The one who bought my heart

Close call

I reach for him, and he pulls me in for a hug.

He says," My piglet. I have watched over you and kept you safe so that you can become the woman that you are today. I am proud to have you as my granddaughter. Yes, you have made mistakes, but they are forgiven by me and your maker. I know that we brought you here and that you believe that because of that, it is the end. But we needed to bring you up here so that you can hear what I have to say."

I say," But pappy, I don't know what else to do."

My grandpa says," Piglet, listen to me. You have so much more to do. You have Geoff, who loves you more than anything. You need to help him by loving him. Kathy was just a distraction for him. He only married her and had a kid wait for you. He didn't know that it was you but he waited for you. And now he has found you, and you need to help him live a much better life. Then there is Tony. He has never dated anyone. And why is that? It is because he needed you to come in and break his shell. He needs you to fill his life with color. Jasmine is still in danger from her parents. They were able to get out of jail quicker, and they are looking for her right now. She needs her savior to save her once more. And then there is Pat who lost Fred. I know that you didn't get along with him because of him siding with your mom, but you need to be there with Pat and comfort her while she is dealing with his death. And then the Melton's are worried about you. Even Jeff wants to know how you are. When you go to help Pat, make a stop by the church on Saturday and give them an update on how you are feeling. Jeff will need you to stay with him and help him out with some things. And you can't forget the kids that love you. They will be devastated to know that you can't come in anymore. So Grace, you have things to do. But I needed you here to tell you that you will be receiving something for your hard work. I can't say what it is, but you will be getting something in the mail tonight. Continue on with what you have been doing, and I will talk to you when you are ready to enter here. But for now I must go and you must go and finish your tasks. Goodbye, Grace, my beautiful piglet. I love you."

He starts to disappear, and I say," Wait. Can I hug you one last time before I say goodbye?"

He says," Yes."

I hug him and say," Goodbye, pappy. I love you."

He smiles as I start to move backwoods. I feel my soul enter my body again, and I wake up gasping for air. I looked around and saw that I was in a cell bed. Why? Did I do something wrong? I get up and walk to the door and see that it was unlocked. I start walking in a random direction, trying to find someone when I bump into someone and get knocked backward.

They catch me and say, " Sorry, miss. I didn't see you there."

Geoff? I look up, and sure enough, I see Geoff.

I say," Geoff."

He says," Yea, how did you kno... GRACE. Oh my gosh, you are okay. I was so worried about you, especially after all of your talk about wanting to go. Wait, how did you get here?"

I say," I don't know. All I know is I need to talk to you about a lot of things."

Geoff says," Okay. Brad Grace is awake. Do you know how she got back here?"

Brad says," Yea, she was pronounced dead, and I had to carry her back here until they could get the death certificate written. But seeing that she is okay, I will call Sarah out and have her stop the process. Grace, why don't you come back with us and you can tell Geoff what you need to tell him."

Geoff kisses me long and hard before pulling away and says," I am sorry, baby. Did I hurt you?"

I say," You did not hurt me at all. My head and ribs don't hurt anymore."