Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 554

"How did he suddenly pass out? He was perfectly fine when I left the house."

"He just fainted out of nowhere while we were eating. I'm not sure what happened, really."

Mabel's voice trembled with worry.

"I'll be right there," Timothy replied at once.

He pocketed his phone and turned to Jessica. "Henry's fainted. I have to go home now. The sketchbook..."

Timothy glanced at the paper-cut illustrations in his hand, then looked at Jessica. "Henry made these himself. I hope you'll take a good look at them.”

He pressed the illustrations into Jessica's hands before hurrying out to his car.

Jessica stood there, the sketchbook clutched to her chest, her emotions tangled. She didn't want to look at it.

But the call about Henry fainting... Of course she was worried.

In the past, she would have dropped everything and rushed after them, anxiety knotting her stomach.

Now, even though she stayed behind, her heart was already with them.

She didn't really believe anything serious would happen to Henry, but fainting out of the blue was never a trivial matter.

Timothy was trying to be considerate. He knew she wasn't ready to face him or their son together, so he hadn't asked her to come to the hospital.

All Henry's troubles used to fall squarely on Jessica's shoulders. Timothy had never really needed to worry.

Henry's mother always there for him, Timothy

stepped up as a father. She couldn't be expected to handle

a moment, dazed, before she finally turned

and Mrs. Zimmerman were waiting for her in

still holding

wouldn't take it?" Vince

Jessica nodded.

"He's gone already?"

She nodded again. "Yeah."

put out. That was

onto the couch and opened the

page was

artistic lettering were the words: Me and

had always been a bright kid, with a knack for

paper-cut showed Jessica

of mother and

just a

that photo once, years ago, and somehow

beside her, quietly taking in the

see that Timothy

his mother. She might

no mother could

mom-after his sister disappeared,

Jessica turned the pages.

a moment she and