Grace wells was a street fighter. Always had been and always will be. Her father introduced it to her when she was 10. Ever since then she had been hooked and continued to strive to stay the top of the food chain.
When billionaire and gang leader X...
When we got here the only word that came out of Dexter's mouth was 'wow'. I know what he meant we had just arrived at the beach and the sun was setting. There was something about the beach when it at golden hour.
I walked further up the beach before taking my shoes off. Pirate ran up to the sea before crashing into it. I smiled before looking up at the sky. I felt looked up for about 10 minutes before I felt a hand on my shoulder. Dexter nodded to the sky.
"someone up there?" he asked.
"Yeah" I said breathlessly.
"want to talk about it?" he asked. I shook my head. I hadn't spoken to anyone it was my fault my Pa was in the hospital and I will forever have that regret. He still had a good couple of years to live and I took that away from him. I looked up trying not to let tears fall. I wasn't going to cry in front of a 6'4 rock hard gang member. "you can cry you know I'm not judging. Grace we all cry even Xander which now that I say it out loud it sounds quite unbelievable" He laughed. I smiled slightly.
"Thanks but I've lasted this long I'm sure I can last a lot longer" I said looking at the sea where Pirate was chasing small fish. I laughed at the sight. My pa named him because he loved the sea just like a Pirate and he would steal Pa's food.
"He's a good dog" Dexter said before he sat down dragging me with him.
"yeah my Pa named him" I said out of no where, Ok where the hell did that come from. Why the hell did I say that.
"your Pa must have been a good man if he chose such a good dog he's quite like a therapy dog" he said. I laughed at him
"Dexter you idot he is a therapy dog" I laughed at his face. He looked shocked, then confused, then realisation
"He's yours isn't he that's why you went in front of him when Xander tried to hurt him isn't it your connection runs to deep for you to let him go so soon. I take it he's the last thing you have of your Pa am I correct?" he asked pretty much hitting it bang on the dot.
"yeah actually I mean I have my grandma and his wedding ring it never comes off" I said taking it out my shirt. After Pa died my grandma said he wanted me to have his ring so I put it on a chain when I got given it. It hasn't been taken off at all.
"Its beautiful no wonder he gave it to you" Dexter stated.
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I twisted it round to see the words imprinted on the inside. 'I love you'. I wish you could see me now Pa. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't love me. I started to cry at the thought of having my Pa back here what would he think?. Would he have been ashamed?.
I got dragged along the sand over to Dexter before Pirate came running up from the sea and sat next to us. I stroked his fur before Dexter started talking.
"Hey its ok Chica you know I'm here for a purpose and that is to get my shoulder wet with tears its ok to be sad when you lose someone we all have to go through it some time in our life" He spoke softly
"I just don't know what to do Dex I just feel like it should have been me and not my Pa he had some many years left in him and I'm sure he would still be here if it wasn't for me I was acting stupid and my actions caused his death" I cried
"If you don't mind asking me how did he die you don't have to tell me but I think if you let it all go by talking you'll have a weight lifted of your shoulder" He said
"He took a bullet for me when I was down in the underground I'm sure that if I could control myself I wouldn't have gone down there that night. Pa would still be alive and my grandma wouldn't be suffering. She puts this rock hard image up like she's still strong but I know she's breaking apart each day without him" I cried
"hey look at me I know what it's like to lose a family member you are close to but that is what life want to test you for but you know what I did when I lost my brother but I found a coping mechanism" He explained
"what did you do" I asked not looking up from the ring
"I got into the gym and worked my ass off eventually I let my anger go and it went into every punch and sit-up I did most people from Xanders gang joined because they wanted a purpose but we can't do that because we haven't been training we need you Grace more than you know" he said taking my hand.
"lets go back we have training in an hour" I said smiling I was willing to try this. He smiled back at me and picked up Pirate.
We drove home talking about absolutely nothing and everything at the same time while Pirate stood with his head out the window his ears flapping in the wind.
When we reached the house I pulled over to see a very concerned Xander. I walked up to him to see his eyes were wet. Guess Dexter was right Xander does cry. He ran over to me and hugged the living daylights out of me.
"Xander.. need oxygen... to live" I chocked out. But laughed when he looked flustered before pulling me in the house and up the stairs. I went along with him until we came to his bedroom. He pushed me down on the bed and sat down in front of me.
