Saving Grace

Chapter 8

I sighed.

I haven't seen him since our lunch date last week when he asked me to write the verses to the song. I haven't given him an answer either despite us texting each other every day since then.

I can admit to myself that I'm scared. I believe that such a song calls for vulnerability and I have too much to say.

I am scared.

"It's not my fault that you haven't seen me." I say and looking at him sideways.

"Then a who fah fault?"

"Sir, you were in New York from Last week Friday. When did you even come back?" I asked him.

Apparently he had skipped out on a meeting with his label to come have lunch with me and they booked him a flight out of Jamaica the very next day to ensure that he was actually present.

I didn't even know he was back on the island until I saw his car at the gate.

"I told you to come with me." He says with a pout and I started to laugh.

"You must lick your head. Yuh think my mother much more my father would allow that?" I asked incredulously and he shrugged.

"Yuh never ask them, so how you would have known?" He argues back.

"Plus yuh a big woman. At 21, yuh nuh need no permission Miss." he says but I allow him because he is ignorant.

People may think that my parents are overly strict but they have good reason. Is just that sometimes, I really wish they would give me a little break.

"It's not good to speak on what you don't know." I tell him and looked out the window.

Where is he even taking me? We left Montego Bay about 5 minutes ago and now we are heading towards Hanover way.

Lawd look how daddy ago kill him wife when them cya find me cause Isaiah kidnap me

"Where are we going Xiah?" I say calling him by his producer name.

He looks over at me briefly with a frown before focusing back on the road.

"Don't call me that. It's Isaiah for you, always." He says lowly and I raised my brow.

Oop. Guess we aren't on that level just yet.

"Sorry" I say, then shut my mouth.

"Don't take it the wrong way enuh Grace. Not many people call me Isaiah, just you and my mom. I would rather it that way." He tells me and I felt myself smiling.

Is he saying that I'm special? My tummy fluttered at the thought and I could feel my cheeks burning.

Not me blushing.

"Whatever you say. You nah tell me where you're taking me?" I pressed him and he sighed.

"Yuh know Boardwalk Village?"he asked and I thought about it.

"The resort?"

"Yes, feel like you deserve to put yuh toes in the sand." says, speeding up a bit.

"Put my toes in the sand in Negril Isaiah? Mobay has sand and beach enuh."

He hissed loudly at that and I tilted my head to the side, confused.

"Enjoy the likkle road trip Grace and stop question me. Negril beach mi want we go." He says and then turned on the radio in the car.

There was early R&B playing and it gave the car a soothing atmosphere. I rested my head on the headrest and let the music fill the space between us.

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Mi cya go out there suh in a this.

Isaiah stopped in the town and bought me a swimsuit. If we can even call it that.

My belly is exposed, it barely covering my privates and God help me if I move to quickly, my breast would give everybody a peak.

Then my father would a faint if him see me now.

I looked at the pathetic piece a cover up that came with the pieces of strings and just sighed.

My spirit not allowing me to go out there in this.

I put on my dress from earlier and folded up the cover up stuffing it into the shopping back along with my shoes and underwear.

This is the best I can do.

Exiting the changing room, I walked to awards the beach until I saw Mr Man sprawled out on the lounge chair with his towel on the other one beside him.

He is bare chested and proud while sporting a colorful swimming shorts. That's how I felt in the bathing sooth. Half naked.

Watch how him liddung carefree to nuh.

I joined him, placing my purse and the lahda bag on the opposite chair. He looked up as he sensed my presence and instantly he frowned.

"Grace, Wah kinda style that now!" He queries and I looked down at my fit.

"Listen, you have to just work with this enuh. I'm not comfortable with the likkle piece a sumn that you bought." I tell him with an attitude and he laughs.

"Do yuh thing then nuh." He says and i nod.

"Yuh waah eat now or after yuh wet up yuh foot?" He asks after some time.

To be honest, is only an egg sandwich me eat all day and I'm starved.

I looked over to the restaurant seeing that it wasn't too crowded.

"I could eat." I say.

"Know you hungry man. That's why yuh a move miserable." He says while getting up.

I hissed my teeth and cut my eyes at him.

"Come, let me feed you." He says stretching his hand to me.