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?

wanted Timothy dead. But whenever she remembered the pain he'd caused

your location. I want to

"Okay."

"I'll hang up now."

him the

had happened to Timothy, Vince would have told her, wouldn't he? There was no way he'd just leave Timothy to come visit her if things were

where Jessica grew up-maybe he could find some

yet, not without proof.

he needed to understand her childhood, her

sped down

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

merging onto

out of surgery and

he expected Jessica and Vince to be waiting for

wanted to see

when he opened his eyes, only Sheila was

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

the doctor, voice tight with worry. "How

the

"the

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

body has its limits."

"Thank you, doctor."

Vince were

him had nothing

much as scraped his knee, Jessica would panic, her

to spill

still remember those days,

everything changed

been hurt several times now, yet she hadn't

could a woman be so gentle and tender, and