Chapter 42

Mabel smiled warmly. "Ma'am, couples fight now and then, but it always blows over. Why not use this chance to let Mr. Reed save face? You two can move on and get things back to normal."

Last night, Timothy had rushed out as soon as he got that call about Sheila. He hadn't come home at all.

Ha.

He really knew how to play his cards. First, he'd taken her to a hotel to give her that ring. Then he'd run off to spend the night with Sheila. Was he trying to keep his wife at home while having someone else on the side?

Jessica pushed those thoughts away, pulled the velvet ring box from her purse, and began typing a message on her phone.

"Mabel, can you pass this along to Timothy for me?"

Mabel's eyelids fluttered in surprise. Jessica pressed the box into her hand, turned, and strode off without another word.

"Ma'am? Ma'am" Mabel called after her, but Jessica was already out the door.

"What's going on? Didn't Mr. Reed

glanced down at the ring box in her hand, then set it carefully on the living room cabinet. She

from school. As soon as Henry got home and opened the door, he called out,

hurried over. "Welcome

"Where's

to take care

waited for him at the door after school, worried he hadn't eaten well. The moment he got home, she'd have dinner ready. Now... she wasn't

room and grabbed the TV remote. That's when he noticed a small velvet box next to it-something about it seemed

picked it up just as Mabel came back in. "Henry, that's for your

Dad to have

Mabel nodded.

hesitation, Henry flipped open the

darkened a little. Why go to all this trouble? Mr. Reed gave her a diamond ring,

and went into

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