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."

noticed a dark red mark around Selene's wrist. It wasn't a bruise from a grab-it looked more like it had been

mouth to ask, but Selene cut her off.

understood-Damien had done that. Was he out

she clearly didn't want to talk about it, so she

nodded and

found Liam already asleep on the couch. Barely five minutes had passed, so he

his shoulder. "If you're gonna

yet, and he's

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

That shut him up.

she didn't mean to scold him. She sighed. "Ed's just... used to being alone. He doesn't know how to deal with

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

childish nonsense. Liam could act like a kid more often

stood up. "What happened with Andrea was my fault. I 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

too well. With how shallow her thinking was, she'd probably

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

needed to

and headed for the guest room.

few items from the Leigh house. She

her memories fast. Living

wasn't much-just a

card that said,

any bells. She called Liam