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.

he closed his eyes and breathed

to sleep. Her

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

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

you will realize that someone in this world has the power to control your emotions. She could make you live or d*e. However,

the mansion but the wall color was different and there was a crib. Was this

here! It’s cold… it’s so cold… Don’t stay here…

stormed out the door and he followed.

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

talking to

“Don’t…go…”

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

hold of her, but it was like trying to

to drown.

hold of something, even

his ears. ”Jay, Jay,

voice… Sister. Grace, the woman who has asked

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

telling him not to be

swallowed hard

saw that Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh of relief. ”Jay, what

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

Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as

and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there

about to drown,

it had saved

go of her

pit of his

she became concerned again. “Are you not feeling

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

the pain come because of the

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

not experienced a physical reaction like

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