Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 473

The only effective way forward was to start with Vince.

Vince slid behind the wheel, started the car, and gunned the engine. His heart slammed against his ribs. If Jessica really was Salome...

He shut his eyes, unable to let his thoughts go any further.

If it was true, the pain was unbearable.

He'd been right there, always by her side, yet he'd watched her suffer and when Timothy set that cruel trap-he'd even chosen, just once, to turn his back on her.

Timothy knew Salome too. She'd always depended on him as a child, always wanted to be near him.

Timothy probably knew more about her than anyone.

On top of that, he'd once confided in Timothy about her birthmark—something so intimate, so private. Now, Timothy and Jessica were married. If Jessica was Salome, if she had that birthmark, Timothy would definitely be suspicious.

So, when Timothy claimed he had news about Salome... what if he meant Jessica?

If that was the case-and Timothy used information about Salome to torment them in court, to force Jessica back to The Gilded Whisper Estates-then Timothy's actions were truly unforgivable.

Vince's hands shook as he pulled out his phone and dialed Jessica.

"Hello, Vince?" Her voice trembled through the speaker, and his heart twisted with worry and a tenderness he could barely contain.

"Jessica, where are you?"

"I'm on my way back to my hometown."

"With Herbert?"

"Yeah, he's giving me a ride."

Vince's voice quavered, and Jessica wondered if Timothy's condition was more serious than she'd realized. Why else would Vince sound so shaken?

matter what, she'd never wanted Timothy dead. But whenever

me your location. I

"Okay."

"I'll hang up now."

sent him

Timothy, Vince would have told her, wouldn't he? There was no way he'd just leave

grew up-maybe he could find some clue,

yet, not without proof.

really was Salome, he needed to understand

sped

accident scene and reached The Gilded Whisper Estates in just over twenty minutes; now, they'd only been on the road for

was already merging onto

wheeled out of surgery

that had just happened, he expected Jessica and Vince to be waiting for

wanted to

his eyes, only Sheila was

injuries were all across his back, so he lay face down on the hospital

to the doctor, voice

stable," the doctor

"the

on his back and several smaller wounds, but they've all been treated. Nothing internal, just some new tearing along an old abdominal wound. You should all encourage

body has its limits."

"Thank you, doctor."

Vince were

pain that gripped him had

the past, if he so much as

to spill over

still remember those days, clear

everything

times now, yet she hadn't come to see him

woman be so gentle and tender,