Chapter 121

Alice clutched her stomach, cold sweat covering her cheeks as she bit down hard on her lip. Right after she spoke, she swayed like she was about to faint. Yancey instinctively moved to catch her. "Alice..." She collapsed into his arms while sobbing, tears spilling down her cheeks. "Yancey, losing the baby already broke me. I can't handle seeing Grace right now." She shut her eyes, playing the perfect image of a woman falling apart. Grace watched the whole scene unfold from the side, and even she had to admit that Alice's acting was impressive. No wonder she managed to manipulate everyone so easily all these years. But Grace wasn't about to back down. She turned her gaze to Yancey and said, "Yancey, go ahead and have me sent to a psychiatric hospital. That's how it's always been. The moment Alice puts on that pitiful little act, all of you believe her. I'm done." She looked down, a sharp, bitter smile playing at her mouth. She added, "But let's be clear—the loss of the baby had no