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.

the lights dimmed, he closed his eyes

to

and jagged pieces of memories floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason,

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 kneel

has the power to control your emotions. She could make

the mansion but the wall color was different

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

the door and he followed. He had to catch her.

father telling me how much he loves me and is yet unable to give me

talking to me

“Don’t…go…”

now? Oh, it’s him. He’s

Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it

and he was about to drown. He

grab hold of something, even if

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

Sister. Grace, the woman who has

saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening

was telling him

hard and

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

had not had that dream for

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

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

to drown, he had caught hold of

it had

go of her and the warmth he’d felt

the pit of his stomach. He curled up on

move, she became

“It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll

pain come because of the

suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction of a child, a boy too young to process his grief and forbidden to

not experienced a physical reaction like

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