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

where did that voice just come from?" Jessica pointed

recognized it instantly—it was the

it, communication is so much easier for you. I heard Master Henry say that Timothy bought it for you at the Oakwood

pressed. "What exactly

gentle voice sounded

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 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

mind was a tangled

sheet of paper, covered with

parent-child event-Sheila had gone

and Sallie's strong

and Jessica simply couldn't convince

really just

get her anywhere. There was only one person who could give her

her phone-she needed to call

could use her own to type and let the app

wasn't going to

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

picked up almost

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