To Find Grace

Episode 37

They exchanged greetings as they waited for the language and walked along as the language guy pushed the carrier to the car park.

“So? What is going on here?” Grace looked at Jack as Diana opened the car to allow the carrier guy load the bags in the back.
“Been great baby, I have a big surprise for you” jack smiled
“Really? What is that? Must I close my eyes or something?” she teased closing her eyes and opening them back again.
“Promise you won’t get mad at me, but that you will give a shot what am about to review to you” Jack asked.
“The two of you will continue chatting here or you will come in we start going?” Diana shouted from the driver`s seat.
“Mom, give us a moment, Jack has a surprise for me” Grace answered back with excitement making Jack look down knowing the hard part had come.
“Wait here” he looked at Grace and she could not answer he rushed away Grace looked at her mother and the two shrugged not knowing what he was up to.
“Do you know what this is all about?” Grace asked Diana as they waited impatiently. Diana could not get to answer at the moment as her eyes were set of the two people she had come to hate so much they disturbed her every being. He tongue felt tied and she could not move as she saw them close in with Jack walking besides them his nervous smile evident, right that minute Diana felt disappointed with him and was regretting the very day she agreed to entertain him around Grace.

“You demon” she screamed in her heart shaking as she realised how much that was going to change everything.
“What is…….?” Grace started asking turning back to face where her mother`s eyes were at and standing still seeing the only person she could identify along with Jack she breathed out.
“Uncle Ben?” she asked surprised
“Hey Grace!” Ben tried to smile as he looked at the girl and at that moment could see what he had not seen back then when he saw her with Junior. She was his daughter and his blood moved seeing her look at him wearing a smile he could relate to.
“What are you doing here? Is this.. the, the surprise?” she asked this time looking at Jack who was silent his eyes focused on Jena who all this while kept looking at Grace without blinking her eyes she had her mouth open.

“Who is this woman?” Grace asked seeing how silent and shocked Jena was.
“Grace, ehee… Grace” Jena stuttered her eyes filling up as she slowly moved forward and touched Grace`s face who flinched back wondering why a strange woman was eyeing her like that.

“Can you tell me what is going on here?” Grace asked Jack looking at him the hands of Jena still on her face she was looking at her mother like she was mad.

“Grace, you don’t need to be here! Come on let’s go!” Diana walked in between Jena and Grace pulling her daughter back to the car.

“No, not again Diana, you will not do this to me again” Jena spoke her voice broken as she failed to keep herself from crying.
“What? Who are you? You know her mom?” Grace was shocked the more seeing the reaction of her mother towards the woman.
“ um, can we talk somewhere private?” Jack tried to step in but Diana looked at him slapping him hard across his face.
“I trusted you, you traitor! How dare you?” she snarled angrily

“Can someone tell me what is going on here? Who are you and what is Uncle Ben doing here, where is your wife Uncle? Mom, Jack?” she looked at them all her confused face so sweaty.

Ben knew the woman she meant and he had no words to respond to her instantly, breaking it straight up to her he was her father and Jena her mother seemed not the right way to go.

“I agree with Jack, can we all sit somewhere else?” Ben responded calmly but Diana shook her head furious.

“No, we are not talking to these people Grace, come on lets go home” she pulled her pushing her into the car.
“Am your mother Grace, am your, am your mother!” Jena shouted seeing she was following Diana, they all stopped and looked at her. Grace slowly stepped down the car her mouth dry she looked at her from head to toe slowly and accurately, she had no idea what to do at the moment.

“What?” she finally answered looking at Jack and Diana, Jack nodded his head whilst Diana shook it vigorously.

Story continues…