Regret Came Too Late

On her way to the hospital, Grace made sure to disguise herself from head to toe. The Lambert family had bodyguards out looking for her, and if they got their hands on her, she'd be locked in a psychiatric hospital with no one coming to her rescue anytime soon.

Once she got to the hospital, she followed a nurse into the changing room and threw on a nurse uniform, a surgical mask, and glasses.

She wandered the halls for a while before finally spotting Alice stepping out of her ward.

Alice walked straight to a doctor's office and pushed the door open. The doctor's name was Sidney Tanner.

Sidney greeted her politely, "Ms. Lambert, have a seat."

Alice didn't look too happy. "Didn't I tell you to quit?"

Now that the whole baby situation had caught the Henderson family's attention, she needed to clean up every loose end. Anyone involved including Sidney-

had to go.

Sidney looked torn. "But I'm up for promotion next month. I swear I won't say a word to anyone."

Alice narrowed her eyes, sneering, "What, is 300 thousand dollars not enough to buy your silence?"

Sidney started sweating. He grabbed a tissue from the desk and wiped his face.

Alice had zero patience for anyone outside her inner circle. She always liked throwing her weight around. She said, "You've got three days to resign from this hospital."

With that, she turned and left, heading back to her ward.

The moment she was gone, Grace slipped into the office. Sidney remained seated

in his chair and let out a long sigh. Grace glanced at the plaque near the door, which read out "Dr. Sidney Tanner".

Sidney's phone rang with a call

his spending while

phone, exhaustion

to organize a tray of medicine nearby. "Dr. Tanner, with your

said, "It's complicated. My kid is overseas and got into some trouble. I needed the money... but forget it. Let's not talk

She never left loose ends. Anyone involved in her schemes always got

from a relative of mine. She used to

a car. She's in a coma now and hasn't woken up since. I guess only a person in

being threatened was already eating at him, and this just pushed

and placed the bottles on a tray. Sidney jumped up. "Wait... What you said

the sweat off his forehead again, his lips trembling as he said, "You

already on edge for being part of the cover-up, and Alice's attitude had only made it worse. Now that Grace had nudged his guilt, it wouldn't take much

10:00 pm, Sidney got off work and headed home.

him. He slammed on the gas in a panic, causing his car

hadn't slowed down one bit and was now long gone in the distance. A chill ran down

had

it. She wanted

soft, clear

deliberately spoken in a deeper tone of voice, disguising herself. Now,

you okay, sir?"

was pulled over nearby like

and froze. He recognized her as Alice's older sister. He fumbled with his glasses, his lips trembling as panic crept in. "I-I'm fine.

toward the direction the truck had gone. "Truck drivers like that are dangerous as hell. If you hadn't swerved in time, that could've been a

wreck, and her

added gently, "Do you want me to drive you to the

a

to see Grace. After all, she was the one who had