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

the exact moment that Grace drifted to sleep. Her breathing evened out and she inhaled

a while, as bits and jagged pieces of memories floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the

on one of his birthdays, Dad said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no

this world has the power to control your emotions. She could make you live or d*e. However, if possible, Dad hopes that you will never get

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

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

door and he followed. He had to catch her.

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

who’s talking

“Don’t…go…”

him. He’s

catch hold of her, but it was like trying

drown. He

grab hold of something, even if it

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

Grace, the woman who has asked me to address her

saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were full

telling him not to be

swallowed hard and

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

dream for some

he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though she was his

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

his dream, while he was about to drown, he

it had saved

go of her and

the pit of his stomach. He curled

Grace saw him move, she became

pain. “It’s just…

pain come because of

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

adult, he’d not experienced a

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