Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 41

Chapter 41

Long, slender fingers danced across the keyboard. After a moment, he handed her the phone.

"Give it a try. This ring can speak too."

Jessica glanced at the screen. It was the same app Herbert had helped her download that night.

She froze, caught off guard.

Timothy pressed the phone into her hand, then bent down to gather up the fabric

on the table, stuffing it into his suitcase.

She stood abruptly and placed her hand firmly over his, stopping him.

With careful, practiced gestures, she signed, *I'm not going back.*

Timothy's face darkened at once, a flash of anger in his eyes. "I came all this way

to bring you home myself. What more do you want?"

The words had barely left his lips when his phone rang.

his suit pocket, he saw

answered immediately.

to Timothy?" The voice

brows knitted together. "What happened

and she's lost a lot of blood. The last unit you

care of

quickly dialed another number as he strode for the door. Moments later, the door closed behind

Jessica from her thoughts. She looked down at the

slipped it off and placed it in the velvet box Timothy had

tugged at her lips.

almost believed he was sincere. She'd almost convinced herself that he

from the suitcase and hunching over her sketches once

***

as he sped through the city. By the time he reached the hospital, Sheila was already out of the emergency room, looking frail and

her, immediately reaching for her hand, his voice soft with concern. "How

and slipped. Timothy, I'm so useless. I

brimmed with

her freshly bandaged wound,

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