---- Chapter 10 Thad no choice but to call the police. After all this time, Kyle looked utterly defeated. You'd think that without me, "the annoying one" gone, he'd still be deep in love with Rose. Funny. Turned out I still held a place in his heart. Not that I cared anymore. The police arrived quickly. "This man has mistaken me for someone else and won't stop following me." I gave them a helpless smile and handed over my ID. "My name is Karina. Not Grace." Kyle stared at the ID but still refused to believe it. " No. You're Grace. We grew up together. I couldn't possibly mistake you." "Do you have proof?" I asked calmly. He was speechless. He didn't even have a single ---- photo of me anymore. I had made sure of that. Before I left, I went to him and collected every picture and item from our past. I left nothing behind. I let out a cold laugh. "Look at you. No proof, no facts. And yet you still insist I'm someone you once knew. Isn't that pathetic?" Kyle's expression collapsed. "T know you resent me," he whispered. "But it's okay. I'll make it up to you. I had that house rebuilt. It looks exactly like the original. If you'd like, I can take you there right now." Not wanting to hear another word, I asked the police to escort me back to my hotel. There, I explained everything to Linda, including why I'd suddenly disappeared from the banquet. Before long, someone knocked at the door. Hard. I opened it. ---- Of course, it was Kyle. His clothes were wrinkled, and dark circles were etched under his eyes. When he saw me, his face lit up with a pathetic flicker of hope. "Grace." "T told you, I'm not Grace."' My tone was cool. "If you' ve got time to waste chasing me, maybe use it to go find the real Grace." I stepped past him and walked away. He followed. "Grace, just give me a few hours. Rose and her mother will kneel in front of you and apologize by themselves." They'd been hiding out in the slums. With no family protection, they'd fallen hard. They were so broke that they had to survive on payday loans. I didn't answer and kept walking toward the lobby to meet my team.