Regret Came Too Late

"Mom just called. Apparently, some crazy woman stopped Alice and stabbed her. Mom also got stabbed in the arm. The woman has been arrested, but Alice seems completely unhinged. She's not fatally hurt, but she won't stop screaming."

Grace wanted to rush to the scene, but she couldn't bring herself to leave Quentin. Taking a deep breath, she had a guess who that woman was—Maria.

Alice destroyed Maria's family, and her husband also died in prison. Maria had probably been planning to ambush Alice, and when she had the chance, she was ready to throw her life away for revenge.

Grace had wanted to pull Liam away to ask about the details, but Quentin's raspy voice rang out.

"Speak. I'm listening."

Grace felt drained and could only ask Liam, "What about Mrs. Lambert?"

"Just a minor injury. It's just Alice who's acting like an insane woman. She's been cursing and shouting non-stop. I heard she also scratched a few doctors. I've no idea where she got the strength."

Three bullets and a knife wound from Maria, and Alice was still keeping up with the antics. She really was unbelievable.

Liam leaned in. "Grace, the doctors have removed the bullets from Alice's body. They say she'll probably be sent to a psych ward."

Rubbing her temples, Grace turned toward the bedridden Quentin and pursed her lips. "Send her away, then."

Liam fell silent, drooping his head like he had done something wrong. It wasn't that he didn't feel anything for Alice, but after everything she had done, he couldn't treat her the same as before.

bit. Then, he went to hug Grace. His voice was thick with emotion, and he was on the verge of tears. "Grace, can you come back

feel the weight of loneliness on his

his hand and

...

Liam and Grace had stayed by Quentin's

hungry. Let's go

black circles under his eyes,

downstairs, she saw there were still a

up instantly, bouncing around her like

She turned on the stove and got to work. But halfway through, she heard a

the warm soup and started drinking

and stopped Liam, saying, "This soup still needs more seasoning. Slow

it, she caught a whiff of

too. Not only was there smoke, but there was also the

bolted out and saw

to Quentin's room, but the gasoline had spread,

door