Chapter 73

It had been a long time since Grace got two days in a row off, and on a weekend, no less. Normally, she was working overtime and taking whichever shifts she was assigned.

Since Grace finally got some rare time off, Lina took her shopping.

The two of them had not gone shopping for a long time. Grace because she lacked the time and the money, and Lina because Grace’s erratic schedule made planning a shopping trip almost impossible.

When they strolled around the mall, Grace felt as if she had momentarily returned to the past when, before the accident, she had been carefree.

She’d taken so many things for granted.

Money, time. Friendships. Her freedom.

Now, she appreciated each moment.

Her life might not be so beautiful or easy or glamorous, but she was appreciative of every minute.

Even in her best days before, when she’d graduated at the top of her class, landed Sean and her future had seemed so bright… she had not been so mindful of those things.

Lina elbowed her side. “All right, this has been going on for

months now. Spill. What’s the deal with Jay? How much do you know about him now?”

Before Grace could even answer, Lina was talking…

“Where is he from, where’s his hometown? What kind of people are in his family? You know a lot of people can seem nice before they swindle someone.”

Right. This could be one big cat fishing trick.

looking for someone to scam, he could find someone who actually had something to take. I’m poor. I have a dead end job. I’ve neither money nor much going

career.”

“Tell me about his

she didn’t know anything, but that would just make her friend pry more. “I only know that his father has already passed away, and his mother seems to have left him. He didn’t tell me

know? You should at least know what

out what he used to do? In the past, I thought I knew everything about Sean – everything from his

end, what did it matter? I still couldn’t see him for who he

bit her lip. “Sorry.”

know you’re worried about me, but I really don’t care about any of that anymore. Besides, if he doesn’t want to tell me and I persist in asking, he

truth that Grace didn’t really want

a good front for

he had

whole life before she entered

she understood him, and she recognized a kindred soul that

didn’t actually intend to buy anything,

when I meet clients,” Lina complained as she pulled Grace into a big designer store.

the clothes in here and she didn’t want Lina

And I promise not to buy it

brow. “I do not

to your face. You already have that one eyebrow

She could pretend and then claim they didn’t fit and put

way to the formal section

in the store was looking at her. The cheap clothes on her body looked completely out

sense of shame came back.

think like this. To not feel like this.

she had every bit as much right to look around a store as

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