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."

wasn't a bruise from a grab-it looked more like it had been locked into something for a long

ask, but Selene cut her off. "Alright, cut

had done that. Was he out

clearly didn't want to talk about it,

and closed her

into her apartment and found Liam already asleep on the couch. Barely five minutes had passed,

his shoulder. "If you're gonna

not even married yet, and he's already treating me like I didn't matter. He hung up on me, dragged you out of my place without even talking to

to him vent and then calmly said, "Now you know how I

That shut him up.

to scold him. She sighed. "Ed's just... used to being alone. He doesn't know how to deal with people. He's not a bad

name? Who the hell goes by 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 say this, but I

as childish nonsense. Liam could act like a kid

she pulls that crap again, I'll send her away to have the baby in another city. I'll make sure

knew Andrea too well. With how shallow

her temples. "Liam, if you're staying here, go to the guest room. If you're leaving, go

she needed

headed for the guest

moved in, she'd brought over a few items from the Leigh house. She wanted

needed to recover her memories fast. Living passively like this

there wasn't much-just a few cards

card that said, "Happy

handwriting didn't ring any bells. She called Liam