Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan) novel Chapter 139

On the other hand, Grace and Selene had already returned to their place.

Selene casually flipped her hair, clearly pleased with the events of the evening.

She stretched out a hand in front of Grace. "I like your personality. How about we go shopping together sometime?"

Since waking up, Grace hadn't made any new acquaintances besides her friend, Joanne. She shrugged off any reservations and shook Selene's hand casually.

"Sure."

Selene then waved her off. "Alright. I'll head inside, then."

The two went their separate ways.

…

Grace was drained from the day's events, so after a quick shower, she collapsed into bed and fell asleep immediately.

The following day, while she was immersed in her tasks, she was told someone was downstairs asking for her.

When she went down, she saw Carmen and Liam waiting for her.

Liam was leaning against a nearby pillar with his arms crossed, avoiding eye contact with Grace. However, Carmen stormed up to her and immediately launched into a tirade.

"Why did you block everyone's numbers? You didn't even come home last night! We've been trying to find you everywhere! Alice had another incident! She was kidnapped! She's traumatized, and everyone's still talking about that audio recording.

"Grace, I won't say much more, but you need to admit that you're the one who doctored that recording."

Grace slowly sat down on the couch in the lobby. "So, you came to see me just for this?"

Carmen quickly sat down across from her, her tone self-righteous. "This is the most urgent issue right now."

"Mrs. Lambert, if you want me to admit to it, then you must already suspect that the voice in the recording belongs to Alice, right? It's not a doctored recording. She was just simply trying to frame me, but it got exposed. Now, she can't back out, and you, unwilling to see her get lambasted by everyone, came here to find me.

"After all, as your eldest daughter, I'm expendable in your eyes. It won't matter to you even if I get insulted."

Carmen's eyes flashed with guilt, but she remained silent for several seconds before saying, "You've already been criticized by everyone for so long, so adding this to the pile won't change much."

Without a word, Grace grabbed the cup that was still half filled with tea and splashed the contents directly at her.

Carmen's hair was drenched, and she looked up at Grace in disbelief.

"Mrs. Lambert, I hope you're beginning to come around," Grace said coolly. "I've told you before not to talk to me while acting so high and mighty. I'm not obligated to cover for anyone, especially not for someone like Alice.

"If you don't want her to suffer, just shift the blame to Liam. Or is it that you just can't bring yourself to abandon your son?"

Carmen was trembling, her lips quivering as she tried to speak. "Grace, how... did you turn out like this?"