Peace of Mind
Copyright© 2021 by DB86
Chapter 17
Grace picked up Landon the next morning at nine. He was already waiting for her outside the cabin playing catch with Scout.
Grace drove in silence for a while. She was trying to order her ideas to be able to express her thoughts in the best possible way.
“How are you feeling this morning?” she asked.
“I’m okay, I guess. Thanks for offering to drive me to town.”
“I’m happy to help in any way I can. Tomorrow is Friday,” she said, trying to think of how to say what she wanted to say without saying too much.
“Yes, so?”
Grace took a deep breath and tried again, “I want to drive you to Seattle.”
Landon didn’t say anything for a while. How did she know he and Derek went to Seattle on Fridays?
When he finally spoke his voice was soft.
“Why?”
“Because I want to be part of your support network. I want to be there for you and help you, and to do that I need to know how.”
“You are already helping me. You find the perfect place for me. You found me a job to keep me busy and pay the rent. You check on me. You even cooked a pizza for me.”
“Yes, but I want to do more,” Grace shook her head, “I want to do better. The other evening when you had that...”
“Flashback,” said Landon.
“Right, when you had that flashback I didn’t know what to do. I was playing by ear. I was afraid of doing or saying the wrong thing and making things worse.”
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