Chapter 29 Chapter Twenty Nine

• The garden was silent as Jason gripped his phone tightly, his heart pounding from the ne s he had just heard. Eric’s voice on the other end was hurried, almost panicked.
• “I’m sorry, Jason,” Eric said, his voice cracking. “Your grandfather... he didn’t make it.”
• Jason’s heart stopped. For a moment, the world seemed to tilt. His grip on the phone loosened, and the device fell to the ground with a thud, its sound muted by the overwhelming silence in his mind. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t breathe. Edward, the only person in his family who had cared for him, who had seen worth in him, was gone. Jason knew one thing, with Ed are gone his hope of fighting against Ethan's bullies and threat was begining to dwindle and the real fight was just about starting