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.

of his suit pocket, he saw Sheila's name on the

answered immediately.

is Sheila's attending physician. Am I speaking to Timothy?" The voice on the other end

brows knitted together.

now. Her wound reopened, and she's lost a lot of blood. The last unit you arranged

I'll take care of it

another number as he strode for the door.

sharp click of the door jarred Jessica from her thoughts. She looked down at the

it off and placed it in the

tugged at her lips.

believed he was sincere. She'd almost convinced herself that he bought her the voice-emitting ring because it bothered him to see

shook her head, pulling the fabric from the

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blood to be delivered as he sped through the city. By the time he reached the

for her hand, his voice soft with

just going to the bathroom and slipped. Timothy, I'm so useless.

brimmed

bandaged wound, his voice trembling. "Does

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