State of
Grace
Chapter
28
Grace didn’t see Luke for another week
again. She would see his truck pull up in the morning for work,
right next to hers, and then she’d watch it vanish again at
night. When he did show up, he was so happy to see her. It was
right after mass where Grace watched Ashley sit with Luke’s
family the entire service, tightly holding onto his hand. He must
have escaped after since he pulled up to Grace’s house an
hour after Church.
“Hi Grace!” he yelled. He jumped out of his truck and
ran to meet her.
“What’s going-?” asked Grace but she got
interrupted by another bear hug from Luke. When he let her go,
she took his hand. She saw his smile from underneath his hat.
“Luke, we have to talk,” said Grace, sadly.
“About what?” he asked.
“This! Well, whatever the hell this is! You can’t be
hugging me when you’re dating her,” replied
Grace.
He stepped closer and she looked at his face. He still had
the stitches but the bruise was healing. Unfortunately it left an
ugly yellow mark around his eye.
“I thought you liked what you see, that you’d never
change me, that you loved me,” said Luke, retreating from
Grace. She followed him until she was right under the brim of his
hat.
“I do like you, Luke, but I ain’t gonna be the other
woman,” she said. He nodded and tried to smile. She kissed
him on the cheek and spun around and walked away from him.
That night Grace couldn’t sleep. She tossed and turned for
hours until she finally gave up. She climbed out of her window
and onto the roof. For awhile, at least until morning, she sat
and watched the sky and all its stars. She had no clue that
across town, Luke was doing the exact same
thing.
