Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan) novel Chapter 261

Grace had initially thought that the fire was caused by Alice, but seeing Alice's condition, there was probably nothing more Grace could pry out of her.

After watching Alice get sent to the psychiatric hospital, Grace went to the lobby of the hospital, exhausted.

But Quentin's funeral still had to be settled. Now that Carmen was in the hospital and Liam still needed time to process everything that had happened, everything fell on her shoulders.

Over the next week, she took care of all Quentin's funeral arrangements with great care.

It rained on the day of Quentin's burial.

Wearing black, Grace glanced at Liam beside her. He wasn't crying anymore. It seemed like he had mentally prepared himself.

She walked over and patted his shoulder.

Pursing his lips, Liam turned away, holding back his tears.

Grace hadn't had a proper rest in a long time. She looked around the site and noticed that Carmen wasn't there. Why didn't Carmen show up on such an important day? Just as she was about to call Carmen, Liam stopped her.

"Mom told me she's going to become a nun."

Her husband was dead, and her daughter was in a psychiatric hospital. After so many years of bickering with Grace, they couldn't possibly live in peace with each other. That was why she made the decision to become a nun.

Grace respected her choices. Within the week, she had liquidated all of the Lambert family's assets and bought a house for Liam. The rest was deposited into his account.

As the siblings walked down the mountain, Grace tripped. Startled, Liam quickly reached out. "Grace!"

Grace rolled several yards down the slope. When she stopped, she saw Liam had followed her in a panic and rolled down as well. She got up first and reached out her hand to him.

Liam's eyes were still red, but he slowly placed his hand in hers.

Taking a deep breath, she told him, "There's still a tough battle ahead. You need to be ready."

Liam knew that some people had been eyeing them for a while. Recently, they'd been contacting him non-stop, even approaching Carmen with threats and bribes. They all wanted to buy the Lambert family's shares at dirt-cheap prices.

At first, he panicked. But as long as Grace was by his side, he would take it in stride. He was confident they'd be okay.

Now that the weather had turned cold, every breath came out in a white mist.

After getting into the car and turning on the heater, Grace heard Liam ask, "Grace, Yancey mentioned you have a boyfriend. Where is he?"

Grace froze. She'd been so busy this past week that she had completely forgotten about Ed. Pulling out her phone, she saw that their last conversation was from over a week ago. Ed hadn't called or messaged her once that entire week.

She frowned. She hadn't reached out because she was too busy, so what was Ed's excuse? She considered calling, but something held her back, so she slowly lowered her phone. She had long sensed that she and Ed had unresolved issues.

Now might be the right moment. If they were going to break up, it was better to do it while both were still clear-headed.