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.

moment that Grace drifted to sleep. Her breathing

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

is love. When she no longer loves you, it will be useless

was in 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

of his surroundings. It was the mansion but the wall

so cold… Don’t stay here… if you

followed. He had to catch her.

leaving. I don’t want to hear your father telling me how much he loves me and is yet unable to

talking to

“Don’t…go…”

now? Oh, it’s him. He’s

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

he was about to drown. He felt so terrible

something,

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

the woman who has asked me to address her

face. Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink

him not to

hard

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

frowned. He had not had that dream for some time. It’d

he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though she was

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

drown, he had caught hold of

had

let go of her and the warmth he’d felt

dull ache spread in the pit of his stomach. He curled up on his

saw him move, she became concerned again. “Are

He tried to suppress the pain. “It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll be fine in a

the pain come because

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

an adult, he’d not experienced a physical reaction

had reached into his abdomen and was twisting his organs out of

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