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".

phone rang with a call from his

the money. Tell the kid to be careful with his spending while he's abroad. I've gotta resign.

the phone, exhaustion written all

"Dr. Tanner, with your skills, why would you suddenly quit? Are you moving to a bigger

his forehead and said, "It's complicated. My kid is overseas and got into some trouble. I needed the money... but forget it.

threatened him. She never left loose ends. Anyone involved in her schemes

mine. She used to work as a maid for

she kept quiet. The money barely hit her account before she got hit by a car. She's in a coma now and

being threatened was already eating at him, and

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

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

the cover-up, and Alice's attitude had only made it worse. Now that Grace had nudged his guilt, it wouldn't take much more

pm, Sidney got off work and headed home. But as

the gas in

staring at the massive truck that hadn't slowed down one bit and was now long gone in the distance. A chill ran down his spine,

what Grace had said earlier

to be behind it. She wanted to shut

set in, a soft, clear voice spoke behind him. It was

hospital, she had deliberately spoken in a deeper

okay,

pulled over nearby like she

sister. He fumbled with his

gone. "Truck drivers like that are dangerous as hell. If you hadn't swerved in time, that could've been a fatal crash. You're

already a nervous wreck, and her

you want me to drive you to the hospital? You don't look

need. I'm a

was the one who had been