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

didn't leave the hotel all day. She stayed in

If she could display

thought made Jessica pour her heart into her

leaving the office, he ordered dinner to go

with Sheila until past eleven before finally heading back to the house. The mansion was

dinner, then retired to their quarters in the back, leaving the

needed anything,

no matter how late he got home, there was always a light

waiting, but at the slightest noise, she'd come out to

to total darkness—none of the gentle warmth

wall for the switch and

get his slippers from the shoe

against the

"Jessica?" he called

No answer.

house felt

changed into his slippers and pushed open the bedroom

bed was perfectly made. The

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