Grace parked outside her place and rushed inside for a shower. After taking off

her clothes, she stared at the marks all over her body. She really felt like slapping herself how could she be such a pushover?

She bent down and splashed cold water on her face. When the heat in her cheeks finally went away, she quickly changed into fresh clothes. Her neck was definitely not presentable, so she threw on a turtleneck.

Turning around, she spotted another subtle mark just below her earlobe. She dabbed some foundation over it, which could barely hide the mark. Then, she hurried back to her car and hauled Brent to Amity Hospital.

When Brent woke up and saw Maria, panic flashed across his eyes before he started yelling, "What are you doing to me? You can't do any illegal stuff here! What do you want?"

Maria recognized this man. Brent had been friends with her husband, and they had worked on a project together that failed. After that, he vanished.

it that he developed a gambling addiction and got divorced. His only daughter had moved abroad to get

Yet here he was in Druville, wearing expensive designer clothes that suggested he

mood for talking. "Spit it out. What exactly is your relationship with

face contorted in pain, nearly throwing up. But Grace grabbed a knife from nearby and sliced off one of his fingers in a

tell you—I just can't! If I reveal my connection to

like a disheveled thug. Grace pushed his hair

and she found it hard to speak

the knife in her hand. "If I know about your arrangement with Alice, she won't let you live. She'd never leave that kind of evidence. The only reason you're

half dollars, I'll give

didn't answer, still writhing in pain. When Grace tapped his face with

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