Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 298

Henry paced anxiously outside Sheila's emergency room, looking every bit the little grown-up as he wore a path back and forth.

Meanwhile, Timothy was waiting outside the door of Jessica's emergency room.

Jessica had collapsed from a sudden high fever brought on by stress. It wasn't long before she gradually opened her eyes, still groggy. Her attending physician, noticing she was awake, hurried to her side.

"Ms. Greene, you can't keep neglecting your health like this! Your condition is already serious, and now you've let yourself get soaked and come down with a high fever. You have to be admitted for treatment-no more delays!"

Drifting in and out of consciousness, Jessica remembered fainting in Timothy's

arms.

Did he bring her to the hospital?

If he was just outside, it wouldn't take much for him to find out about her cancer.

way he'd let

a way to get away from him,

phone, and she couldn't answer the

I can't be admitted right now. My husband is outside. If he finds out I have cancer, he won't be able to handle it. Please-I'm begging

to the doctor's compassion, hoping he might keep her secret a

and they'll only worry more if you keep it from them. The outcome won't change by hiding it, but treatment

plans to go abroad soon, hoping doctors there could give

care, and she couldn't bear to be hurt by their indifference. But now, she was

anyone else, she didn't want them

A friend recommended a specialist overseas. I'm planning to go soon and see if my chances improve. Please, just help me keep this from my

kept her secret before, moyed by the sight

facing terminal illness alone. But Jessica's repeated hospital visits, always for some minor complication, made

from getting worse. But seeing

back the notepad and pen, closed