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 to keep

hotel all day. She stayed in her

theirs, parties and gatherings were hard to avoid. If she could display her

made Jessica pour

go straight home. After leaving the office, he

with Sheila until past eleven before finally heading back to the

retired to their quarters in the back, leaving the family their

owners needed anything, they'd just

how late he got home,

at the slightest noise, she'd come

the door to total darkness—none

the wall for the switch

the

his forehead against

darkened. "Jessica?" he

No answer.

house felt

into his slippers and pushed

bed was perfectly made. The room

on the doorknob, knuckles turning white as the veins stood out on the back of