Regret Came Too Late




Grace was absolutely furious and violently yanked Liam up.

"Liam, do you even know what you're doing? Do you?"

Liam's eyes instantly turned red. He scrambled to his feet and tried to run, but at that moment, a swarm of police officers burst into the private room. They showed their badges and began cuffing all the young people present. Even Grace wasn't spared simply because she was there.

She kept her eyes fixed on Liam the whole time. Even in the police van, he sat opposite her with his head lowered, not daring to look up.

Grace was calm, but her silence only made Liam more uneasy.

His palms were drenched in sweat, yet he didn't know what to say. The tension remained until the van stopped in front of the police station. They were then ordered to get out.

Each person was taken for testing. Grace was clean and quickly released, but Liam wasn't.

Looking at the room full of youngsters, Grace suddenly grabbed a broom nearby and smashed it down hard on Liam. The broom snapped from the force, startling the others, who immediately huddled in fear.

Liam didn't dare to fight back. He just curled up on the floor. "Grace, stop hitting me, stop! Please, I'm begging you!"

But seeing her brother like this didn't make her feel any better. In fact, it only made her heart ache. She didn't understand what had gone wrong. How could Liam spiral this far in just one month?

As she continued hitting him with the broken stick, tears streamed down her face.

Liam wrapped his arms around his head, not daring to say a word. His body was bruised all over.

Soon, the officers rushed in and restrained her.

"Ms. Lambert, please calm down. These kids have just come of age. Luckily, this hasn't escalated to trafficking. It looks like they were tricked or coerced. We're launching a full investigation, but for now, please don't hurt anyone."

Grace felt her head cool instantly.

They were right. Liam might be a

lazy, aimless kid, but he wouldn't et

knowingly touch this stuff-unless someone lured him in or

manipulated him.

She took a deep breath and nudged him with her foot.

"Talk. Who have you seen recently? What have you taken? This kind of thing doesn't happen after just once or twice Someone's been feeding it to you regularly. That person wants to destroy you. The police are here now. You'd better name them."

But Liam just stayed curled up, refusing to speak.

Grace, trembling with anger, crouched and grabbed him by the hair. "Liam, you'd better talk now!"

When she forcibly turned his head,

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Co Saw that his face was already

in tears and his eyelashes were wet. He looked utterly pitiful.

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"And you still have the nerve to cry? Do you even realize what a mess you've made for me?"

Liam kept his lips tightly shut. His face was so swollen that his eyes had

narrowed into thin slits.

Grace's heart ached, but this was one line she would not let him cross. She could

not afford to let him off.

"Was it Edric? Or someone else?"

Edric had been unusually quiet lately. Maybe this was his move.

Even so, Liam still said nothing and cried in silence.

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Grace raised her hand again, preparing to continue slapping him, but a nearby officer said quietly, "He has passed out." The content is on Novelxo.org! Read the latest

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She had not held back in this beating

tonight. She refused to let Liamm

continue down this path of

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