Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Timothy sat in the car, lips pressed together in silence.

He couldn't blame everything on Henry Lawson. The truth was, he'd overestimated himself.

He'd thought taking Sheila to the parent-and-child event wouldn't change anything.

But when they got home that day, Jessica was visibly upset. Still worried Sheila might be getting the cold shoulder from his wife, he'd chased after Jessica, leaving Sheila behind. By the time he returned, Jessica was inconsolable.

Maybe that day was the tipping point-the final straw that broke what they had.

Or maybe, there'd been something on her mind for a long time. Maybe she'd tried to tell him, but he had never really listened.

And by the time he wanted to talk, she wouldn't hear a word.

But what mattered most now was the birthmark. He needed to know-how did Herbert find out about it?

He'd agreed to the divorce out of fear, worried she'd do something reckless. It wasn't what he wanted.

Jessica was supposed to be his, and his alone.

"Timothy, I'm talking to you. What are you thinking about?" his grandmother's voice broke through his thoughts.

Timothy blinked, snapping back to reality. "Sorry, Grandma. What did you say?"

"Sallie said all this happened because of Sheila. Is that true?"

didn't want to dodge responsibility. At the end of the day, this was on

marriage, everything had finally settled down. No

expected things to fall

to say Sheila wasn't to blame, but Vince's words from earlier echoed in

many times with no reaction, but the moment Sheila mentioned

sounded exasperated. "Can you say what

Please, don't get involved. Sheila is just a side

Jessica for

always cherished their family. The only abnormal moment started after Sheila visited The Gilded Whisper Estates.

this, Timothy felt a sharp, twisting pain in

The next morning, he'd thought it through— Sheila's hotel allergy wasn't a big deal. If

because Jessica wasn't at home, he

from a single

harder, maybe things

had given him

day at the hospital, Henry called Jessica the housekeeper and said Sheila was away on a business trip with him. And that was the end of

out to him for help, he'd dropped everything and flown a helicopter through a storm to Capital

it all fallen apart

worse. And what were you

waited until now? And anyway, Yates came with both of them and has been staying with the Zimmermans. If Jessy and Herbert were together,

reasoning made sense, and Timothy's

The moment he found out Herbert was the one who told Jessica about the birthmark, his emotions had gotten