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!"

her

voice just come from?" Jessica pointed to the ring on

it instantly—it was the ring Jessica

thought that ring could talk! With it, communication is so much easier for you. I heard Master Henry say that Timothy bought it for you at

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

ring's gentle

would be upset, so he asked me to help keep it quiet. But now

mind was a

of paper, covered

event-Sheila had

and Sallie's strong reaction

simply couldn't convince herself

really just

wouldn't get her anywhere. There was only one person

her phone-she needed to call

had two phones; she could use her own to type and

going to cut it

into

picked up almost

the phone on the table, put it on speaker, and was just about