Chapter 153

If she still couldn't find a solution, she'd think of another way to speak with

Timothy.

[At the hospital. Everything okay?]

[Yeah.]

[Send me the address-I'll come find you.]

Jessica sent him the location of a nearby café.

When she got inside, she ordered a glass of warm water. She took a few more painkillers—just in case. The last thing she needed was for Herbert, being a doctor, to notice something was off.

Half an hour later, Herbert rushed in, still looking a bit disheveled. There was a dark bruise at the corner of his mouth.

Jessica's brows knitted together. Mrs. Reynolds had told her his father hit him.

Herbert slid into the chair, adjusted his glasses, and managed a smile. "Hey, Little Mute. Want anything to drink?"

felt tight. So much had happened-enough

her-and yet, even after being hit, Herbert could still smile as if

signed heavily, *Does it

wavered for a second, but he quickly recovered. "You mean

wouldn't talk about

but to be blunt. *Has Timothy

eyes paused, a

for a moment. "Did my mom come

how I found out? I haven't contacted that lawyer, and I won't ask you to introduce me to anyone else. Talk to your family-see if it's possible

get a lawyer, how are you going to get a

the country, he'd noticed the sorrow in her eyes. With her personality, she never would have chosen divorce unless she'd

sorted out your own problems, and you're

really. Don't worry about it. The Wheeler Group can handle a little

anxious. If this were just a little "turbulence," Mrs. Reynolds never

sound so simple. I know exactly what Timothy's like.

frantic. Herbert could tell she was

this way-kindhearted, always

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