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 sleep. Her breathing

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.

Dad said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer loves

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, if possible, Dad hopes that you

surroundings. It was the mansion but the wall color

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

dark-haired woman stormed out the door and he followed. He had to catch her.

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

talking to

“Don’t…go…”

that talking about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s begging

Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it was

to drown. He felt so terrible that he found it difficult

struggled to grab hold of something, even if it was

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

has asked me to address her as

he saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening and closing as if she

him

hard and then

Grace saw that Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh of relief. ”Jay, what happened?

had not had that dream for some time. It’d been

had a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though she was

and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there was no

drown, he had caught

had

go of her

in the pit of his

him move, she became concerned again.

tried to suppress the pain. “It’s just… stomach

the pain come

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

he’d not experienced a physical reaction

into his abdomen and was twisting his

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