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Grace started to walk down the hallway, back the way she came, towards the exit. She was tired, she just wanted to get a hotel room for the night, and then she could leave. But as she walked down the last passage she realize that there was no way she was getting out of there alive. Luke was walking towards her, thankfully he hadn't seemed to have noticed her yet.
She couldn't help but look him over, he looked good. Grace was tempted to throw her arms around him and beg for his forgiveness, but she couldn't. She swallowed hard, tightened her jacket around herself and continued walking.
"Luke." Glynis came hurrying up behind him, a smile on her face. Grace watched, frozen in her spot, as Luke took one of Glynis' hands in his, and kissed her. She was shocked. Luke had moved on. With Glynis. Seemed like the perfect choice. Slowly Grace began walking again, hoping that she'd continue to go unnoticed.
"Grace?" Luke stood beside Glynis, still holding her hand, looking at the woman that was once his fiancé, wearing a short dress, with longer, darker hair. She froze in her tracks. It was her. "Glynis do you mind."
The other girl shook her head and walked down the hallway, leaving the two alone. Luke turned his attention back to Grace who had turned to face him. "What are you doing here?"
"Adam called. Told me Joan was in labor... I came to make sure that they were okay."
"Oh, so you'll answer the phone for Adam, but not your own fiancé." Fear spiked through Grace. Was it possible that he knew? Had Joan told him about the affair?
"Yeah." She murmured.
"Why did you leave like that Grace? And you stopped answering your phone when I called. Do you have any idea how scared I was that something had happened to you!?" Luke's voice rose slightly, from anger, and worry.
"I'm sorry Luke. But I had to."
"You had to? You had to leave four days before our wedding without a good bye, or an explanation?!"
"Luke please, just... I am sorry! I can't..." Grace sighed and ran her fingers through her hair.
"Can't what Grace?"
Tears filled up her eyes. "You really want to know why I left?" She asked, and Luke nodded. "I was cheating on you Luke. For five months, I cheated on you. I was standing in our room, in my dress... and it all came crashing down. I betrayed you. So I left. Figured you wouldn't want me around if I told you. But I couldn't bring myself to actually tell you, so I figured I'd leave you with something, other than complete hate, and disgust of me."
Luke stared at Grace, his jaw clenched. "You were cheating on me?"
"Yeah."
"With who?" Grace shrugged a little.
"I don't know..."
"You cheated on me, and you don't even know who he was?!"
"I'm sorry." Grace murmured before turning and hurrying down the hallway towards the exit. Luke rushed after her and grabbed her arm. He pulled her back towards him and forced her to look at him.
"That's all you have to say? You cheated on me, and you say 'I'm sorry'?"
"What else do you want me to say?!" Grace yelled at him. "Get down on my knees and beg for your forgiveness? Plead for you to take me back? From the looks of things, you don't want me anymore. You've got Glynis now."
"You're just leaving again?"
"Yeah, I am. I'm going to get a hotel room, get some sleep, and then I'm leaving in the morning."
"Where are you going?"
"What do you care Luke?"
"We'll I'd like to know that you at least have a place to stay."
"I have an apartment." Grace told him softly. Luke always was caring. "That place... the one with the diner that you came by on... I work there... live in town. I'm fine. I hope that Glynis makes you happy. She's always had a thing for you."
Luke sighed and shuffled his feet. He was still angry with her. She cheated on him, she left him, but she had come back, and she was still beautiful. She looked so different, it had only been a few months, but she was different, and beautiful. "She does."
Grace swallowed the lump in her throat. "Good. Goodbye Luke." She watched him for a second longer before turning and continuing out to her car. She climbed inside and wrapped her arms around her stomach.
Grace started to walk down the hallway, back the way she came, towards the exit. She was tired, she just wanted to get a hotel room for the night, and then she could leave. But as she walked down the last passage she realize that there was no way she was getting out of there alive. Luke was walking towards her, thankfully he hadn't seemed to have noticed her yet.
She couldn't help but look him over, he looked good. Grace was tempted to throw her arms around him and beg for his forgiveness, but she couldn't. She swallowed hard, tightened her jacket around herself and continued walking.
"Luke." Glynis came hurrying up behind him, a smile on her face. Grace watched, frozen in her spot, as Luke took one of Glynis' hands in his, and kissed her. She was shocked. Luke had moved on. With Glynis. Seemed like the perfect choice. Slowly Grace began walking again, hoping that she'd continue to go unnoticed.
"Grace?" Luke stood beside Glynis, still holding her hand, looking at the woman that was once his fiancé, wearing a short dress, with longer, darker hair. She froze in her tracks. It was her. "Glynis do you mind."
The other girl shook her head and walked down the hallway, leaving the two alone. Luke turned his attention back to Grace who had turned to face him. "What are you doing here?"
"Adam called. Told me Joan was in labor... I came to make sure that they were okay."
"Oh, so you'll answer the phone for Adam, but not your own fiancé." Fear spiked through Grace. Was it possible that he knew? Had Joan told him about the affair?
"Yeah." She murmured.
"Why did you leave like that Grace? And you stopped answering your phone when I called. Do you have any idea how scared I was that something had happened to you!?" Luke's voice rose slightly, from anger, and worry.
"I'm sorry Luke. But I had to."
"You had to? You had to leave four days before our wedding without a good bye, or an explanation?!"
"Luke please, just... I am sorry! I can't..." Grace sighed and ran her fingers through her hair.
"Can't what Grace?"
Tears filled up her eyes. "You really want to know why I left?" She asked, and Luke nodded. "I was cheating on you Luke. For five months, I cheated on you. I was standing in our room, in my dress... and it all came crashing down. I betrayed you. So I left. Figured you wouldn't want me around if I told you. But I couldn't bring myself to actually tell you, so I figured I'd leave you with something, other than complete hate, and disgust of me."
Luke stared at Grace, his jaw clenched. "You were cheating on me?"
"Yeah."
"With who?" Grace shrugged a little.
"I don't know..."
"You cheated on me, and you don't even know who he was?!"
"I'm sorry." Grace murmured before turning and hurrying down the hallway towards the exit. Luke rushed after her and grabbed her arm. He pulled her back towards him and forced her to look at him.
"That's all you have to say? You cheated on me, and you say 'I'm sorry'?"
"What else do you want me to say?!" Grace yelled at him. "Get down on my knees and beg for your forgiveness? Plead for you to take me back? From the looks of things, you don't want me anymore. You've got Glynis now."
"You're just leaving again?"
"Yeah, I am. I'm going to get a hotel room, get some sleep, and then I'm leaving in the morning."
"Where are you going?"
"What do you care Luke?"
"We'll I'd like to know that you at least have a place to stay."
"I have an apartment." Grace told him softly. Luke always was caring. "That place... the one with the diner that you came by on... I work there... live in town. I'm fine. I hope that Glynis makes you happy. She's always had a thing for you."
Luke sighed and shuffled his feet. He was still angry with her. She cheated on him, she left him, but she had come back, and she was still beautiful. She looked so different, it had only been a few months, but she was different, and beautiful. "She does."
Grace swallowed the lump in her throat. "Good. Goodbye Luke." She watched him for a second longer before turning and continuing out to her car. She climbed inside and wrapped her arms around her stomach.