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

spending while he's abroad. I've gotta resign. I don't

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 a

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

threatened him. She never left loose ends. Anyone involved

mine. She used to work as a maid for the Lambert

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

was already eating at him,

calmly finished stacking the medicine and placed the bottles on a tray. Sidney

wiped the sweat off his forehead again, his lips trembling as he

came to do 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

at around 10:00 pm, Sidney got off work and headed home. But as he crossed

in a panic, causing his car to swerve hard and smash

car, staring at the massive truck that hadn't slowed down one bit and was now long gone

Grace had said earlier

behind it. She wanted to shut him

set in, a soft, clear

deliberately spoken in a deeper tone of voice,

you okay, sir?" she

car was pulled over nearby like

saw her face 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. Thanks for

the truck had gone. "Truck drivers like that are dangerous as hell. If you hadn't swerved in time, that

a nervous wreck, and her words only made

"Do you want me to drive you

a doctor

see Grace. After all, she was the