Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 348

"Hello, who's this?"

"It's me, Vince."

Herbert knew that Vince had been helping Little Mute, and that the recent trip abroad had only happened because Vince arranged for a helicopter to fly her out of the country.

He had a hunch that Vince was interested in Little Mute as well, but just for that favor alone, Herbert figured he ought to show Vince a little more courtesy.

Besides, Little Mute trusted Vince.

"What's up? You need something?"

"I tried calling Jessy, but she didn't pick up. Then I found your number and you didn't answer either. I'm standing outside her apartment. Is she with you?"

Herbert hadn't really wanted to share the details with Vince, but knowing Little Mute would probably update him sooner or later, there wasn't much point in hiding anything.

"She hurt her throat. She's in the hospital right now. Just had a minor surgery."

Vince's brow furrowed. "Surgery? That sounds serious."

He remembered taking her to the hospital that day for a checkup. If she'd been feeling unwell, she would've told the doctor. The doctor hadn't mentioned anything, just gave them the medical report in case they needed it for legal

reasons.

his place to bring it up either. The treatment had only just started after all, and it

a routine procedure.

I'll come see

you get some rest and adjust to the time difference first? By the time you wake up, she'll probably be up too. You can visit

minor brain procedure and was still bandaged up. Herbert wasn't

me

"Will do."

was polite. "Alright,

Herbert called after him. He paused for a moment before he said quietly,

"No problem."

ended, Vince left Jessica's apartment

time to head to Aetherion, where he planned to

Herbert entered the hospital room, Jessica

a chair and sat by

he could, he wouldn't have told

When she woke up, she'd probably message him

at her, reaching out with a trembling hand, wanting to brush her cheek, to

how faded the marks were, he figured it had happened just three days

couldn't imagine how she'd managed

about to touch her face, Herbert pulled

advantage of her while she

wasn't truly free