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.

he'd let her keep working. She

had to find a way to get away from him, and

she didn't have her phone, and she couldn't answer the doctor's questions aloud. Flustered, she mimed

admitted right now. My husband is outside. If he

the doctor's compassion, hoping he might

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

go abroad soon, hoping doctors there could give her a better prognosis, maybe even increase her

care, and she couldn't bear to be hurt by their indifference. But now, she was even more determined to keep it

for anyone else, she didn't want them

specialist overseas. I'm planning to go soon and see if my chances improve. Please, just help

before, moyed by the

Jessica's repeated hospital visits, always for some minor complication, made it harder

getting worse. But seeing her so desperate, he couldn't bring himself to refuse. He nodded in the

Jessica handed back the notepad and pen, closed her eyes,