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.

lights dimmed, he closed his eyes and

exact moment that Grace drifted to sleep.

memories floated through his psyche. His father sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my

said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer

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

to make sense of his surroundings. It was the mansion but the wall

Don’t stay here! It’s cold… it’s so cold…

he followed. He had to catch her. He couldn’t

much he loves me and is yet unable to give me the kind of life I want! I’ve already done

that, who’s talking to me

“Don’t…go…”

about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s begging the woman. If she leaves, my

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

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

hold of something, even if

his ears.

voice… Sister. Grace, the woman who has

Jason opened his eyes, he saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening and closing as if

telling him

hard and then

awakened, she heaved a sigh of

not had that dream for some time. It’d been years,

he was holding Grace’s

lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there was

dream, while he was about to drown, he

had

let go of her and

the pit of his stomach. He curled up

became concerned again. “Are

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

pain come because of

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 to

experienced a physical

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