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
drifted to sleep. Her
while, as bits 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
is love. When she no longer loves you, it will be useless
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
the mansion but the wall color was different
It’s cold… it’s so cold… Don’t stay here… if you continue to stay here… you will
door and he followed. He had to catch her.
he loves me and
that, who’s talking to
“Don’t…go…”
about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s begging the woman. If she leaves, my father
Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it was like
to drown. He felt so terrible that he found it
grab hold of something, even if
gentle voice rang beside his ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving. Don’t be afraid,
the woman who has asked me to address
opened his eyes, he saw a pretty face. Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening and closing as if
him not
swallowed hard and
saw that Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh of
had that dream for
I had a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though
nonsense she’d talked about straws and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly
to drown, he
it had saved
her
ache spread in the pit of
became
tried to suppress the pain. “It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll be fine in
the pain come
his emotions. But that had
experienced a
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