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.

drifted to sleep. Her breathing evened out and

his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my footsteps. Even if you

love. When she no longer loves you, it will be useless

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. She could make you live or d*e. However, if possible, Dad hopes that

the mansion but the wall color was different and there

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

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

how much he loves me and is yet unable to

who’s talking to

“Don’t…go…”

now? Oh, it’s him. He’s begging the

catch hold of her, but it was like trying to catch the

drown. He felt so terrible that he found it

to grab hold of something, even if

gentle voice rang beside his ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving. Don’t be afraid, don’t

who has asked me

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

him not

hard and

she heaved a sigh of relief.

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

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

thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there was no discounting that her presence

to drown, he had caught hold

had saved

let go of her and the warmth he’d

dull ache spread in the pit of his

move, she became concerned again. “Are

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

the pain come because of the

was young, he would suffer from severe stomach cramps whenever he tried to suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction

adult, he’d not experienced

reached into his abdomen

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