Chapter 14

Maria was angered and humiliated. Her hands fisted at her sides and she shook with the force of her outrage. She immediately turned to leave with Mia following her. That was slapping her in the face.

Grace felt as if she were watching a show. The minute she stepped out of the market, she saw a few people smashing a car that seemed to belong to Maria.

“What happened? Has she offended someone and that person is taking revenge?” Grace asked.

“Who knows?” Jason replied as his eyes glittered.

“Anyway, it’s none of our business.” Grace took Jason’s arm and walked to the bus stop.

Suddenly, Jason stopped walking. Grace turned to look at him and saw that he looked pale.

“What’s wrong?” Grace asked, looking worried. “Jay, are you okay?”

“N-nothing,” Jason stuttered. He shook his head as if to clear it.

“You look like you saw a ghost.”

His gaze cut swiftly to her.

The woman who stepped off the bus and disappeared into the market crowd…she’d looked too much like the woman who’d deserted her husband and son.

Surely, he was mistaken.

***

Grace frowned at him as they got ready for bed. She didn’t pry and he credited her for holding her tongue.

“Thank you for the phone,” he said and forced a smile for her benefit.

Her smile wobbled a bit, but she nodded. It was obvious she was worried about him.

But he was fine.

As the lights dimmed, he closed his eyes and breathed deeply.

to sleep. Her breathing evened out and she inhaled

jagged pieces of memories floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in

in this world is love. When she no longer loves you, it will

realize that someone in this world has the power to control your emotions. She could make you live or d*e. However, if possible,

It was the mansion but the wall color

saying these things to me. Don’t stay here! It’s cold… it’s so cold… Don’t stay here… if you continue

stormed out the door and he followed. He had to catch her. He

and is yet unable to

who’s talking to

“Don’t…go…”

him. He’s begging the woman.

struggled to catch hold of her, but it was like trying to

to drown. He felt so terrible that he

to grab hold of something, even if it was only a

A gentle voice rang beside his ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving. Don’t be afraid, don’t be

who has asked me to

eyes, he saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening and closing as if

him not to

hard and

saw that Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh of relief. ”Jay, what happened? Did you have a

that dream for some time. It’d been

Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though she was his

was that nonsense she’d talked about straws and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there was no discounting that her presence brought

was about to drown, he

had

let go of her and the warmth he’d felt

spread in the pit of his stomach. He curled

saw him move, she became

suppress the pain. “It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll be fine in

the pain come because

he tried to suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction of a child, a boy

adult, he’d not experienced a physical reaction like

his abdomen and was twisting his organs out

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