Chapter 137

"Ah? Sure! Totally fine!" Grace nodded like crazy. She'd thought Lucas was about to break bad news, not drop the bomb that she was going to this fancy Ellis family dinner. "Let's go." Lucas stood up, clearly done with the meal-and her nerves weren't helping. He grabbed his jacket off the chair, not even glancing back. Meanwhile, in the next room, Louise had guzzled down way too much orange juice. Watching the two across the table going to town on their food, she gave an exasperated sigh and stood up. "I'm hitting the restroom. You guys carry on." "Sure, and bring the waiter back with you-I wanna order more," one of them chimed in. "Yeah, yeah. Just wait." Louise shot her a look and yanked open the door. At the same time, Lucas and Grace pushed open their own door. Grace looked up and locked eyes with Louise. Instinctively, she took a step back-only to immediately realize she'd shown fear. She snapped herself out of it and stepped forward again, squaring her shoulders and lifting her ch