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.

mark the exact moment that Grace drifted to sleep. Her breathing evened out and she inhaled

for a while, as bits and jagged pieces of memories floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library

this world is love. When she no longer

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

mansion but

so cold… Don’t stay here… if you continue

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

want to hear your father telling me how much he loves me and is yet unable to give me the kind of

talking to me

“Don’t…go…”

him. He’s begging the woman. If she leaves,

Jason struggled to catch hold of her,

was about to drown. He felt so terrible

of something, even if it was

ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving.

who has asked me

eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening and closing

telling him not

hard and

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

not had that dream for

a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though

and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said

he was about to drown, he had caught

it had saved

let go of her

pit of his stomach. He curled

him move, she became concerned again. “Are you not

nothing.” He tried to suppress the pain. “It’s

pain come

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

experienced a physical reaction

reached into his abdomen and was twisting his organs out

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