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".

rang with a

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

up the phone, exhaustion written all over his

pretending to organize a tray of medicine nearby. "Dr. Tanner, with your skills, why would you suddenly quit? Are you moving to

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

left loose ends. Anyone

Ms. Lambert from a relative of mine. She used to work as a maid for the Lambert family. Ms. Lambert had her frame

pay my relative 200 thousand dollars if she kept quiet. The money barely hit her account before she got hit by a car. She's in a coma now and hasn't woken up since. I guess only a person in a coma or a corpse can keep a secret. These

changed instantly. The shame of being threatened was already eating at him, and this just pushed

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

his lips trembling

plant fear. Sidney was already on edge for being part of the cover-up, and Alice's attitude had only made it worse. Now that Grace had

off

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

bit and was now long gone in the distance. A chill

Grace had said

behind it. She wanted

a soft, clear voice spoke behind him. It

hospital, she had deliberately spoken in a deeper tone

you okay, sir?"

nearby like she had just

face and froze. He recognized her as Alice's older sister. He fumbled with his glasses, his lips

furrowed, glancing 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 fatal crash. You're

wreck, and her words only made

gently, "Do you want me to drive you to the hospital? You

a doctor

Grace. After all, she was the one who had been wronged