Regret Came Too Late

Alice couldn't stop shaking. Every memory of last night turned her world to ash. How had everything gone so wrong?

She must have lost her mind. After the police found her that morning, she'd immediately tried to drag Grace down with her. Her thoughts were a jumbled mess, which made her blurt out whatever came to mind.

"It had to be her. Only she would do something like this to me," she mumbled.

The moment those words left her mouth, Liam couldn't take it anymore.

"Give it a rest, Alice. Who do you think you're fooling with this victim act? Let me guess you're going to claim you were attacked by multiple men and that Grace orchestrated the whole thing?"

Alice slowly looked up. She had really been attacked by several men, and Grace was definitely behind it. Wasn't her condition proof enough?

Her clothes were in tatters, and her body was covered in marks. What better evidence could there be? But Liam's words hit her like ice water.

"Did you make those marks yourself too? I swear nothing honest ever comes out of your mouth. Years ago, you claimed your foster parents abused you, but it turns out that con man demanding money was your partner all along.

straight to your bank account. How could

It felt like lightning had struck

never have believed her over Alice. Liam pulled up the video on his phone, his face

little scheme with that man is all over town. Mom watched your livestream while getting

Now you're playing victim again, trying to drag Grace down with you. I'm telling you—I will never trust

had

have arranged the livestream. She knew about

not for Grace, what happened afterward would never have occurred. Her

angry right now to believe anything she said. Even though she really had been attacked, they'd

totally turned. Grace used to be in this position,

suddenly went quiet. She turned to the police and said, "I'm sorry-I

been through something terrible last night, but after

the drift and removed the handcuffs. "Pull something like this again,