Chapter 2

Will started to wonder what could have been keeping Grace at the reading centre so late. She said she would be back by lunch time at it was getting close to three in the afternoon. He picked up his phone to call Grace and there was no answer. He then called the reading centre.

"Good afternoon how may I help you?"

"Hi, this is Mr. Stacks."

"Oh, Mr. Stacks hello."

"Hi, do you know how much longer Miss Farrell will be with you guys?"

"Mr. Stacks, Miss Farrell hasn't stopped by at all today. I thought you were calling to re-schedule."

"So you haven't seen her today?"

"No Mr. Stacks."

"Ok thank you." Will hung up his phone and quickly dialed his head of security. "I need someone to pick up Annie from school and bring her home. I also need someone to drive me to Grace's apartment."

"Is everything ok Mr. Stacks."

"I'm not sure."

Grace opened her eyes and knew she was in an unfamiliar place. She was lying on a bed though, rather uncomfortable but still a bed.

"Oh good, you're awake. They told me you tripped and hit a rock on your way down."

Grace sat up and turned to the voice. "Mr. Greene?" Grace new him immediately. He was second in mobile phone sales; second to Will. They had battled for years but Will had come out a head. She knew that they did not like each other one bit. "What am I doing here?" She looked around what looked like a large mechanical experiment room. All steel and no windows with computers everywhere. Much like Will's offices only these ones were darker, and colder. Grace shivered a little. If this was Greene Mobile's head office, they had to still be in New York City. Grace was relieved to know that she might still be in the city.

"Oh Miss Farrell, you're not here to be uncomfortable. He handed her a jacket. It was her jacket, from her apartment. "You and Stacks are always two steps ahead of me. That needs to stop. I need your help with the week-long charge."

"You think I'm going to help you? Will's gonna look for me, and he's going to find me. He's probably already at the door."

Maxwell Greene pulled Grace's dismantled phone from his pocket. "He might have a little trouble. Plus, he thinks you left on purpose."

"What?"

"See the suitcase in the corner? That's yours. He'll think you couldn't handle the pressure of being a billionaires girlfriend, and a mother to an orphan."

"Im not helping you. I refuse. You can't make me!"

"That's a shame Grace. We wouldn't want anything to happen to Annie now would be." Maxwell pulled out his own phone. It was video footage of Annie playing with her friends. It was from today. They were watching her.

"No." She whispered. "Please." Tears filled her eyes. "She's been through enough."

"This doesn't have to be difficult Grace."

"Just don't hurt them and I'll help you."

"I am glad we have come to an agreement."

Grace didn't say anything. She couldn't let anything happen to Annie, even if that meant helping Mr. Greene.

When Will got to Grace's apartment he was extremely confused. Most of her stuff was boxed up as if she was moving somewhere. This was so unlike Grace.

"Sir, there's a note on the kitchen table."

Will walked over, "you guys can wait for me downstairs." He didn't want them around while he read this.

'Will,

I'm sorry I have to do this to you; to Annie. It's all too much for me right now. I can't stand the pressure of being with a billionaire and a mother to Annie. I'm leaving for a while. Please do not look for me. Tell Annie I am sorry and I hope to see her again soon.

Grace'

"Why would she do this?" He asked out loud. Grace had never mentioned any of this to him before. Why wouldn't she just talk to him? He would give up everything thing he had, all of his money for Grace and Annie. How was he going to tell Annie about this? She would be crushed.

END CHAPTER 2