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.

closed

exact moment that Grace drifted to sleep.

father sat him down in the library and

of his birthdays, Dad said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she

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

and tried to make sense of his surroundings. It was the mansion but the wall color

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

he followed. He had to catch

loves me and is yet unable to give me the kind of life I want!

that, who’s talking to me

“Don’t…go…”

Oh, it’s him. He’s begging the woman.

of her, but it was like trying to

to drown. He felt so

grab hold of something, even if it was only

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

has asked me to

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

was telling him not

hard and then

Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh of relief.

dream for some time. It’d

I had a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding

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

was about to drown, he

it had

let go of her and the

of

move, she became concerned again. “Are you not

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

the pain come because of

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

experienced a

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