Goodbye, Mr. Regret

"Why do you keep pressing about this?"

Vince's irritation was palpable. "Is it because you realize you couldn't keep it hidden and now you want to dig for answers? How do you even have the nerve?"

He still wasn't satisfied, and pressed on, "Did you really think you could keep this a secret? She knows what she looked like as a kid, doesn't she? Even if you manage to hide it for a while, she'll find out sooner or later. So tell me when did you find out?"

"You still haven't answered my question."

Timothy's expression remained unreadable, calm as ever.

"You're always like this. If I don't talk, you won't either, is that it?”

"That's right."

Vince was so angry it made his chest ache.

"Fine, I'll spell it out. It's just—she looks alike. There are plenty of shows about kids separated from their families, lost and found. Jessy does paper-cutting, my grandfather loves paper-cutting, and then she's taken Daisy as her goddaughter. She's got this strange connection to our family."

Timothy wasn't feeling well; his body was weak and his mind wasn't as sharp as usual.

A server brought over their coffees. Timothy took his cup and sipped.

Yates noticed a deep indentation on the first knuckle of Timothy's right index finger, a trace of blood seeping out.

Yates pressed his lips together. Just how tightly had Timothy been clenching his fist?

Timothy drank several mouthfuls of coffee in a row.

face of it, made

social media was public. Sheila could see everything, and

three

only said Daisy reminded her of Jessica's

never have suspected anything.

there were two key

thing you're looking for is

Jessy has a special connection with

must have been what planted the doubt in

phone call. At that point, even without

Timothy was still lost in thought, Yates spoke up, "Vince, don't you think Sheila was hinting at something

hadn't considered that. When he'd called Sheila to go to the hospital and check on

were exactly what had

Timothy, his voice anxious, "Tell me, when did you find out? Did you let Sheila in on

That day at the hospital, when he'd gotten the DNA results, he'd bumped

gone off to find her

"I have something to take care of.

to Jessy's place to ask for her childhood photos, she said she couldn't find a

Vince's question and

exactly what you wanted to know, but he never

because he's younger-I thought you knew how stubborn he

a sip of his coffee. "From what you were saying, I'd bet Sheila knew exactly what she was doing. She deliberately dropped hints

"Timothy rushed off-do you think

up on the possibility that she might. Vince, you've got trouble on your