Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 149 Chapter 149 Yancey couldn't get his hands on the hotel's surveillance footage, so he had no choice but to head back home. Alot had been happening at his house lately. For one, his mother, Lily, had been storming off to his grandfather's house to complain about everything, and his grandfather was seriously fed up with it. His father was still dealing with the fallout from his affair and hadn't been hin days.

Yancey slumped in the car, chain-smoking several cigarettes before he finally drove back to the house. When he stepped through the door, he could hear Lily yelling at her sister, Yelena, on the phone. "Yelena, don't even think about it! Do you really believe that he'll care about you just because you slept with him? He toldhe didn't get any pleasure from doing it with you! I don't even want to call you my sister anymore! It's us or nothing from here on out!" Yelena's side of the conversation was a mystery, but Lily had lost it completely. She swept everything off the coffee table, sending it crashing to the floor. The recent events had stripped her of any dignity. She used to play the role of the perfect, virtuous wife, but now, it was impossible to keep up the act. Every tshe left the house, people would whisper and point fingers at her, knowing full well that her husband had slept with her sister.

Yet Yelena had no sense of shame. On that very night, she had taken plenty of photos and videos, and now, she was using them to extort money from Andrew. As for Andrew, Jordan had hurled two cups at him because of the scandal. He couldn't risk letting the photos leak, so whenever Yelena wanted money, he paid up. However, greed was an endless pit, and Yelena's appetite only grew after easily getting ten million dollars from him.

She couldn't help but thank Grace for coming up with such a brilliant way to rake ina fortune so quickly. But even that wasn't enough. She was determined to push Lily out of the way. She wanted her place at the top, and she needed to work even harder for it to happen. With so many photos and videos in her hands, anyone who dared cross her would certainly regret it. Lily, still fuming over Yelena's betrayal, suddenly caught sight of Yancey. She quickly tried to straighten her disheveled hair.

"Yancey, what are you doing here today?" Yancey took in the chaos of the living room, his brows furrowing in concern. Lily quickly waved for someone to clean up the mess, her eyes reddening as tears welled up. "Yancey, you've cat the right time. I need to tell you something. I don't know who ---- Hendricks pissed off, but they left him in a beggar's den. "He was barely hanging on when we found him.

They rushed him to the ICU this morning, and the doctors say that even if they manage to save him, he'll be ina coma." Yancey was stunned. "How could this happen? Have they found out who did it?" Lily, who had always enabled Hendricks' behavior, couldn't hold back her tears. She shook her head. "No... Ugh, your grandparents are about to cry themselves sick over this. He's the only child they have left." Yancey stood up, feeling a storm of thoughts swirling in his mind.

Too much had happened tonight, and he was desperate for ssleep. "Mom, I'll have someone investigate it. I'll visit him at the hospital soon. Don't worry too much about it. He has made countless enemies in Druville over the years. It must've been one of them." Because of Lily's indulgence, she always covered for Hendricks no matter what he did. He had grown increasingly reckless over time, and getting a beating was just part of the consequences. Adark thought crossed Yancey's mind.

Perhaps Hendricks' obsession with Grace was his own karmic retribution. Despite agreeing to let Grace go to Hendricks, Yancey knew that if Hendricks ever touched her, he'd make sure the consequences were something no one would forget. ---- He and Grace had known each other for many years, and somewhere along the way, it had beca given in his heart that Grace was meant to be his and someone who would stay by his side for a lifetime.

He lowered his eyes, his fist slowly clenching by his sides. Lily was startled by the sudden cold and intense air emanating from him. Lately, she had been feeling like Yancey had changed. "Yancey... What's going on with you?" "Nothing. I'm going upstairs to rest. I won't be going back tonight." Although he had his own place outside, he couldn't go back tonight and face Alice. She was most likely waiting for him over there. Lily rubbed her eyes. "Alright, go rest. By the way, Jodie's back.

She's on break." "Mm." Yancey was usually kind to Jodie, but Lily had grown up in an environment that heavily favored sons over daughters, and this mindset had unconsciously influenced her as well. As a result, she couldn't treat Jodie the sway she did Yancey. She tried to maintain the appearance of a warm, loving mother, but the truth was different. Just as Yancey was heading upstairs, he saw Jodie descending the stairs.

Her eyes lit up, and she excitedly called out, "Yancey!" Yancey didn't have the energy to chat with her. He was about to continue up the stairs when he heard her say Yancey, that ΝΟ Grace is so annoying. I keep running into her everywhere! I had dinner with Uncle Ethan tonight, and I saw her afterward. "Uncle Ethan was really something, though. How could he have such a long business dinner? The food I had ordered was already cold by the the showed up. But he gavea gift afterward.

Heh, the gift's actually pretty nice." Yancey froze, his gaze landing sharply on her. Jodie was startled by the intensity in his Pahoe Sand stammered) om wrong?" "You had dinner with Uncle Ethan tonight, and he arrived late? So, did you two actually eat together?" Jodie's face immediately showed regret. "We barely had a few bites before he said he had to leave. But it's fine. There's always next time.

And Istill gota gift." The gifts Ethan gave Jodie were always extravagant, usually sent through Tim. They were thoughtless but still expensive m Despite that Jodie was thrilled. After all, Ethan never gave gifts to any other woman. She hummed a tune as she started to head downstairs, but Yancey suddenly grabbed her wrist. ----"Yancey, what's going on?" "Jodie, let's go over the timeline again." "What timeline? What's there to go over? Uncle Ethan was just busy with work, so he got there late. It's not his fault." Yancey's grip on her wrist tightened. "Exactly!"