Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 558

He knew he was at fault for the way he and Jessica had been looking at each other.

But part of the problem was also that Jessica didn't want to see him spending time with Sheila.

Timothy hesitated for a moment before finally answering the call.

Some things needed to be said clearly to Sheila, once and for all.

"Timothy, I just heard Sallie on the phone, something about going back home for Henry's testing—what happened to Henry? I'm really worried."

His father had told him to call Sallie, but he hadn't gotten around to it yet.

But now Sheila already knew-clearly, the family had called Sallie before he had.

"From now on, I don't want you involved in Henry's affairs," Timothy said, his tone cold and measured.

Sheila felt an ache in her chest, tight and suffocating.

"So I can't even care about Henry anymore? He and I have always been close. Hearing you say that-it really hurts."

heavy sigh. All these years, he'd carried a sense of guilt towards Sheila. He was always trying to make it up to

mind, ever since Sheila refused to marry him, their relationship had gone back to being simply aunt

had grown up together, always close, to the point that he assumed Jessica, his gentle and understanding wife, should

that, as a married man, he should keep a certain distance

That was his mistake.

that Sheila was, after all, only his aunt in name-there was

she truly were a blood relative, Jessica probably wouldn't have

never voiced her concerns, and he never tried to talk to her about

how the misunderstandings between them had quietly

his relationship with Sheila—and she needed to understand that there

Jessy's unhappy. When Henry started calling you 'mom' in public

Sheila froze.

something like this. It wasn't like him-he'd always been considerate of her feelings, the sort who'd rather stay

now, he was being brutally

He really had changed.

in

But every time, I've told him to think of his mom's feelings, to treat her well. If you don't believe me, ask Henry