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.

it out of his suit pocket, he saw Sheila's name

answered immediately.

physician. Am I speaking to Timothy?" The voice on the other end was

together.

Howard had a fall just now. Her wound reopened, and she's lost a lot of blood. The last unit

I'll take care of it right

call and quickly dialed another number as he strode for the door. Moments

her thoughts. She looked down at the ring on

off and placed it in

her lips. How foolish

had spoken to her almost gently. For one fleeting second, she'd almost believed he was sincere. She'd almost convinced herself

from the suitcase and hunching over

***

the time he reached the hospital, Sheila was already out of the emergency room, looking frail

her, immediately reaching for her hand, his voice

going to the bathroom and slipped. Timothy,

eyes brimmed

at her freshly bandaged wound, his voice trembling. "Does

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