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?"

murmured, "She's hurting

Jessica?" Sheila faltered, caught off guard.

not hurt

knew Jessica wasn't

Her wounds were deeper.

His

pain inside Jessica—there

her to grab the steering wheel today,

a

She really wanted out.

it was time to

certificate like a shackle.

every time he imagined letting go—releasing the kite string he'd held so

felt

driving Sheila mad. They were

somewhere else—somewhere

and

now that Jessica was

if an invisible fist

hard, for so many years, but the man

and further away.

returned to Sheila. "Go

again."

words were calm, but they

against the shore, each one tearing at

straight and proud,

eyes. His face was empty,

and Herbert had left half an hour before Vince, arriving barely ten

when Vince

simple cottage,

quite name.

the place was cozy and welcoming

in the living room. As she prepared

space, then finally asked in a trembling,

grow up here?"

raw in his voice, and the way

with an emotion Herbert couldn't

unsettled.

to hide how much he

used to live with my mom in the city. After

So yes, I suppose this is where I spent most of my

it's warm. Your grandmother must have loved you

her grandmother

treat Jessica's mutism,

had worked

bone. She'd been

of, and the

not being able to

weighed

the double

she'd passed away

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