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.

then eased her from his embrace. "Wait here for now, Jess. I need to get to the conference. Right now, saving Timothy is what matters most. We'll talk about

tears shining in her eyes. "Go ahead. Take care of what you

watched Herbert

it was just then that Herbert's shoulders seemed so

brushed the tears from her cheeks and

started because of her. Now, all she could do was wait and hope he would be all

over to her. "Let's get some air. If there's any news,

Sallie more chances to say something that would upset her. With her condition, she really couldn't afford

meant any real harm to Jessica. Her temper just got

learned Jessica was Salome, and saw how Timothy still couldn't let Jessica go, Sallie had

person was Timothy-her little brother,

they ran into Yates and Kane Sutton. They were here to check on Timothy

a trip abroad. In the short time he'd been gone, everything

she'd invested in a film that was about to become a hit, and-most surprising of all

long-lost Salome of

Zimmerman family.

again, Kane felt so awkward he wished he could disappear into the

all been childhood friends. Even if he'd grown close to Sheila after Salome disappeared,