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

drifted to

down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t

Dad said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When

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

sense of his surroundings. It was the mansion but the wall color was different and there was a crib. Was

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

and he followed. He

leaving. I don’t want to hear your father telling me how much he loves me and

who’s talking to me

“Don’t…go…”

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

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

about to drown. He felt so terrible

grab hold of something, even

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

who has asked

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

him not

swallowed hard and then

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

not had that dream for

realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly

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

dream, while he was about to drown, he had caught hold of something… her

it had saved

of her and the warmth he’d felt

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

saw him move, she became concerned again. “Are you not

He tried to suppress the pain. “It’s

come because of

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

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