Chapter 28
Grace dialled the familiar number that morning, the number of the Texan ranch where her father lives, her heart drumming against her ribcage with a nervous urgency. She clutched the phone tighter as it rang, each chime echoing the uncertainty swirling within her.
When her father's voice crackled through the line, a fleeting hope fluttered in Grace's chest. Maybe, just maybe, this time would be different. Maybe this announcement, would finally bridge the chasm that had grown between them. Afterall this is what he had wanted all along. ‘For her to get married.’
"Father," she began, her voice trembling with a blend of anticipation and trepidation, "I have something to tell you."
She told him that she had gotten married to the father of her baby. She had expected him to be happy
