Chapter 226

The moment Timothy caught sight of Herbert standing protectively beside Jessica, his lips pressed into a hard, bloodless line.

Herbert, of course, noticed Timothy as well.

Timothy didn't bother hiding how intimately he held the woman in his arms; even when running into his own wife, he made no attempt to keep up appearances.

It was outrageous.

Without another glance at Timothy, Jessica turned toward Herbert and quietly signed, "Let's go."

She acted as if Timothy didn't exist.

Both Timothy and Sheila understood Jessica's sign language.

Sheila, a beat behind everyone else, finally spoke up. "Timothy, Jessica's right here. You can put me down now."

Her voice was still rough and low from the strain.

"Don't talk. Protect your voice," Timothy replied, his tone clipped but concerned.

Jessica and Herbert were already heading toward the exam room when Timothy's words drifted to her ears.

Sheila had undergone surgery on her vocal cords. The fact that she could now do voice-overs for her cartoons meant her recovery was complete.

about her throat as if it were

Sheila into the exam room, Timothy stepped

about her own throat exam. Herbert nodded, understanding her worry, and led her to

a look at your vocal cords with the scope," Herbert said. "You don't need a full work-up unless you want one. For now, I'll give you some medication to help

Jessica nodded in agreement.

her the

goodbyes, making it clear she had no desire to

feed Herbert empty stories about loving Timothy or refusing a divorce. She'd only said those things

even if she

even the blind could see

to mention Timothy's behavior with another woman. There was no point in wounding Jessica further by

home," he said

giving her instructions for the medication, Herbert watched

in the exam room, Timothy emerged and tracked down a doctor to

on the

"Come in," Herbert called.

looked

but let out a

Jessica—Little Mute, as he called her-standing with him in the square, watching Timothy and Sheila being mobbed

claimed, in front of everyone, that Sheila was his

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