Goodbye, Mr. Regret

"I'll admit it—he did save Jessy, and we owe him our thanks. But that doesn't erase the damage he's done, does it?"

Vince didn't want to sound so harsh, but Sallie's attitude was making his blood

boil.

Herbert had given everything from the heart, and yet she still wanted to brush it all aside with money.

Was that kind of sincerity something you could buy off with a check?

Just like Jessy-she'd given seven years of her life to Timothy. Could money really pay for that kind of devotion?

Vince's words infuriated Sallie.

"He nearly gave his life for Jessica! If he'd lost his life, that's forever. Isn't a lifetime worth more than seven years? More than fifteen? Why do you only see his faults and never his good side?"

"And what about you? Have you ever really seen what Jessy's done for him?"

It was pointless. Each of them was convinced they were right, unable to see the other's side. The conversation broke down completely.

Jess. I need to get to

tears shining in her eyes. "Go ahead. Take

Herbert walk

it was just then that Herbert's

from her

started because of her. Now, all she could do was

came over to her. "Let's get some air.

more chances to say something that would upset her. With her condition, she really

harm to Jessica. Her temper just got the best of her sometimes-once she was riled up, she

and saw how Timothy still couldn't let Jessica go, Sallie had been trying to change. Everyone, it seemed, had someone

person was Timothy-her little brother, the one she

Vince had just made it downstairs when they ran into Yates and Kane Sutton. They were here to check

just gotten back from a trip abroad. In the short

about to become a

the long-lost Salome of

Zimmerman family.

so awkward he wished he could disappear into

childhood friends. Even if he'd grown close to Sheila after Salome