Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 474

He'd walked right up to Jessica—a woman he'd never even met before—and

proposed to her on the spot.

Even now, he couldn't forget the way she looked at him in stunned silence, her

eyes wide and searching.

Time seemed to freeze in that moment.

Waiting for her answer, he'd felt a strange mix of emotions—an unfamiliar struggle

twisting inside him. Would she say yes? Would she turn him down?

After what felt like forever, she finally smiled and nodded.

The tension in his chest unraveled in an instant, his heart swelling so wide it felt

as if it could contain mountains and rivers.

It wasn't that he didn't have feelings; he was just always so reserved, so careful

with himself.

That impulsive rush carried him all the way to the courthouse.

It was only when he stood there, marriage certificate in hand, the seal still fresh,

that it hit him—how reckless he'd been.

He told himself to calm down, to think.

That was when she brought up taking wedding photos.

He refused.

Now Timothy wondered if maybe, from that very moment, he'd already started to

hurt her.

"Timothy?"

Her voice pulled him back to the present. "You should go home," he said quietly.

"I'm fine."

He couldn't let Sheila get any closer to him. If things kept going this way, the

distance between him and Jessica would only grow.

Sheila was stunned. Of all the things Timothy could have said to her, "go home"

was the last she'd expected.

Trying to hold herself together, she protested, "You're hurt so badly—how can I

just leave you here?"

"She's hurting

caught off guard. "Don't worry, Vince told

hurt

knew Jessica wasn't physically

Her wounds were deeper.

beginning to understand. His own injuries

But the pain inside Jessica—there was no

wheel today, knowing her temperament,

than a split-second

She really wanted out.

it was time

certificate like a shackle.

go—releasing the kite string he'd held so

felt

silence was driving Sheila mad. They were in

else—somewhere with

becoming heavier and

knew now that Jessica

felt as if an invisible fist was tightening around

hard, for so many years,

and further away.

returned to Sheila. "Go

again."

words were calm, but they crashed through Sheila's

against the shore, each one tearing at

back straight and proud,

His face was empty,

half an hour before Vince,

Vince

cottage, his heart aching

quite name.

was cozy and welcoming

invited Vince to sit in the living room.

asked in a trembling, hoarse voice,

grow up here?"

voice, and the way he

with an emotion Herbert couldn't quite name—made

unsettled.

made no attempt to hide how much he

with my mom in the city. After she passed

suppose this is where

grandmother

Yes, her grandmother

treat Jessica's mutism,

had worked herself

She'd been tricked

advantage of, and the

able to cure

had weighed heavily on

the double blow was

she'd passed

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