Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 452

Daisy tore open the first gift bag, her eyes going wide with excitement. "Wow, it's a platinum gift card for Wonderland Park!"

Jessica knew Timothy had arranged this for Daisy.

Clutching the card, Daisy grinned and announced, "Godmom, Santa Claus is so good to me! I get to go to the amusement park today!"

She reached for the second bag. "Goddess, this one's for you to open."

Jessica untied the ribbon and peeked inside. It was the Royal Pearl Necklace- Timothy's birthday gift to her, the one that had been broken when Sheila dropped

it.

But now, it looked different.

Ten of the pearls had been set with delicate emeralds, arranged from smallest to largest, giving the necklace a modern, elegant flair.

Jessica realized Timothy must have had the damaged pearls repaired after the accident at the hospital. This necklace had belonged to his mother—a family heirloom-and yet, he insisted on giving it to her again.

"Godmom, Santa really knows how to pick gifts. That necklace is so beautiful," Daisy said with awe.

If it had been anything else, Jessica might have accepted it without a second thought. But this necklace was different; it was his mother's. Accepting it would mean something more.

"It is beautiful," she agreed softly.

But she didn't want it—not like this. So Jessica carefully placed the necklace back in its bag and set it on her vanity.

"There's one last bag," Daisy chirped.

and said, "Let's leave that one for now. Why

and games, Daisy forgot all about

Daisy-a lovely princess gown with

curls, finishing the look with a touch of her own lipstick-a tiny beauty mark

our Daisy is going to be the prettiest princess in the whole park," Jessica

at her reflection, her

nothing quite like having a

were in the living

led Daisy out, Timothy's brow furrowed as he took in Daisy's transformation. He'd never really noticed before, but now, looking closely,

It was...dangerous.

Vince's social media, noting the likeness between Daisy and Jessica. The thought had stuck with Vince,

no one said otherwise, people would think you two are

do you need a daughter? If you're short one, we can just drop the 'god' part and

have a mom anymore, and she wanted one so badly. Last night, snuggled up with Jessica, listening to a bedtime story, she'd felt almost like she had her mother back a soft, sweet warmth she'd missed

voice was stern. "Daisy, you're part of the Zimmerman family. If you moved

they'd have to

Vince just grinned. "Don't worry about that, Timothy. If Jessy wants it,

down, cupping Daisy's cheek. "Godmom has to travel abroad soon. Once

her own life was in too

I'll wait for

Mabel called them for

Vince to join them. But Jessica smiled and said, "Vince, there's a great breakfast place called Velvet Fork.

rolls. They're famous for those, and

now you'll have to wait in line for an hour. We've

in a hurry? If not,