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.

dimmed, he closed

could mark the exact moment that Grace drifted to sleep. Her breathing evened out and

the

birthdays, Dad said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer loves you, it will be useless

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

was the mansion but the wall color was different and there was

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 here…

woman stormed out the door and he followed.

he loves me and is yet unable to give me the kind of life

that, who’s talking

“Don’t…go…”

Oh, it’s him. He’s begging the woman. If she leaves, my

catch hold of her, but it was

drown. He felt so terrible that he found it difficult

struggled to grab hold of something, even if it was

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

woman who has asked me to

his eyes, he saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were

was telling him not

swallowed hard and then

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

dream

Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though she

about straws and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly

to drown, he had

had

her and the

the pit of his stomach. He curled up on

him move, she became concerned again. “Are you

tried to suppress the pain. “It’s

pain 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 grief and forbidden

adult, he’d not experienced a

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