HIIIIII! Sorry for the long waiting, I haven't been home all summer and I had to get through my first school week. I had gotten four new subjects, soooooooo wish me luck. Hope you all enjoy this chapter!;P
Grace's POV!
I woke up and sat up. Yesterday's happenings came back to my mind. I got out of bed, without waking Carrick up. I made it over to Christian's room and slowly walked inside.
The sight I saw touched my heart.
Christian was lying beside Hope, holding her hand, while she was hugging Lily, the doll. Fluff was in his cage on the night table. Everybody fast asleep. I hurry back to Carrick, trying not to wake them up.
"Carrick!" I yell/whisper. "Carry, wake up!" I shake him, trying to get him up.
"Wha- What? Gracie? Can't it wait? I fucked you three times last night, I'm totally exhausted," He says as he sits up.
I turn red, "That's not what I'm talking about. You have to see this!"
"Oh... Okay," He says and gets up from bed. I take the camera from my desk and hurry back to Christian and Hope, Carrick following me closely. I slowly open the door and I hear Carrick gasp.
I take some pictures and Hope starts moving around. She sits up, rubbing her eyes sleepy. "Grandma?" She asks. "Wad's going on?"
I smiled to her and shake my head, "Nothing, sweetheart. Go back to sleep."
"Okay," She said. She snuggled into Christian's arms and he hugged her tightly.
Carrick wiped a tear of my cheek with his thumb. "He look so happy," I whispered.
"I know, I know," Carrick said and hugged me.
I sob quietly into his chest. "Come on," He says, "Let's go."
I nod. We leave the room and walk down, into the kitchen. I sit down and Carrick starts making some tea.
"We should show Ana the pictures," I say.
"Hmmm," Carrick say as he give me a cup of tea.
"Thank you," I mumbled quiet. "But really? I think it would made her happy."
Carrick sighs. I secret sigh. "What?" I ask.
"Nothing," He says and open the refrigerator.
"Carrick!" I say.
He sighed and turned around, "Gracie, it's not that I don't like Ana… However, are you sure she is the right one for Christian? I mean… How do we know that she isn't after his money? All of Mia's friends are!"
I jumped up from the chair, faster than he could blink, "How dare you! How dare you, Carrick Grey! Our son has not been this happy since… He has never been this happy. He loves her! Ana AND Hope. In addition, they love him! He let them touch him! He let Hope call him "Dad"! He has finally found his own family and the only you want to do, is do destroy it?" I was so furious that I did not know what I was saying.
Carrick looked agonized, but I did not care. "Gracie I didn't mean it like that. It is just-"
I cut him off before he could finish, "No Carrick! You meant it exactly like that. If that is really how you feel-"
"Grandma?"
We turned around and saw Hope and Christian holding hands.
"What's going on, mom?" Christian asked. His face did not showed any emotions, but his eyes were afraid.
I sighed," It is nothing, darling. What do you want for breakfast?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
"Pancakes!" Hope yelled happy. Thank god, she was easy to distract. Christian did not looked so convinced. However, he let it go.
"We are going up to Ana after breakfast. Do you want to come?" Christian asked.
I smiled and nodded. I started making the pancakes and Carrick left to his office. We were going to discuss it after breakfast.
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I had just dropped Hope and Christian (And Fluff and Lily) off at the hospital. I had to talk with Carrick. I sighed and closed my eyes for a moment. It was going to be hard.
I stopped the car, walked up to the house, and let myself in. I walked into the living room and saw Carrick sitting on the couch. He stood up as I walked in.
"Sit down," I said.
He sat down, looking very crestfallen. I grabbed a glass of water and took a long sip.
"Grace, I know you are mad at me, but please let me explain!" Carrick exclaimed.
I sighed and closed my eyes. I took a deep breath and turned around. "Fine. I'm listening."
He took a deep breath and started: "I know you want Christian to be happy, so do I! But we barely know her! I mean… How do we not know that she just don't want his money, all Mia's friends want them! She's sweet and everything, Hope are too, but she is going to break his heart. I looked at her hospital record… She has only been with abusive men and drug addicts, how don't we not know they aren't going after him!? Or Hope's real father? I love Christian and I know that he had made many right decisions, but I don't think that Ana was a right decision…" He looks at me with begging in his eyes.
I swallowed the lump in my throat and took a deep, shaking breath: "Carrick, I think we need a break."
He looked at me and started shaking his head, "No Gracie! Please no! Don't do this…"
I turned around, not looking at him. "Carrick, please leave. We need a break – I need a break! Just leave. Please!" I begged him.
I don't know how much time there went, but after a while the door slammed.
I took a deep breath and wiped a tear of my cheek.