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

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

the ring Jessica

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

Mabel," Jessica pressed. "What exactly was on

ring's gentle voice sounded

telling you, it was nothing. You're overthinking it. Look at how much Timothy cares about 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

mind was

paper,

parent-child event-Sheila had gone in her

and Sallie's strong

stacked up, and Jessica simply couldn't convince

she really

her anywhere. There was only one person

asked Mabel for her phone-she

could use her own to type and let the app

to cut it this

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

up

put it on speaker, and was just about to