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."

foot? That must really hurt. Dad, can you

tone was firm. "No.

not daring to push further, and mumbled, "Can I

"That's fine."

arms around Timothy, standing on tiptoe to plant a

the best! After school, come pick me up early, okay? So we can go

and stood up,

Williams took care of the room herself, so it was already spotless. Mabel couldn't understand why Mr.

to let

place was immaculate, she still methodically wiped down

wind

the bed, a cancer diagnosis letter was pushed even further out

had returned to

time she'd tidied up the house, the sun was

phone, wanting nothing

the relief of having nothing to worry about for once, but

her

with text and app

first—several missed calls,

figured Mabel was

the past, she'd have called

just let

also two bank notifications-Timothy had transferred her two

needed her out of

had sent her two messages-one from the morning, one from a couple hours

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