Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Timothy arched an eyebrow, staring irritably at the razor in his hand.

"Whatever. I'll just make do."

After Henry got up, father and son sat down together for breakfast.

Henry had barely tasted his chicken noodle soup before he grimaced and called out, "Mom, did you put too much salt in this?"

No answer.

He tried again, a little louder. "Mom?"

Timothy replied calmly, "Stop calling, your mom isn't home."

Immediately, Henry tapped at his smartwatch, trying to call Jessica, but her phone was switched off.

Lowering his voice, Henry said, "Dad, do you think Mom's upset and ran away?"

"She didn't."

With both him and their son at home, Timothy was certain Jessica wouldn't just leave.

"Good. I still think Mom's breakfasts taste better, though."

Neither of them really enjoyed the meal that morning; it just didn't compare to what they were used to.

"Dad, last night Mom made Miss Sheila so mad she left. Is she coming to see me today?"

"She twisted her ankle and is in the hospital. She probably won't be able to visit today."

That must really hurt. Dad, can

was firm. "No.

dropped his head, not daring to push further, and mumbled, "Can I go

"That's fine."

flung his arms around Timothy,

me up early, okay? So we can go visit

and stood up, personally taking him to

they left, Mabel came into the master bedroom with her cleaning supplies. Normally, Mrs. Williams took care of the room herself, so it was already spotless. Mabel

the window to let

place was immaculate, she still

wind was

letter was pushed even further out of

Jessica had

she'd tidied up the house, the

she finally turned off her phone, wanting nothing more than a quiet,

the liver cancer, or maybe it was just the relief of having nothing to worry about for

her phone

with text and app

checked her texts first—several missed calls, some from Timothy, some from

figured Mabel was

she'd have called

just

also two bank notifications-Timothy had transferred her two

her out of the way

her two messages-one from the morning, one from

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