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 breathed

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

and jagged pieces of memories floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my footsteps. Even if you were to fall for

on 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 this world has the power to control your emotions. She could make you live or d*e. However, if possible, Dad hopes that

but the wall color was different and

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

followed.

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

talking to

“Don’t…go…”

He’s begging the woman. If

to catch hold of

became darker and he was about to drown. He felt so terrible that he found

something, even

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

Grace, the woman who has asked

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

was telling him

swallowed hard

saw that Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh of relief.

not had that dream for

he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though

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

he was about to drown, he had caught hold

it had saved

her and the

of

she became concerned again. “Are

“It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll be

pain come because of the

Jason was young, he would suffer from severe stomach cramps whenever he tried to suppress his emotions. But that had been the reaction of a

he’d not experienced

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