Regret Came Too Late

Joanne was working at Velvet Eclipse tonight. Within ten minutes of receiving the call, she arrived outside to help Grace.

"Grace!"

Her expression was full of worry as she helped her into the employee break room at Velvet Eclipse.

Grace's face turned pale from the pain, but she still tried to comfort Joanne. "I'm fine."

"How could you be fine?" Joanne replied, her voice full of concern. "I have half an hour before my shift ends. Sit here for a while, and I'll take you to the hospital afterward. Here, take these painkillers, two of them."

Grace sat down on a chair, leaning her back against the wall. "I don't want any medicine."

She wanted to remember how Jodie made her feel tonight, to hold onto this bitterness so she could have the chance to get back at her without hesitation.

"Alright, if you don't want them, then don't take them. Wait here for me," Jodie instructed.

Grace slowly nodded. Now that everything was quiet, she felt her mind clouding

over.

The staff break room was far from the private rooms of Velvet Eclipse. After sitting for a while, she heard heavy footsteps outside, not the kind that a woman would make.

drunk man walked in.

tall and broad-shouldered. When he

didn't expect to find such a pretty

the employee break room, quickly moved to

suddenly sobering up a bit, but he

thousand dollars,

expression instantly darkened. She growled,

know your place. Let's

pain in

moment, ker mind cleared.

but

little slut, I'll teach you a lesson

grabbed a nearby beer bottle, slammed it against the wall,

at her with it.

opened the break room door planning to run out, but just as she was about to escape, the door was pushed open. At that moment, she heard Joanne's

worried about you, so I arranged for someone to cover