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

floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told

his birthdays, Dad said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer loves you, it will be

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, Dad hopes that you will never get

was the mansion but the wall color was different and

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

and he followed. He had to

loves me and is yet unable to give me the kind of life I

talking

“Don’t…go…”

He’s begging the woman. If she

hold of her, but it was like trying to

drown. He felt so terrible

struggled to grab hold of something,

voice rang beside his ears. ”Jay, Jay,

woman who has

Jason opened his eyes, he saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were

him not to

swallowed hard and

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

had that dream

Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly

nonsense she’d talked about straws and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there was no discounting that

was about to drown, he had

it had

her and the warmth he’d felt

ache spread in the pit of his stomach.

Grace saw him move, she became concerned again. “Are you

the pain. “It’s just…

come because of the

severe stomach cramps whenever he tried to suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction of a child, a boy too young

experienced a physical

his abdomen and was

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