Chapter Six

Grace

"Mom, you're torturing yourself by not seeing Frankie. Why don't you take a day and go see her?" Brianna asked.

"No. Not Yet."  I sighed

"It's been a month. You can at least FaceTime her." Mallory chimed in.

"I wish I could."

"Why can't you?"

"I just got over missing her, why would I should I see her just to take another three and a half weeks getting over the fact that she's really gone?"

I lied to my own children, I'm not really over Frankie leaving. I do have moments where I walk into the house and I want to tell Frankie all about what happened while I was out. Maybe the girls are right, I should at least visit her.

Frankie

"Why don't you call her? See how she's doing." Jacob suggested.

"I've tried. She won't answer. I just hope she isn't mad that I left."

"Isn't Grace the one that told you to go?"

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't be mad that I actually left."

"Maybe you should visit."

"No. Not yet."

Third Person
San Diego

Grace woke up in the middle of the night, she wasn't happy, sad or angry. She felt empty, emotionless. She looked over at the clock on her nightstand and it said 2:25AM. The blonde leaned her head on the headboard behind her and let out a small frustrated sigh. She opened her eyes after a moment and looked out the window to wonder what Frankie's doing right now. Grace got up and did anything she could to try and make herself tired.

Santa Fe

Frankie couldn't sleep either, she stared at Jacob and started wondering if leaving was the right thing. She turned herself over and looked at her phone to see a photo of her and Grace as her wallpaper. Frankie unlocked her phone as she got up to go to the bathroom to make a call.

"Hello," a voice answered.

"Hi, it's me."

"Hey, Frankie, how are you?"

"I'm good. I think I want to come home. At least to visit. But Jacob has no idea I'm even doing this so I obviously have to sneak out. When I get there, can you get me?"

"Of course. What time should I be at the station?"

"9:00?"

"Ok, I'll see you when you get here."

Six Hours Later
Frankie

I was able to peacefully sleep on the train back to San Diego. When I woke up at the station, my heart started pounding with excitement. I almost ran off the train I was so excited. I soon saw a figure running toward me. As it got closer, I opened my arms.

"Grace, I'm so happy you're here. Thank you for coming to get me." I smiled.

"I'm glad you called. I've missed you."

"I've missed you too. I'm sorry if I woke you up."

"No, you didn't I was already awake."

We smiled at each other and went to the beach house. I walked in to find the boys, Sol, Robert and Graces girls all there. I hugged everyone and later pulled Grace outside.

"What's all this for?" I asked surprised.

"No one really got to say goodbye. So, earlier, I texted everyone and asked them to come over."

"That's so sweet of you, thank you." I smiled and went back inside. I didn't, really, know how to feel right now about this. Part of me was happy, the other just wanted to be alone with Grace and tell her everything about Santa Fe.