chapter9 sister

Grace had two days left for her 'Anna induced' break to be over and she was already itching to get back to work, drafting contracts, attending meetings, reviewing paperwork, supervising projects,anything, just anything to occupy her thoughts.

Hugs...she really needed a hug, but she was alone, 'mom would have given me a hug, she died giving me a hug' she thought bitterly. she really miss her mom. she looked around her apartment, no single picture of her mother. she couldn't look at her mother's picture not without remembering that day, the look on her mother's face, the way life left her eyes.

being at home alone and idol, made her remember her mother, made her remember that day. she thought she could handle it, she really thought she was strong enough to face that memory but who was she kidding

it was about fourteen years ago. grace was just twelve years old then. four words, smart, cute, feisty and happy. grace used to be so happy, why wouldn't she be, her dad was her superhero, her mom was her best friend and they were in the car on they way to God knows where, grace couldn't remember. all she could remember was that her dad was driving while her mom and herself were in the backseat just being happy until a truck crashed into their car. She could feel her mother tighten the embrace, Grace being the curious midget she was, she tried to find out what was going on but all she could see was her mother's head covered in blood, shreds of glass piercing her arms and head, her mother's eyes widened in pain and life ever so slowly leaving her once so bright eyes. that single moment forever engraved in her memory and those eyes still find ways to haunt her. grace spent two or so months in the hospital staring at the gray wall in shock while her father had been in coma for a month after that, Grace wasn't able to speak for another six months. her father decided it was for the best to move all of her mom's belongings to the basement until grace was 'ready'

grace sat beside her bed sobbing bitterly for hours with no one to comfort and console her. no one but loneliness.

grace cried herself to sleep and when she woke up, her head hurt like crazy. she definitely couldn't continue like this, 'I have to get me back to work' she has one day left but she didn't care. she had to keep busy or else she would run mad, she stood and ran to prepare for work, taking her bath, wash her hair and other grooming rituals

as soon as stepped out of her building, she felt a chill run down her spine. 'something is going to wrong' a thought nagged at her but she wouldn't listen

" good afternoon Miss Grace" her driver greeted as he opened the door of her car "where to mam?"

"office" Grace said in her usual monotoned business voice

gosh, she hated being inside a car, she hated what it represented in her life but she had to deal with it

when the car started moving, grace opened her laptop checking on the company's financial feeds in order to calm herself and before you know it....Bam!.... in an attempt to avoid hitting an out of control speeding car, the driver collided with an electric pole.

caught unawares, grace whiplashed, hitting her head full force on the drives sit and then on the stereo behind her chair and just like that, Grace slipped out of consciousness

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Anna had just managed to convince her husband to go out to lunch with her before her medical check up and was really excited. that's pregnancy for you, just the thought of lunch wit hubby was enough to get her all happy and emotional. she had already made reservations at Ethan favourite restaurant, it was his favourite because it was owned by his buddy or whatever.

they were ushered into a VIP booth when her phone started to ring, her first thought was to ignore the call until the rang three consecutive times

"sweetheart, pick up the phone it might be urgent" Ethan said

with a frown Anna picked up her phone turns out the caller was non other than grace

'I bet she is bored out of her mind'

"hello, Miss Anna?" said a male's voice other the phone. Anna had to check the caller ID

'this is definitely Grace's private number'

"hello?...yes it's Anna, what's going on?"

something about this phone call felt off she suddenly felt agitated

"hello mam, Miss grace has being involved in an accident and she was rushed to Health Angel hospital in xxxx street

Anna gasp trying to process what she just heard

"grace was involved in an accident" she muttered to her husband in shock "Health Angel, xxxx street"

Ethan had to literally drag her out of the restaurant to rush to the hospital. it was all a blur to her until they reached Grace's hospital room. Ethan had to do all the talking because Anna just stared at her step sister, her sister as she lied there looking restless even in her sleep.

ten years ago, if someone told Anna that you

would grow so close to Grace Tang

she would have cursed that person for making such a stupid joke but here she was idolizing the same Grace.

of course grace used to be a major pain in the ass, (she still is) she would seize every opportunity to be little her, bully and trouble her but when they actually made peace, grace stood by her side through it all; even when her scrum my father kidnapped her and her mother, grace helped her to teach him a good lesson. to her grace is among the strongest people she knew yet also the most fragile. Grace is her big sister with a ton of issues.

Anna sat beside Grace's bed holding her hand and waiting for grace to wake up so she could scold her