Regret Came Too Late

When Grace got home, she spotted someone sitting outside her door. It wasn't until she got closer that she realized that it was Liam.

Selene's apartment door across the hall was also open. When she saw Grace, she let out a long breath of relief.

"Grace, thank god. Your brother's been sitting at your door crying like he's at a gravesite for the past half hour."

Liam jumped up from the floor, face reddened with embarrassment. "That's not true! I was just knocking for a while!"

Selene rubbed her temples. "Hey, do you know what time it is? It's 2:00 am. You've been banging for 30 minutes. If I weren't the only one on this floor, someone would've already called security."

Liam had nothing to say to that. Grace had been gone for nearly eight hours with no phone, and he had no idea where to look.

So when he finally saw her, his whole demeanor brightened up.

"Grace! Where the hell were you? You need to dump that asshole boyfriend-do you know what he did?"

He was still fuming over being left behind, his cheeks flushed with rage.

Grace couldn't help but laugh. She turned to Selene first. "Sorry for the noise. I'll deal with him."

Selene yawned and crossed her arms. "It's fine. I wasn't sleeping anyway. I'm just glad you're okay."

Grace opened her door, shoved Liam inside, and closed the door behind them. Then, she turned back to Selene.

"Weren't you supposed to be out of town for a week? Why are you still here?" Grace asked.

Selene paused, her expression flickering. "It got postponed. I'll probably go after Christmas."

around Selene's wrist. It wasn't a bruise from a grab-it looked more like it had been locked into

Selene cut

that. Was he

was Selene's personal business, and she clearly didn't want to talk about it, so she just said, "If you need anything, let me

nodded and closed

her apartment and found Liam already asleep on the couch.

shoulder. "If you're

good. You're not even married yet, and he's already treating me like I didn't matter. He hung up on me, dragged you

said, "Now you know how I feel about

That shut him up.

him. She sighed. "Ed's just... used to being alone. He

just an initial these days? What is he? Is he some spy from a secret organization? Grace, I know I don't have the right to

could act

told her that was the last time. If she pulls that crap again, I'll send her away to have the baby in another city. I'll make sure she never shows up around you

With how shallow her thinking was, she'd probably

go to the guest room. If you're leaving,

needed

headed for the guest room. "Fine.

was gone, Grace got up and began digging through old boxes. When she'd moved in, she'd brought over a few items from the Leigh house. She wanted to see if

had been right. She needed to recover her memories fast.

much-just a few

card

ring any bells. She called