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

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

it instantly—it was the

the story behind it and smiled. "Ma'am, I never 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 the Oakwood charity auction. He really put a lot of thought into

pressed. "What exactly

gentle voice sounded

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,

was a tangled

paper, covered

parent-child event-Sheila had gone

and Sallie's strong reaction to

simply couldn't convince herself not to

really

asking Mabel wouldn't get her anywhere. There was only

Mabel for her phone-she needed

could use her own to type

wasn't going to

the master bedroom, settled into the sitting area, and dialed Timothy's

up

it on speaker, and