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 eyes and breathed

Grace drifted to sleep. Her breathing evened out and

down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my footsteps.

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

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 hopes that you will never get to experience

was the mansion but the wall color

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

the door and he followed. He had to catch her. He couldn’t

and is

who’s talking to me

“Don’t…go…”

He’s begging the woman. If she

Don’t go!” Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it was

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

to grab hold of something,

ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m not

woman who has asked me to

face. Her dark eyes were

was telling him not to be

swallowed hard and then

Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh

that dream for some time.

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

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

while he was about to drown, he had

it had saved

immediately let go of her and the warmth he’d felt

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

saw him move, she became

tried to suppress the pain. “It’s just…

pain come because

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

he’d not experienced a

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