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.

mind and understanding not quite sure how to deal with all that was happening. When the police saw the two knew each other,

her nanny. We live in River-View

nodded, not fully

the cop wouldn't buy it, she clung

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 something

never thought she'd go out on her own. I had just put her to bed and then, you

turned to Theresa, "Little one, you can't just go out by yourself, okay? There are lots of bad

Theresa nodded earnestly.

sure he knew them, the cop

leave and then turned to thank Brandon

hadn't been lucky enough to bump into someone nice who called the cops, do you realize how

but the authority in his tone made both Grace

going. She'd never seen this kind of stern, intimidating side of him, and it scared her so much she scooted closer to

fear in Theresa's eyes and reached out his

shaking her head,

had just pulled open the fire door and was about to rush out when she glanced down, freezing in her tracks upon seeing

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