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 skeptical

where did that voice just come from?" Jessica pointed to the

instantly—it was the ring Jessica had returned to

communication is so much easier for you. I

Mabel," Jessica pressed. "What exactly

ring's gentle

you. Henry was worried you'd return his gift and Timothy would be upset, so he asked me to help keep it quiet. But now the ring's back on your finger, which means Henry must have talked to Timothy, and Timothy wasn't angry. He gave it back to you himself. Both Timothy and Henry care about you a lot. Please, don't

mind was a

sheet of paper, covered with Sheila's

event-Sheila had

strong reaction

and Jessica simply couldn't convince herself not to be

really

There was only one person who could

Mabel for her phone-she

use her own to type and let the app speak

going to

bedroom, settled into the sitting area, and

up

on the table, put it on speaker, and was just about to type