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

a 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

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

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,

of his surroundings. It was the mansion but

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

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

to hear your father telling me how much he loves me and is

who’s talking

“Don’t…go…”

talking about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s

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

area became darker and he was about to drown. He felt so terrible

to grab hold of something, even if it was

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

Sister. Grace, the woman who has asked me to address

Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening and

was telling him

swallowed hard and

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

dream for some time.

I had a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding Grace’s

straws and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there was

to drown, he had caught hold of

it had saved

her and the warmth he’d

in the pit of

she became

“It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll be fine

pain come

would suffer from severe stomach cramps whenever he tried to suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction of a child,

experienced a physical

reached into his abdomen and was twisting his organs out

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