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.

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 need

Herbert walk

just then that Herbert's shoulders seemed so much

tears from her cheeks and turned

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

her. "Let's get some air. If there's

something that would upset her. With her condition, she really couldn't

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

couldn't let Jessica go, Sallie had been trying to change. Everyone, it seemed,

Timothy-her little brother, the one she cared about

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

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

was about to become a hit, and-most

long-lost

Zimmerman family.

awkward he wished he could

grown close to Sheila after Salome disappeared, before that,