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Chapter Seven - Eli
"What if I don't want to 'deal' with it?" Jake yelled as Grace continued to kiss me until she apparently wanted to talk back to him again.
"Dad! I'm not a little girl anymore, so there is absolutely nothing that you could do to stop this!" Grace yelled back.
"Oh, yes I can!" he said as he grabbed her wrist to pull her away.
"Damnit, Jake, stop it!" I yelled as I ran towards him and pushed him away from Grace. "Don't you want her to be happy?"
"She'll never be happy with you," Jake hissed, which stung my heart. He might be right.
"I don't think you're right, sir," I said as I cleared my throat. "I know that I'm not a wonderful person, but I want to be as good as I can be for Grace. She's my reason for making it this far."
I glanced at Grace and saw that she was almost in tears. I wanted to just kiss her and make her crying stop, but I figured that my kisses might make things worse for her.
"Oh, really?" Jake sneered.
"Daddy, just shut up and let me be in love!" Grace yelled. "You know, you're such an ignorant jerk! You made mom miserable for so long and now, you're going to try to make me miserable."
Grace paused, and her father nearly interrupted her, but he really never got a good opportunity to because she continued as soon as she got her breath and her nerves in order.
"I want you out of my life," she muttered. Apparently, she could tell that Jake didn't hear her all that well, because she decided to yell it a little louder and more emotional. "Did you hear me? I want you to get out of my life! Go! I don't ever want to see your face again! I don't want to hear your voice again! I never want to have to be around you again! So why don't you just leave now?"
Grace was now crying very hard as her pale-faced father slowly walked toward the door. I was really fumbling for words since this was totally unexpected for me. Apparently, Grace hadn't expected it much either, or she didn't think it would hurt this much. All I could think of to do was to walk over to her and wrap my arms around her.
"What did I just do?" Grace sobbed into my shoulder. "I just told my father to get out of my life. How could I do that? I was so stupid!"
"Hush," I whispered as I tried to calm her down. "I'm sure we can make it all work out sooner or later."
"How can you be so sure?" Grace asked softly as she looked up into my eyes.
"We're resourceful," I whispered back as I began to pray that I was right. Otherwise, Grace might hate me forever.
Chapter Seven - Eli
"What if I don't want to 'deal' with it?" Jake yelled as Grace continued to kiss me until she apparently wanted to talk back to him again.
"Dad! I'm not a little girl anymore, so there is absolutely nothing that you could do to stop this!" Grace yelled back.
"Oh, yes I can!" he said as he grabbed her wrist to pull her away.
"Damnit, Jake, stop it!" I yelled as I ran towards him and pushed him away from Grace. "Don't you want her to be happy?"
"She'll never be happy with you," Jake hissed, which stung my heart. He might be right.
"I don't think you're right, sir," I said as I cleared my throat. "I know that I'm not a wonderful person, but I want to be as good as I can be for Grace. She's my reason for making it this far."
I glanced at Grace and saw that she was almost in tears. I wanted to just kiss her and make her crying stop, but I figured that my kisses might make things worse for her.
"Oh, really?" Jake sneered.
"Daddy, just shut up and let me be in love!" Grace yelled. "You know, you're such an ignorant jerk! You made mom miserable for so long and now, you're going to try to make me miserable."
Grace paused, and her father nearly interrupted her, but he really never got a good opportunity to because she continued as soon as she got her breath and her nerves in order.
"I want you out of my life," she muttered. Apparently, she could tell that Jake didn't hear her all that well, because she decided to yell it a little louder and more emotional. "Did you hear me? I want you to get out of my life! Go! I don't ever want to see your face again! I don't want to hear your voice again! I never want to have to be around you again! So why don't you just leave now?"
Grace was now crying very hard as her pale-faced father slowly walked toward the door. I was really fumbling for words since this was totally unexpected for me. Apparently, Grace hadn't expected it much either, or she didn't think it would hurt this much. All I could think of to do was to walk over to her and wrap my arms around her.
"What did I just do?" Grace sobbed into my shoulder. "I just told my father to get out of my life. How could I do that? I was so stupid!"
"Hush," I whispered as I tried to calm her down. "I'm sure we can make it all work out sooner or later."
"How can you be so sure?" Grace asked softly as she looked up into my eyes.
"We're resourceful," I whispered back as I began to pray that I was right. Otherwise, Grace might hate me forever.