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.

that Grace drifted to

in the library and told

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

he 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 emotions. She could make you live or d*e. However,

sense of his surroundings. It was the mansion but the wall color was different

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

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

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

who’s talking

“Don’t…go…”

him. He’s begging

Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it was like trying to catch

drown. He felt so terrible

to grab hold of something, even if it was

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

woman who has asked me

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

him

swallowed hard

sigh

not had that dream

had a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding

talked about straws and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it,

to drown, he had caught

had saved

her and

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

move, she became concerned again. “Are you not

pain. “It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll

come because of

whenever he tried to suppress his emotions. But that had been

he’d not experienced

as if someone had reached into his abdomen and was twisting

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