The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 317

Grace lived close by and hopped in a cab to get there in no time.

Maybe because she'd just been read the riot act by Brandon, Theresa was a bit scared when she saw Grace. She timidly called out, "Auntie Grace," and slowly sidled up to Grace, taking her hand as a peace offering.

"Sorry," she murmured, her apology barely above a whisper.

Grace's heart, which had been in her throat, finally settled back down.

"Do you have any idea how worried sick you made me?" Grace blurted out, but couldn't keep her emotions in check any longer, bursting into tears and hugging Theresa tight, sobbing, "You scared the living daylights out of me."

Theresa was a bit freaked out by Grace's reaction, quietly nestled in her embrace without a word.

"Sorry," she murmured again.

Grace hugged her a little tighter. "You can't ever do that again, got it?"

"Yes," Theresa whispered back, not daring to make another peep.

to deal with all that was happening. When

in River-View Community." The officer looked at Theresa,

fully grasping the

worried the cop wouldn't buy it, she clung tighter to

down Grace's name, phone number, and address, and making sure everything checked out, the cop lectured, "She's just a kid; you adults gotta keep an eye out. What if

really. I never thought she'd go out on her

you can't just go out by yourself, okay? There are lots

Theresa nodded earnestly.

and making sure he knew them, the cop left some final warnings before leaving

police leave and then turned

Theresa hadn't been lucky enough to bump into someone nice who called the cops,

but the authority in his tone

kind and easy- going. She'd never seen this kind of stern, intimidating side of him, and it scared her so much she scooted closer to Grace, hugging her neck tight and looking at Brandon with fear in her

Theresa's eyes and reached out his

her

out when she glanced down, freezing in her tracks upon seeing Brandon's hand reaching