Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 96

"Ma'am?"

Mabel stepped in front of the TV, smiling brightly. "Have you had breakfast yet?"

That only made Jessica more suspicious.

She gently moved Mabel aside and glanced at the screen. The camera lingered on Timothy for a moment before cutting away.

The news shifted back to the anchor, who began introducing other stories.

Timothy didn't appear again.

Jessica checked the schedule: it was the morning news.

So Timothy had made headlines first thing in the morning.

Mabel let out a quiet sigh of relief. Jessica, meanwhile, grabbed her phone and began typing a message into her text-to-speech app.

"Mabel, did you block the TV because you saw Timothy with someone else?"

The app's gentle female voice rang out. Mabel, too flustered to wonder where the voice was coming from, immediately shook her head. "N-no, of course not!"

shot her a

voice just come from?" Jessica pointed to the

instantly—it was the ring Jessica had

communication is so much easier for you. I heard Master Henry say that Timothy bought it for you at the Oakwood charity auction.

the subject, Mabel," Jessica pressed. "What exactly was on

gentle

now the ring's back on your finger, which

was a tangled

paper, covered

event-Sheila had gone

and Sallie's strong reaction

these things stacked up, and Jessica simply couldn't convince herself not

she really

her anywhere. There was only one person who could give her

Mabel for her phone-she needed to

phones; she could use her own to type and

just wasn't going to cut it this

bedroom, settled into the sitting area, and

picked up almost

the table, put it on speaker,