Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 42

Mandy was at a lens for words. She wantedionice them out, but nothing seemed apt enough. The way these people kept escalating their insults made her want tácy.

But Grace simply polled open the car door and gor in

"Mandy, pet in," she said.

Mandy chubed into the car with deve

Behand them, the farmers saved their brooms in elebiation as if they had just tid themselves of a plagie

Seeing this scene in the rear-

view mittor, Mandy nearly spat out blood in rage. She couldn't hold it in anymore, and her tears spilled over.

Exhausted from a sleepless night, even the middle-

aged driver in the if our seat clutched the steering wheel with reddened eyes. He, too, was crying

Who would't feel devastated? Pouring your heart into something, only to have in trampled on Worse yet, Grace was being accused of crimes she never committed Grace sat by the window and watched the sce Though. Stop crying.

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But Mandy was too far gone. nlowing her nose into a tissue, she stifled between her worth. "I'm just.. I'm just so angry! I've never been treated like this in my whole life! That Alice is such a

be's socha Uch, she's vilet

this what your life in the Lambert family has been like? Everyone side with her, no matter what?

part of the problem too back then. She had been too eager to please and too desperate for

en

tug at her sleeve made her open them

congestion "Your knee in infected. Does it

Grace ceplied. "Come on, stop crying. This isn't the end of the road.

few more times before

lion, Grace forced herself to take a shower fast. The metallic

looked even worse now. The wounds were swollen and angry. Just as she was about to ask the front desk for a first aid kit, there was a knock on the door. She opened into

last night andha'n un intim when he returned just now. How did he

toward the door across the hall. It was shut, with

to sit on the bed with a

and began treating her wounds. When he pulled out the embedded stone,

until the medicine was applied that she finally unclenched her jaw, her tightly knitted brown relaxing slightly. Sweat had

handed her some lever medication. "Take this. You're running

"Alright. Thanks"

left, the swallowed

sat down when the door swung open

entered his expression unreadable the maneuvered his wheelchair into

Ourside,

settled in. The last rays of sunlight bathed

red glow