Regret Came Too Late

After sending Maria off from the morgue, Grace didn't even know what to say.

Grace wanted to help out with Randy's funeral arrangements, but Maria only shook her head and insisted on leaving by bus.

Grace didn't press Maria to stay and could only stand there, giving Maria reminders repeatedly.

"If·

f you need my help with anything later, just give me a call," she said.

Maria looked through the bus window and nodded at Grace, then leaned back against the seat in exhaustion and fell asleep.

Grace stood there for a long while before turning to look at Yancey. His forehead

was sweating more profusely, and his lips had grown even paler.

Grace was about to ask him what was going on, but the next second, he collapsed right in front of her.

Frightened, she immediately rushed Yancey to the hospital, and when the doctor lifted his shirt, she finally saw the deep, crisscrossing whip marks on his back.

Some were so deep that the bone was visible.

the Henderson family-who

she found it hard to believe

the Henderson family arrived shortly after. The first one to show

Grace, but Alice caught her wrist in

entire body was

If it weren't for

what happened to him,

about to argue back, she saw Levi, whom she had met earlier that

uncomfortable. The way he stared at her

you probably didn't know. Yancey suddenly barged into Henderson Residence this evening. He kneeled and begged Grandpa to call off his engagement with Alice. He said

The invitations had already been sent out, so canceling it right now would embarrass Grandpa and also

family punishment the Henderson family punishment. Very

expression turned grim in an instant. Yancey

years, and now that he was finally about to marry her, he suddenly regretted

he no longer wanted to be with

leave right now. You have to stay here and wait until Yancey wakes up-otherwise, I won't forgive you." Grace drew in a deep breath. She thought that after all, Yancey had indeed helped her out this time, so she simply stood there and quietly waited for him to

were so severe that it took the doctors three hours just to treat his wounds on his back. Especially when the fabric was stuck to his wounds, it had to be ripped away, and it ended up tearing some chunks of

waiting until just before