Novels by GRACIE

After the day I had, the last thing I wanted was to go back to work. Kyle was already in bed and I was about to put on my pajamas and call it a night when my phone buzzed on my dressing mirror. It was a message from a new number that I did not recognize. "Meet me at club Ace in twenty minutes." was all it said.I looked at the number, trying to see if I was at all familiar, but I had never seen that number before. I put my phone back on the table and was about to walk away when it buzzed again. This time, someone was calling me, the same phone number. "Stop calling me psycho." i yelled into the phone as soon as I picked up."Now that's no way to greet your boss Olivia, not after you ran out of here without even saying a word.""Oh my.. I am so sorry, I thought it was...never mind. How can I be of service to you sir, it's quite late." i said looking at my bedside clock. Who the the hell calls someone eleven at night."Club Ace in twenty." Jake said into the phone and immediately h

Rejection. Olivia. I watched as the trees passed by, the environment changing as we approached my father's house. Nerves getting the best part of me. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. I should have probably atleast called to confirm that my father really wanted me here. I looked over at my son was peacefully sleeping next to me. He had no idea how much this place he was so excited to go, the people he was so excited to meet. How much they had hurt me. I was also still very skeptical to the fact that my father might still not accept him at all. "You can do this Olivia." i whispered to myself as the cab pulled up to the big black gates.For some reason the house looked even bigger than I had remembered it to be. "Wooow, you used to live here." my son's voice brought me back to reality as I saw his small face beaming with excitement as he looked around us."Yes, I grew up here." i said calmly as I opened the car door for him.I needed a few more minutes before I faced this peopl

Olivia. "Hey... Olivia?" I opened my eyes to Jade shaking my shoulders. "I came as soon as I could, what's wrong?" she asked sitting down next to me."It's Kyle." i said unable to hold in the tears anymore. "He is sick Jade, they said he has a hole in his heart." i said shaking uncontrollably."Hey, hey, it's going to be okay. Jade said hugging me as she patted me on my shoulder," It's going to be okay I promise.""How?how is it going to be okay Jade? I don't have any money.""Remember you just started a new job and they have medical insurance." Jade said excitedly."It won't be enough, it won't cover the surgery it can only cover some of his medication." i said as the tears came back again.For the past five years, we had gotten by just enough, and after getting my new job I had finally thought things were going to be okay. But now I needed to come up with three hundred thousand for the surgery and aftercare. "I have an idea of where you can get the money from." Jade started and I

Flashback to the day she left homeOliviaMy eyes fluttered open as I slowly tried to take in the surrounding. This was definitely not my room or any room I was familiar with. My head was pounding hard as I tried to look around. That's when I saw him. A large body sprawled on bed right next to me. He seemed to be still fast asleep. I was about to take a closer look, when the noise of my vibrating phone startled me. I quickly got out of bed, still looking around as I tiptoed to the other side of the room careful not to wake the strange man. "Hello." I whispered into the phone, as I tried to collect my clothes that were scattered all over the floor."Where the fuck are you Olivia?" an angry voice was on the other side of the line. A voice I was too familiar with. A voice I was supposed to be marrying, Eric.That's when it dawned on me. Today was supposed to be my wedding day. "I am so sorry, I'm on my way." I lied.He didn't say another word, he hang up instead but I could feel

Flashback to when Olivia's mom died. Olivia. I slowly stroked Kyle's hair until he felt asleep. I Walked slowly back to the waiting room and sat there texting Jade. As I sat there, the antiseptic smell of the place clinging to my place was starting to get to me. I was starting to feel a little dizzy. I hated hospitals. The cold metal chairs, the sterile environment, the way it seemed to stretch and warp, becoming an interminable void.. As I tried to look at the floor counting the tiles trying to lose myself in it, a sudden flash of memory gripped me, pulling me back to the last time I had been in a hospital room, under very different circumstances. It was almost fifteen years ago now. But the memories came back so vividly. I could almost feel myself back in that moment. I was sitting in another waiting room, another hospital but in the same uncomfortable chair, but back then the walls seemed to close in on me even more. My mother had been the one admitted in the intensive care

The Unexpected CallOlivia. It had been a few weeks of smooth running at my new work of place. I had not seen my boss in a few days he was always in meetings out of the office which made my work easier. Today was a big day for both my boss and the company. He was supposed to close a really big client he had been working on for the last two weeks.I wanted everything to work perfectly. The office buzzed around me, phones ringing, colleagues murmuring in hushed tones and the occasional hums and laughter all around me. It was an hands-on kind of Tuesday for everyone, we all knew how important this client was for Jake. I had finally finished compiling the agreement and was about to go to Jake's office and hand him the files when my office phone rang. Over the past one hour I had gotten some few calls from an unknown number that I had just ignored. If Jake spotted me on the phone while handling the agreement documents he would have been furious. I glanced at the screen and the regist