Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 10

"Sir, I've tried messaging Mrs. Lawson but she hasn't replied. I called her phone- she's getting the calls, but no one's picking up. She's been missing for 24 hours now. Should I call the police?"

Mabel's voice trembled with concern.

She still hadn't come home...

"Mr. Lawson, the meeting's about to start," Secretary Allen reminded him quietly from the side.

Timothy barely looked up as he replied into the phone, "She's only been gone a day. No need to make a fuss."

"Sir, I'm not overreacting. It's just that Mrs. Lawson has never been away from home for this long before."

Standing, Timothy gathered his meeting files with one hand, his tone casual. "Henry is home. Where else could she possibly go? She'll be back soon enough."

With that, Timothy hung up the phone.

"Sir-"

The call ended abruptly, leaving Mabel staring helplessly at her phone, the dial tone echoing her worry.

At noon, Sheila had lunch delivered from The Silverthread Eatery, making a special trip to drop it off at Henry's school.

guard informed Henry's teacher, saying his mother

had come, Henry's

and sprinted out of the classroom, eager

a thought struck him if the guard saw his mother and realized she couldn't

like that, his excitement for his mom's

his mom had a voice as gentle as Miss Sheila's how wonderful that would

turned, ready to head back

then, the guard spotted him

Mrs. Lawson; the staff

and spotted Henry right

smile, approaching with a lightness

to call out "Miss Sheila," but hesitated he

to her side, whispering, "Miss Sheila,

have time to cook this morning. I felt bad, so I ordered lunch for you

ruffled his hair

the lunchbox, Henry asked tentatively, "Miss Sheila, will you

day after," she replied

"Why not?"

tomorrow, I'll be leaving for Oakwood-I'm attending a comic convention there, and after that, I'll be heading back home. I only came back early this time to