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Shay.
Chapter 9.
Letty stormed out of the kitchen and up the stairs. She heard the water running in the bathroom and knew that Gracie was in the shower.
"No way, she's not gonna drown in her sorrows while her man's downstairs dying in his." Letty told her self as she broke down the door.
She opened the shower curtain to find Gracie curled up in a naked ball in the tub.
"Get up Gracie!" Letty yelled pulling her off the ceramic and wrapping a towel around her.
Gracie didn't say a word to her.
"Look at me Gracie!" Letty screamed at her.
Gracie looked silently up at her. She had lost everything; her strength was drained from her.
"What the hell has happened to you Gracie? You used to be the strongest person I knew! You never let ANYTHING get to you, now suddenly, some things start to go wrong and you RUN?! My God girl! You're the one who got Dominic's name tattooed SHOULDER TO SHOULDER to show how much you loved him and you didn't care if everyone else knew it too! Now that man is downstairs crying because of the pain you've caused him! He loves his daughter more than life itself, and now he just found out she isn't even his! You should be down there with him helping him get through this because you love him and he loves you! I love him too Gracie, he's my best friend and some days I wish that I never let him go, but I saw how good you were for him and how much he loves you, I could never take that away from him now, don't make me regret this!" Letty screeched out to Gracie in one breath.
Gracie just looked at her and then finally broke the silence.
"I don't know what happened to me Letty. Maybe I'm not good enough for him anymore, maybe I never was at all. Maybe you're the one who should be with him." Gracie said looking into Letty's eyes.
Abruptly Letty smacked Gracie violently across the face.
"You listen to me Gracie, you ARE good enough for Dominic! It's just that lately you've done a lot of shit to him that's hurt him really badly, but that doesn't change your worth! Your still Gracie to him, and he loves GRACIE." Letty yelled.
"I'm sorry Letty." Gracie told her.
"Don't tell me your sorry! I know your only 18 Gracie but JESUS grow up and tell him! You LOVE him!" Letty told her sternly.
Gracie nodded her head and pulled on her clothes.
"That's a girl, now go!" Letty yelled gently patting Gracie on the ass and sending her on the way.
Gracie rushed down the stairs and ran to Dominic who was still on the kitchen floor in tears while the rest of the team tried to comfort him.
"Guys I got it from here." Gracie told them and they others got up gently giving Dominic their last pats.
Gracie kneeled down beside him. He hadn't even realized that she was there. Dominic was too busy trying to steady his breathing with the tears that were pouring endlessly from his eyes.
"Sweetie...Dominic. I'm sorry baby. I'm so friggen sorry, I'm here." Gracie told him hugging the hunched up ball of muscle on the kitchen floor.
Dominic took Gracie into his arms and just held her sobbing.
"Why did you do this to me?" Dominic asked her almost inaudibly.
"I'm sorry baby you didn't deserve this, and I don't deserve you." Gracie said starting to cry.
Dominic only held her tighter almost crushing her.
"Don't say that, you and Little Mia are all I've ever wanted." He whispered into her ear.
Gracie began to cry harder. Dominic loved her with everything he had. Even after she had done more shit to him than she could have ever even imagined. He loved her. And God she loved him too.
"I'll never do anything like this to you again." Gracie told him.
Suddenly the team, Gracie and Dom realized there was someone else standing in the kitchen.
"Shit, yeah this is definitely a bad time..." It was Adam.
Gracie and Dominic looked up at him. He was holding the letter. When he saw them looking at him he starred down at his copy and tapped it into his palm.
"Um, yeah...I'm Mia's father?" Adam said in an asking tone.
"You don't have to ask, you got the letter." Dominic said beginning to get angry.
"I'm sorry man, I was hoping it was you." Adam said not realizing how evil his words sounded.
"But look, I just came here to make arrangements, like when do I get to see my daughter? I thought we could do an every other weekend thing." Adam asked Gracie.
Before Gracie could speak Letty cut in.
"Uh uh... no way man. Dominic raised Little Mia from the time she was born up until now, and suddenly you want to come into her life. Your not her real father!" Letty screamed at him.
"What are you talking about? The letter says..." Adam was cut off.
"I don't give a shit what that letter says! Where were you when she was born? Where were you when she got her first tooth or took her first step?" Letty asked him angrily.
Adam said nothing. He looked at Letty silently for a minute and then looked to Gracie.
"So can we make arrangements or not?" he asked her irritably.
"Didn't you just hear her? You're not my daughter's father! Dominic is! He always will be, I never want you in my daughter's life unless she grows up and decides to meet you. She's a smart girl thought, she'll realize what an asshole you are very quickly!" Gracie squealed out to Adam still on the floor clutching Dominic.
From the corner of the room Letty smiled, Gracie was getting her edge back. For the first time in a long time Dominic didn't have to say a word. Gracie had protected him for once.
Adam looked at Gracie and shook his head.
"You always were a bitch." He said as he walked out of the kitchen door and onto the porch.
That was the "go" word. Gracie was done with this bastard. She jumped up off the floor and ran outside shoving Adam off the steps. She through him onto the lawn and sat on top of him punching him in the face until he was completely bloody and you couldn't make out his features anymore.
When Gracie decided she was finished with him she moved to get off of him put suddenly Adam punched her in the face.
This was Dominic's "go" word; he careened off the kitchen floor and quickly met Adam with punches 10 times as bad as Gracie's.
"Stay away from me, my fiancé, and my daughter. Just stay the hell away from my family asshole!" Dominic yelled at Adam.
He had surrendered. Adam got up and nodded his head with his hands in the air and headed to his car. He started it and left.
Gracie hugged Dominic.
"I love you baby." She told him sweetly standing on her tiptoes to kiss him.
"I love you too." He told her holding her closer.
Shay.
Chapter 9.
Letty stormed out of the kitchen and up the stairs. She heard the water running in the bathroom and knew that Gracie was in the shower.
"No way, she's not gonna drown in her sorrows while her man's downstairs dying in his." Letty told her self as she broke down the door.
She opened the shower curtain to find Gracie curled up in a naked ball in the tub.
"Get up Gracie!" Letty yelled pulling her off the ceramic and wrapping a towel around her.
Gracie didn't say a word to her.
"Look at me Gracie!" Letty screamed at her.
Gracie looked silently up at her. She had lost everything; her strength was drained from her.
"What the hell has happened to you Gracie? You used to be the strongest person I knew! You never let ANYTHING get to you, now suddenly, some things start to go wrong and you RUN?! My God girl! You're the one who got Dominic's name tattooed SHOULDER TO SHOULDER to show how much you loved him and you didn't care if everyone else knew it too! Now that man is downstairs crying because of the pain you've caused him! He loves his daughter more than life itself, and now he just found out she isn't even his! You should be down there with him helping him get through this because you love him and he loves you! I love him too Gracie, he's my best friend and some days I wish that I never let him go, but I saw how good you were for him and how much he loves you, I could never take that away from him now, don't make me regret this!" Letty screeched out to Gracie in one breath.
Gracie just looked at her and then finally broke the silence.
"I don't know what happened to me Letty. Maybe I'm not good enough for him anymore, maybe I never was at all. Maybe you're the one who should be with him." Gracie said looking into Letty's eyes.
Abruptly Letty smacked Gracie violently across the face.
"You listen to me Gracie, you ARE good enough for Dominic! It's just that lately you've done a lot of shit to him that's hurt him really badly, but that doesn't change your worth! Your still Gracie to him, and he loves GRACIE." Letty yelled.
"I'm sorry Letty." Gracie told her.
"Don't tell me your sorry! I know your only 18 Gracie but JESUS grow up and tell him! You LOVE him!" Letty told her sternly.
Gracie nodded her head and pulled on her clothes.
"That's a girl, now go!" Letty yelled gently patting Gracie on the ass and sending her on the way.
Gracie rushed down the stairs and ran to Dominic who was still on the kitchen floor in tears while the rest of the team tried to comfort him.
"Guys I got it from here." Gracie told them and they others got up gently giving Dominic their last pats.
Gracie kneeled down beside him. He hadn't even realized that she was there. Dominic was too busy trying to steady his breathing with the tears that were pouring endlessly from his eyes.
"Sweetie...Dominic. I'm sorry baby. I'm so friggen sorry, I'm here." Gracie told him hugging the hunched up ball of muscle on the kitchen floor.
Dominic took Gracie into his arms and just held her sobbing.
"Why did you do this to me?" Dominic asked her almost inaudibly.
"I'm sorry baby you didn't deserve this, and I don't deserve you." Gracie said starting to cry.
Dominic only held her tighter almost crushing her.
"Don't say that, you and Little Mia are all I've ever wanted." He whispered into her ear.
Gracie began to cry harder. Dominic loved her with everything he had. Even after she had done more shit to him than she could have ever even imagined. He loved her. And God she loved him too.
"I'll never do anything like this to you again." Gracie told him.
Suddenly the team, Gracie and Dom realized there was someone else standing in the kitchen.
"Shit, yeah this is definitely a bad time..." It was Adam.
Gracie and Dominic looked up at him. He was holding the letter. When he saw them looking at him he starred down at his copy and tapped it into his palm.
"Um, yeah...I'm Mia's father?" Adam said in an asking tone.
"You don't have to ask, you got the letter." Dominic said beginning to get angry.
"I'm sorry man, I was hoping it was you." Adam said not realizing how evil his words sounded.
"But look, I just came here to make arrangements, like when do I get to see my daughter? I thought we could do an every other weekend thing." Adam asked Gracie.
Before Gracie could speak Letty cut in.
"Uh uh... no way man. Dominic raised Little Mia from the time she was born up until now, and suddenly you want to come into her life. Your not her real father!" Letty screamed at him.
"What are you talking about? The letter says..." Adam was cut off.
"I don't give a shit what that letter says! Where were you when she was born? Where were you when she got her first tooth or took her first step?" Letty asked him angrily.
Adam said nothing. He looked at Letty silently for a minute and then looked to Gracie.
"So can we make arrangements or not?" he asked her irritably.
"Didn't you just hear her? You're not my daughter's father! Dominic is! He always will be, I never want you in my daughter's life unless she grows up and decides to meet you. She's a smart girl thought, she'll realize what an asshole you are very quickly!" Gracie squealed out to Adam still on the floor clutching Dominic.
From the corner of the room Letty smiled, Gracie was getting her edge back. For the first time in a long time Dominic didn't have to say a word. Gracie had protected him for once.
Adam looked at Gracie and shook his head.
"You always were a bitch." He said as he walked out of the kitchen door and onto the porch.
That was the "go" word. Gracie was done with this bastard. She jumped up off the floor and ran outside shoving Adam off the steps. She through him onto the lawn and sat on top of him punching him in the face until he was completely bloody and you couldn't make out his features anymore.
When Gracie decided she was finished with him she moved to get off of him put suddenly Adam punched her in the face.
This was Dominic's "go" word; he careened off the kitchen floor and quickly met Adam with punches 10 times as bad as Gracie's.
"Stay away from me, my fiancé, and my daughter. Just stay the hell away from my family asshole!" Dominic yelled at Adam.
He had surrendered. Adam got up and nodded his head with his hands in the air and headed to his car. He started it and left.
Gracie hugged Dominic.
"I love you baby." She told him sweetly standing on her tiptoes to kiss him.
"I love you too." He told her holding her closer.