Chapter Twenty-one

GRACE

Three days had sped by before I knew it, with a nervous feeling simmering underneath my stomach.

Was I giving in too easily? I wondered as I continued breezing in and out of my daily routines of going to work and taking Laurel to school. But then, Connor Shelby looked like a man who knew how to have his way every time. 

One thing that bothered me most though, was what I was going to tell Laurel about who Connor was. Of course I didn’t plan to tell her who he ‘really’ was now, but she had never seen me with any male being serious at all. 

So I explained to her that we were going to see the man who brought her back from school the other day, while I got her and myself ready that Saturday evening. 

“Are we going to thank him?” she asked with an innocent confusion on her face. I had never enjoyed lying to my child but I realized I had to for now, just to protect her.

“Something like that, baby,” I said, brushing her pretty bangs. 

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