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.

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

nanny. We live in River-View Community." The officer looked

fully grasping the situation,

cop wouldn't buy

sure everything checked out, the cop lectured, "She's just a kid; you adults gotta keep an eye out. What if something

"It's my fault, really. I never thought she'd go out on her

Theresa, "Little one, you can't just go out by yourself,

Theresa nodded earnestly.

knew them, the cop left some final warnings before leaving Theresa

watched the police leave and

Theresa hadn't been lucky enough to bump into someone nice who

wasn't loud, but the authority in his

side of him, and it scared her

saw the fear in Theresa's eyes and reached out

her

fire door and was about to rush out when she glanced down, freezing in her

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