Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 496

Chapter 496

"Sallie, do you seriously have the nerve to call me right now? Or have you just conveniently forgotten everything that happened?"

She was furious.

Vince gritted his teeth and spat out, "Let me make myself perfectly clear: from this day on, whatever happens to Timothy-whether he lives or dies-has absolutely nothing to do with the Zimmerman family!"

With those words, he hung up.

Sallie nearly threw her phone in frustration.

This was a disaster.

Salome had always been the Zimmermans' favorite. That day, right in front of Vince, she'd called Jessica a mute and accused her of embarrassing the Lawsons just by showing up.

It was no wonder Vince had lost his temper.

But now Timothy had vanished without a trace. Where was she supposed to find him?

Timothy was on the mountain.

He'd returned to the same old abbey he'd visited once before.

He was lucky; just as he walked in, he came across Father Benedict, the abbey's head priest, whom he'd met on his previous visit.

"Father," Timothy greeted him quietly.

Father Benedict pressed his palms together and bowed his head slightly. "Peace be with you, my son."

Timothy had seen enough of the world to know the proper etiquette, and since he'd come seeking the priest's guidance on how to escape his pain, he tried to follow Father Benedict's example, bowing his head and folding his hands. "Peace be with you, Father. I visited your abbey once before, and your words about suffering left a deep impression on me. I have some questions I'd like to ask."

come this way,

Benedict

the background. The moment Timothy stepped through the doorway, he was enveloped by a

seemed to quiet, if only

floor cushions at a low table, where a pot of tea was kept

you?" the

surprise.

did you know?" he

Benedict smiled, unhurried. "It's written all

prided himself on

He got straight to

think it can be eased?"

life together, then the pain would stop.

spoke, "When an addict is overwhelmed by withdrawal, what's the first

drug," Timothy

if he does, does the pain go away

comes back the next

nodded, satisfied. "So, do you understand

is only temporary. Taking the drug eases the suffering for a moment, but

The pain ebbs for a little while, and the person

not real joy, just the absence of pain. The deeper the suffering, the more intense the fleeting relief, but that only feeds greater pain in the end.

run through him. He understood the

he couldn't

we lived as we used to, wouldn't that take the pain away? Isn't that

ever suffer withdrawal?

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