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 his eyes and

to sleep.

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

is love. When she

you fall in love, you will realize that someone in this world has the power

mansion but the wall color

cold…

out the door and he followed. He had to catch her. He couldn’t let her

want to hear your father telling me how much he loves me and is yet unable to give me the

that, who’s talking

“Don’t…go…”

it’s him. He’s begging the woman. If she

Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it was like trying

drown. He felt so terrible that he

hold of something, even if it

beside his ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving. Don’t

Sister. Grace, the woman who has asked me to address her as

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

him not to

hard

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

frowned. He had not had that dream for some

was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though she

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

while he was about to drown, he had

it had saved

immediately let go of her and

dull ache spread in the pit of his stomach. He curled up on

saw him move, she became concerned

“It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll be

the pain come

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 young to process his grief and forbidden to

experienced a physical reaction like

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