Grace stood there in the dark, completely in shock, her breath hitched in her throat. she wasn't sure for how long she stood there like a marble statue. Seconds? Minutes? Hours? All she knew was that a whole era passed by her as she waited for that shock to recede, for her to regain her balance. But that didn't happen.
How foolish had she been? Things had been right there under her nose for her to see and she had been so blind, so stupid to see anything. She felt a hysterical laugh bubbling up inside her. Could there be any woman as stupid as her, who had put her heart on line not once but twice for the same bastard of a man only to have it broken into pieces? Over and over again?
Suddenly, she was laughing no more, she was crying, hysterically, running up the stairs to get back to her
