There was a knock at the door when Grace came back out from taking a shower and getting dressed. She was dressed in a soft material of lace for her white and yellow top, with a pair black jeans that was ripped at the knees.She glanced at the kitchen table to see that Charlotte and Noah had set out the table, and it was just Charlotte in there. She realized Noah must have gone to take a shower, so she walked to the door."That should be Noah’s parents!” She said as she rubbing her hands together. “I'll go get the door. Help me get the cups out of the top cabinet." She said.Charlotte smiled with a shake of her head as she watched Grace stopped at the door and looked at herself in the small mirror near the door to make sure she was fine. There was nothing she could say, she sure knew that she like Noah, enough that she wanted to appear good in front of his parents.Why else was she checking if she was okay and everything was in place before she could open the door. Charlotte turned bac

“All right, that’s the last one.” Grace said to Charlotte as she handed her the apron she had around her neck, and watched as the last customer walked out.She walked to the door after that, and turned the open and closed sigh around so that the customers knew they were closed for the day, then she walked back to Charlotte.“Thank you for much for today, Grace.” Charlotte said, smiling at her and referring to how she had been handling all the customers and how more customers had been coming over because of her. According to them, it was her smile that was pulling them right back. Although, Charlotte knew it was because of the fact that Grace was a beautiful woman and they probably kept coming back and being nice to her because they wanted to try their luck.Grace waved her hand with a shake of her head. “It’s not a big deal. I’m just doing my job.” She grabbed her bag and then her coat from the hanger and said. “I should leave now. It’s really late, and I didn’t bring the car.”“I cou

Rushing out of the car as soon as he parked it, he started to walk towards the lake, looking around while he did that. The place was deserted, and he wondered why Grace had thought it was all right to come to the lake this late at night.As he drove here, all he could think of are the what ifs that could happen. He couldn’t for the life of him, understand why she had not even bothered calling him any letting him know she would be coming here.Not only was it so irresponsible or her, but also very unexpected, and he hated how his heart squeezed in pain when he thought of the what ifs that something might have happened to her.That aside, he had been calling her back home before Jimmy arrive to tell him where he thought she went, and the drive all the way down here, he had done nothing but call her, and at some point, the phone had switched off.She probably didn’t remember to have it charged, that was the most reasonable reason he could come up with, but then again, when his mind came

After the messed up night at the lake and Noah came to her rescue one more time, Grace decided she had to avoid him, be out of his way, and stay as out of his sight as much as possible, and so far, everything had been just fine.“Thank goodness for that.” She whispered to herself.It wasn’t easy, but she had been able to do it for a whole week. She knew it might not be a big deal for others, but for her, it was. She had been making sure to work around his schedule, leaving her room only when he was gone to work, or leaving very early to open the shop, and coming either very early or late, depending on whichever worked for his schedule.Walking alone was becoming a normal thing for her and she only had to look over her shoulder just a few times.“You better learn to stop doing that.” She thought mentally, sighing as she thought about what it would be like not having to look over her shoulder ever again.What had happened with Noah might not be something others would be embarrassed of,

Charlotte paused as her hand picked up the apple from the fridge and she turned to look back at Grace over her shoulder. She had stopped by to pick up the food Grace told her to come pick up, and was now telling her what happened.“Is that a joke?” She asked her, turning completely now to face her. “What do you mean Noah’s girlfriend was here?” She asked.“I said his ex girlfriend was here, because according to what I heard them both talking about, I could tell it had ended.” Grace said.She hadn’t mean to tell Charlotte anything, but she had asked her why she had made that much food in the first place and before even thinking about it, she had let it slipped out.“So Diana was really in this house?” She asked and Grace nodded.“Yes, that was what she called her name.” Grace walked away from where she was standing to walk to the sink to wash her hands.She didn’t want to talk about that or what she had heard Noah and her talked about. The woman was just really so angry that she had ev