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

where did that voice just come from?" Jessica pointed

it instantly—it was the ring

so much easier for you. I heard Master

change the subject, Mabel," Jessica pressed. "What exactly was on

ring's gentle voice

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 ring's back on your finger,

was a tangled

of paper,

parent-child event-Sheila had gone

and Sallie's strong reaction to

these things stacked up, and Jessica simply couldn't convince

really

There was only one person who could

asked Mabel for her

she could use her own to type and let

wasn't going to cut it this

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

up

put it