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</div><b>Name:</b>Grace Lynn Carter<br/><b>Age:</b>28<br/><b>Sexuality:</b>Heterosexual<br/><b>Hometown:</b>Brighton, England<br/><b>Date/Time:</b>Tuesday, 6th of July | Evening<br/><b>Location:</b>Villa backyard; firepit<br/><b>Wearing:</b><a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inthefrow.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F08%2FAD9I4767.jpg&amp;hash=021090f7a7ef5ea18960e769d41ecca1" href="https://www.inthefrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AD9I4767.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Full outfit</a><br/><b>Coupled With:</b>Matt<br/><b>Tagging: </b>Matt (<a class="username" data-user-id="6688" data-username="Swashbuckler" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/6688/">Swashbuckler</a>) | All<br/><hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--1"/>Grace had gone from feeling elation to feeling absolute dread when Laura announced those who were on the chopping block. She was gutted to find out that the public, for whatever reason, didn’t like Matt. Perhaps this vote took place back when she didn’t know if she liked him much either, she reasoned. That would’ve at least made some sense.<br/><br/>For the public to dislike Dom, she completely understood and no one would be surprised to find out where her vote would go, if she was going to be able to cast one. But, soon after, Laura announced yet another public vote and this time it was for the least compatible couple. She sighed when she heard those results, feeling like there was no way around it.<br/><br/>She’d offered to be paired with Marcus to spare her best friend on the Island from having to be coupled with anybody. Especially with someone she didn’t want to be with. Didn’t the public sympathize with that? She gathered herself up and didn’t even bother to look at Marcus, who she knew was mostly just pretending to get along with her in case it’d be advantageous to him in the game.<br/><br/>So many of these people only seemed to think of it all as a game.<br/><br/>Grace walked to her spot beside Dom and kept her lids shut as her fingers smoothed down the front of her sleek dress again and again. Her nerves were bad enough to give her some anxiety, making her breathing shallow, whilst she attempted to deepen it into more fulfilling gulps of air. Laura instructed everyone on how to cast their votes and soon enough, the texts came rolling in.<br/><br/>She wished she could have stood beside Matt, because it would’ve helped her immensely to be able to cling onto him for support in this moment. Instead, she could only look to him, catching just a glimpse because Dom was, once again, in the way. How ironic. She tried to put all of her worries out of her mind as Laura started to speak with the results.<br/><br/>When she started by saying Grace’s own name, she felt her heart sink like an anchor into the deep blue waters. But as she listened further, she realized Laura was saying she only had collected three votes. She gulped audibly when Laura went on to mention Matt, who had only gotten four votes. And then the big numbers were revealed, belonging to Dom and to Marcus.<br/><br/>Grace couldn’t help the big sigh of relief that followed. And rather than listen to Marcus’ speech and stand by while Dom received her hugs from her biggest fans, Grace scurried over to Matt, and wrapped him up in an emotional hug, her eyes wet and watering as she leaned back to look at him, but without any words, she leaned in and kissed him.<br/><br/>Sniffling, she wiped some of the wetness from her face and turned to look at those still gathered. “Thank you… everyone who voted to keep us… I’m so grateful.” Her one hand pressed to her chest, while the other searched for Matt’s hand. She shifted away, not wanting to make any sort of spectacle, but open to receiving hugs from friends, of course.<br/><br/>While this moment was a relief to her, she realized that it would be sad for some others, and tried to keep that in mind as she lingered near the firepit with Matt right at her side.