Forty-four

GRACE.

I prepared my child for school the next day like a robot.

My mind was on the verge of exploding. Left for me, I would begin home schooling for Laurel but this was actually the time in her life she needed to learn the basics of socializing with people.  

After listening to Connor’s reason for trying to stop me from leaving, an unknown fear for my child and Connor started growing on me.  

Everyone around him and even him was in danger. It wasn’t a joke as I had thought. Because of how things went between us, I had completely forgotten the incident that brought us back together. 

The assault. 

And if I hadn’t been at the scene that day, he would have probably died and so would his driver. An assault so horrific, he refused to go to the hospital to get treated. 

All because of a piece of land and a grudge.

And all those times, I believed he was simply avoiding the press and how much damage