Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 51

She still needed to confirm which hospital it was.

When Timothy left the house, he'd only caught a glimpse of the ambulance's rear bumper-he hadn't seen which hospital it belonged to.

Henry was still half-conscious when they brought him out, his cheeks flushed with fever.

Timothy's expression was grim.

If Jessica had done her job, Henry wouldn't be suffering through this.

They settled Henry into a hospital room while Timothy waited anxiously outside. He questioned the nurse and learned that Henry's high fever had triggered the coma-a mild case of pneumonia, they said. Recovery would take some time, but there was no need to worry.

Timothy stepped into the room. Sheila was gently wiping Henry's face with a damp cloth. When she noticed Timothy, she looked up and said, "Timothy, you should go check on Jessica."

Without waiting for a reply, Sheila turned her attention back to Henry, carefully cleaning his hands.

deepened. These were things

He stepped out of the

her. Mrs. Lawson was taken to Riverside General Hospital, the one close to

up and

have a full check-up, having noticed something concerning, but Jessica didn't want anyone else to know about her cancer. She

time Timothy rushed into the hospital, the room was empty. He

burned

without thinking, dialed Jessica's number. Then he remembered she'd blocked him. Just as

suddenly recalled that, when she'd been trapped in the car-sick and desperate—she'd

Jessica calmly added Timothy's number to her

only poured

popped up—an unread message. He opened it: a missed call alert from Jessica, just

quickly tried her number again, but this

call just now and ignored