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 breathing evened out and

of memories floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow

most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer

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.

his surroundings. It was the mansion but the

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

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

how much he loves me and is yet

talking to

“Don’t…go…”

about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s

catch hold of

to drown. He felt so terrible

to grab hold of something, even

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

the woman who has asked me to address

eyes were

telling him not to be

swallowed hard

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

had that dream for some time. It’d been

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

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 her presence brought him

about to drown, he had caught hold of something…

had

go of her and the

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

move, she became concerned again. “Are you not

“It’s just… stomach

come

stomach 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 and forbidden to talk

not experienced a physical reaction like

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

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