Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 43

Did he... still care about their marriage?

"Miss Sheila? Are you listening?"

Sheila quickly replied with a warm smile, "Of course I'm listening. Maybe your mom has her reasons. When your dad gets home tonight and finds out your mom returned the ring, he's bound to be upset. You should try to talk to her, alright?"

"Miss Sheila, you're always so understanding."

Henry suddenly felt that his mother had changed-she was starting to act a little unreasonable.

Sheila chatted with Henry for a while longer.

When Mabel called Henry for dinner, he reluctantly hung up the phone.

He looked down at the ring in his hand, thinking, Miss Sheila was right. Dad meant well, giving Mom a ring with a special little feature, but Mom refused to accept it. If Dad found out, he'd definitely be angry.

So Henry tucked the ring away, deciding not to let Timothy know.

At dinner, he even told Mabel to keep it a secret.

Mabel thought Henry had a good point. Mr. Wheeler had gone out of his way to give his wife a ring-probably to make up and reconcile. But Mrs. Wheeler sent it back. If Mr. Wheeler found out, he'd get upset again, and that wouldn't help matters between them.

Mabel agreed

day. She stayed in her

theirs, parties and gatherings were hard to avoid. If she could display her paper cuttings at one of those events, maybe it

Jessica pour her heart into her

the office, he ordered dinner to go and brought it to the

before finally heading back to

their quarters in the back, leaving the family their privacy for the

owners needed anything, they'd

late he got home, there was always a light left

but at the slightest

the door to total darkness—none of the gentle warmth

the wall for the

the shoe

his forehead against the

face darkened. "Jessica?"

No answer.

house felt icy

his slippers and pushed open

perfectly made.

white as the veins stood out on the back