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

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

while, as bits and jagged pieces of memories floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in

unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer loves you, it will be useless even if

he was in the 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

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

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

door and he followed. He had

don’t want to hear your father telling me how much he loves me and is yet unable to give me the kind of life I want! I’ve already done my

that, who’s talking

“Don’t…go…”

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

go! Don’t go!” Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it was like trying to catch

he was about to drown. He felt so terrible that he found it

grab hold of something,

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

woman who has asked me

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

telling him not

swallowed hard and then

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

had that dream

a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand

s*lly when she’d said it, but

his dream, while he was about to drown,

it had saved

let go of her

in the pit of his stomach. He curled

she became concerned again.

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

the pain come because

had

experienced a physical

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