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.

family-who on

she found it hard to believe what she

arrived shortly after. The first one to

Lily saw Grace, she wanted to slap Grace,

body was

jinx! You are a jinx! If it weren't for you, how could Yancey have ended

what happened to

she saw

made Grace very uncomfortable. The way he stared at her was still like staring at

suddenly barged into Henderson Residence this evening. He kneeled and begged Grandpa to call off his engagement with Alice. He said he regretted it and

canceling it right now would embarrass Grandpa and also tarnish the Henderson family

into rage and invoked the family punishment

in an instant. Yancey

sneaking around with Alice for years, and now that he was finally

wanted to be with Alice, who was insincere. But saying that

wanted to leave, but she didn't expect Lily to grab her. Lily's face was twisted with rage. "Grace, you can't 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

back. Especially when the fabric was stuck to his wounds, it had to be ripped away, and it ended

the hallway, waiting until just before dawn. Just then, she got