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 a skeptical

Mabel asked, "Wait, where did that voice just come from?" Jessica pointed to

instantly—it was the ring Jessica had returned to

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

pressed. "What exactly was on the

gentle

now the ring's back on your finger, which means Henry must have talked to Timothy,

mind was

of paper, covered

had gone in her

and Sallie's strong reaction

stacked up, and Jessica simply couldn't convince herself

she really

knew asking Mabel wouldn't get her anywhere. There was only one person who could give her

asked Mabel for her phone-she needed

use her own to type and let the app

to cut

master bedroom, settled into the sitting area,

picked up almost

it on speaker, and was just about to