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 evened out and she inhaled less

sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my footsteps. Even if you were to fall

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

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

to make sense of his surroundings. It was the mansion but

it’s so cold… Don’t stay here… if you continue to stay here… you will

followed. He had

don’t want to hear your father telling me how much he loves me and is yet unable to give me the kind of life I want! I’ve already done my

that, who’s talking to me

“Don’t…go…”

him. He’s

of her, but it

about to drown. He felt so terrible that he

grab hold of something, even if it

ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m

the woman who has

pretty face. Her dark eyes were full of

him not to

hard

saw that Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh

had that dream for

realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly

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 her presence brought

to drown,

had

let go of her and the warmth

the pit of his stomach. He curled up on

him move, she became concerned again. “Are

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

pain come

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

not experienced a

if someone had reached into his abdomen and was twisting his organs out

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