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

in her eyes. "Go

Herbert

that Herbert's shoulders seemed so much

brushed the tears from her cheeks and

she could do was wait and hope he would

her. "Let's get some air. If

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

Jessica. Her temper just got the best of her

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

person was Timothy-her little brother, the one she cared about

it downstairs when they ran into Yates and Kane Sutton. They were here to

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

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

long-lost Salome

Zimmerman family.

Kane felt so awkward he wished he could disappear

friends. Even if he'd grown close to Sheila after Salome disappeared, before that, he and the others