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.

only deepened. These were things

He stepped out of the room to

to Riverside General Hospital, the one close to your

and stepped

quickly in the emergency room. The doctor advised her to have a full check-up, having noticed something concerning, but Jessica didn't want anyone else to know about her cancer. She told the doctor she'd already been tested at Capital City Hospital and insisted she needed to go pick

room was empty. He asked around

burned with

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

Timothy's name flash on her screen. She suddenly recalled that, when she'd been trapped in the car-sick and desperate—she'd removed his

automatically, Jessica calmly added Timothy's number to her block list

only poured

He opened it: a missed call alert from

thoughts. He quickly tried her number

seen his call