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.

Grace drifted to sleep. Her breathing evened out and she inhaled less

him down in the library and

one of his birthdays, Dad said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When

realize that someone in this world has the power to control your emotions. She could make

was the mansion but the wall color was different and there was a

saying these things 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 freeze

dark-haired woman stormed out the door and he followed. He had to catch her. He couldn’t

loves me and is yet unable

that, who’s talking to me

“Don’t…go…”

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

to catch hold of her, but it was like trying

was about to drown. He felt so terrible that he found it

hold of something, even if it was only a

A gentle voice rang beside his ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m

has asked me to address her as

a pretty face. Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening

was telling him

hard

a sigh of relief. ”Jay, what happened?

that dream for some time. It’d been

was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though

He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but

his dream, while he was about to drown, he had caught hold

had saved

of her and the warmth he’d felt

the pit of his stomach. He curled

became concerned again. “Are

“It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll

come because of the

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

not experienced

his abdomen

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