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.

closed his eyes and breathed

to sleep. Her breathing evened out and

in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my footsteps. Even if you were to fall for a woman, don’t love

most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer loves you, it

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 you live or d*e. However, if possible, Dad

but the wall color was different

It’s cold… it’s so cold… Don’t stay

stormed out the door and he followed.

and is yet unable to give me the kind of life I want!

who’s talking

“Don’t…go…”

it’s him. He’s

hold of her, but it was like trying to catch the

surrounding area became darker and he was about to drown. He felt so terrible that he found it difficult to

struggled to grab hold of something, even if

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

has asked me

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

was telling him not

hard and then

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

frowned. He had not had that dream for some

I had a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though she was his

lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d

to drown, he had caught hold of something…

it had saved

let go of her and the

in the pit of his stomach. He curled

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

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

come

to suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction of a

adult, he’d not experienced a physical reaction

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