiona and her mood swings is a full time job in itself, I mean we are not together anymore and still, I deal with her crazy ass, of which she reminds me on nearly a daily basis she's into Adam. 

Yeah, 4 years of dating and suddenly, she does not like me no more, but to be honest, I would rather she moved on, you know you get warned about the girls with crazy eyes, well fiona is 10 times worse and I did not listen when her ex, tried to warn me.

But Grace, dam, I saw her I could tell she's not the usual groupie that adam normally picks up after his gigs, no those were usually for a quick one night stand in a hotel room, thank god they didn't know where we lived. Makes me laugh every time I think about it. 

I think back to how grace was quick at banter, she gave as good as she got, she was funny, but I also saw the scars on her back, it peaked my curiosity, making me gain more interest that's for sure.

The 2nd time I saw her was at the beach, adam was walking off towards a voice he heard, as I looked up, she was cliff diving into the sea, I was amazed and scared at the same time she would hit the rocks at the bottom which she narrowly escaped, oh my heart in my mouth, I hadn't met anyone quite like her, she was strong, fierce, she knew her own mind and stood up for what she believes in.  

When I heard her sing and play the guitar, oh.... my heart jumped out of my chest at the sound, it was like a lullaby, the view of her in that red bikini nearly sent me into overdrive, god dam that body of her, it also showed her other scars, few tattoo.

But lately the more I learn the more I realise she hides a lot of secrets, 1st her relationship with mark, and how she got her burns from a fire saving 2 children, then there was the phone call outside the restaurant with regards to a job, she was good a skirting the truth and the latest her acquaintance with Ash, I couldn't stand the fact she knew ash made my blood boil, I didn't need to know how adam felt about that, I was trying  to keep myself calm, we shouldn't be staying this close to her, we just need a way into carter corp, but I have a feeling there's a lot of information we still don't have, I thought she was stupid, innocent and naive.

I had known Ash for, oh... around 5 years, he was part of save the planet and a few other organisations. 

I had introduced Adam a couple of years ago, along side another close friend, but you always have to stay vigilant when it comes to Ash.

After we all settle to eat we stay drinking till gone 10 pm, but Colin, Grace and Matt leave, with them being up early to work at carter Corp. 

I had been watching grace all night which pissed adam off to no end, but I didn't care, I was interested in her, I wanted to know more, it was like I was being drawn in to her aura.

I place a call to the last person I would of, yep that's right I called Ash. I was wanting to ask questions with regards to Grace, I need more so much more.

He didn't answer at 1st but he text me to meet him at his apartment.

After going in the ride up, the elevator to the penthouse of his new apartment block, I knock and quickly the door is answered by a women who was on her way out screaming at Ash, who just stood there drinking his glass of what I guess is whiskey.

??? Yeah, Grace's is back, and now everything goes out the window, she won't give you want you want ash, she never has, don'the think she will fir one second, she is no linger a stupid, naive, little girl, she grab the glass vase of flowers from the stand next to the door chucking it towards his head, which narrowly missing by a few center meters and hits the wall with aloud crash before the glass hits the floor along with the water and flowers. As she scurries off towards the elevator as quickly as she opened the door, without a glance back.

Ash: so what brings you to my humble aboad my old friend? He asks stretching his arms out as if hes trying to reach across the mass of space around him. 

I shut the door quickly,  I can smell the spaghetti bologna cooking on the stove with a over load of way to much garlic.

I need to know more about Grace, I say trying yokerp my boice steady as I move forward through the open space of the living room, I look down at the pictures on the table, that ash quickly scoops up, but he ends up dropping a few, pick up.

The first one is of him learning to surf with Grace in a pink bikini, she has long blonde hair pulled into a french braid, it looks like some tropical island they look around about 17 maybe 18 years old.

The other of grace on a hotel balcony in a cream and red poke dot bikini, grace this time has long red hair it's left trailing down one side of her back with the eiffle tower in the background, she stood, her head twisted towards the camera with a cigarette in one hand a a cocktail in the other, she is smiling like she's carefree no burn marks on her back but a tattoo showing on her neck of a sun and a moon.

I've seen this symbol before but for the life of me I can not place it.

Ash: Why do you want to know? He asks sounding annoyed at my request before he tilts the last bit of his drink down his throat, grinning at my sudden interest.

I can't seem to workout how he feels about her.