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.

drifted to sleep. Her

while, as bits and jagged pieces of memories floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my footsteps. Even if you were to fall for a woman, don’t

thing in this world is love. When she no longer loves you, it will be useless even if you were to kneel

fall in love, you 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, Dad hopes that you will

was the mansion but the wall color was

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

door and he followed. He had to catch her. He couldn’t

me how much he loves me and is yet unable

who’s talking to

“Don’t…go…”

that talking about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s begging the woman. If she leaves,

go! Don’t go!” Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it

to drown. He

to grab hold of something, even if

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

has asked me to address her

dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips

him not to be

hard

she heaved a sigh of relief. ”Jay, what

that dream for some time. It’d

was holding Grace’s

so s*lly when she’d said it, but there was no discounting

about to drown, he had caught hold of something…

it had saved

go of her and the

dull ache spread in the pit of his stomach. He curled up on his

move, she became

pain. “It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll

come because of the

Jason was young, he would suffer from severe stomach cramps whenever he tried to suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction of a child, a boy too young to process his grief and forbidden to talk about

he’d not experienced a physical

if someone had reached into his abdomen and was twisting his organs out

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