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

floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my footsteps. Even if you were to fall for a

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

world has the power to control your emotions. She could make you live or d*e. However, if possible, Dad hopes that you will

the mansion but the wall color was different and there was a crib. Was

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

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

how much he loves me and is yet unable to give me the

talking to

“Don’t…go…”

about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s

go! Don’t go!” Jason struggled to catch hold of her,

and he was about to drown. He felt

grab hold of something,

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

Grace, the woman who has asked me to address her

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

was telling him not

swallowed hard and

Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh of relief. ”Jay,

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

Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as

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

drown,

had saved

immediately let go of her and the

the pit of his stomach.

became concerned again. “Are you not feeling

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

pain come because of the

suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction

an adult, he’d not experienced

had reached into his abdomen and was twisting his

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