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

could mark the exact moment that Grace drifted to

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

one of his birthdays, Dad said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer loves you, it will be useless even if you

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

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

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

stormed out the door and he followed. He had

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

who’s talking to me

“Don’t…go…”

it’s him. He’s

catch hold of her, but it was

surrounding area became darker and he was about to drown. He felt so

to grab hold of something, even if it was only a

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

has asked me

saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were full

him

swallowed hard

Grace saw that Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh of relief. ”Jay, what happened?

that dream for some time.

was holding Grace’s

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

was about to drown, he had

had

her and the warmth

pit of his stomach. He curled

became concerned again. “Are you not

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

come

suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction of a child, a boy too young

not experienced

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