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.

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

sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my footsteps.

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

the living room. “Jason, one day, when you 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,

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

me. Don’t stay here! It’s cold… it’s so cold…

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

me and is yet unable to give me the kind of life I want! I’ve

talking

“Don’t…go…”

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

go!” Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but

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

to grab hold of something, even if it was only

ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m

Sister. Grace, the woman who has asked me

Jason opened his eyes, he saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening and

was telling him not

swallowed hard

sigh of relief.

had not had that dream for some

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

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

while he was about to drown, he had caught hold of

had saved

her and

pit of his stomach. He

she became concerned again. “Are you

to suppress the pain. “It’s

come because

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

an adult, he’d not experienced

his abdomen and was twisting

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