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."

"Oh no, Miss Sheila hurt her foot? That must really hurt. Dad, can you call school for me? I want to go visit

was firm. "No. School comes

to push further, and mumbled,

"That's fine."

around Timothy, standing on tiptoe to plant a

After school, come pick me up early, okay? So we can go visit

and stood up, personally taking him to

Williams took care of the room herself, so it was already spotless. Mabel couldn't understand why Mr. Williams had specifically asked her to clean

window to let in some

immaculate, she still methodically wiped down every

wind was

a cancer diagnosis letter was

had returned to her

the time she'd tidied up the house,

turned off her phone, wanting

having nothing to worry about for

her phone back

chimed nonstop with text

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

was probably

she'd have called back instantly

she just let

were also two bank notifications-Timothy had transferred her two million dollars,

humorless laugh. He needed her out of

messages-one from the morning, one from a couple

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