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

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

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

has the power to control your emotions. She could make you live or d*e. However, if possible, Dad hopes that you will never get to

It was the mansion but the wall color was different

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

the door and he followed. He had to

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

talking to

“Don’t…go…”

about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s begging the woman. If she leaves, my father

to catch hold of her, but

area became darker and he was about to drown. He felt so terrible that

to grab hold of something, even if it was only a

warm. A gentle voice rang beside his ears. ”Jay,

has asked me to address her

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

telling him not to

swallowed hard and

sigh of relief.

had that dream for

a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly

so s*lly

was about to drown, he had caught hold of something… her

it had

of her and the warmth

spread in the pit of his stomach.

move, she became concerned again. “Are you

“It’s just…

come because

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 to process his

not experienced a physical reaction like

as if someone had reached into his abdomen and was

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