Lost Me Gained Regret

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Chapter 281

Mark was feeling a twinge of regret. “So, when we bumped into each other again in college, I was kicking myself for missing out on so many years of your life, for all the tough times you had to go through without me.”

“It’s not on you,” I reassured him.

Back when my life took a downturn, he was just a kid himself.

There are some paths in life you have to walk alone. Nobody can do it for you.

The fact that he was there for me, lending a hand when I needed it most, meant the world to me.

While we were catching up, Christine came out with a big pot of stew, all smiles, “How’s the chat going, you two? Ready for some grub?”

Mark was all in, “Fire it up! I missed lunch and I’m starving.”

That dinner, with Christine around, was filled with laughter and joy.

Gradually, I let the trending news slip to the back of my mind.

What’s past, is past.

The next day, the snow was still falling, the cold wind biting, and the ground was covered in a blanket of white.

Christine had stayed over and nearly jumped with excitement after a phone call, “Jane, how’s your injury? Can you make it out today?”

sip of water

RF came through! They said if we sign now, the funds will be

fast!” I was as thrilled as she was.

take a while with contract procedures

this was quick!

Carlson was already there with the contract, waiting in

our branch office isn’t set up yet, so the place is a

up a branch here in RiverCity?” Christine asked, seizing

straightforward, handing over the contract while explaining, “It’s in the plans. We were going to wait, but some complications have

was hinting at something but couldn’t pin it down. So, I just went through the

Everything seemed fair.

asked with a smile before I signed, “Mr. Carlson, are you sure the finance department can have the funds in by noon?”

cases, we take special actions,” he answered, as relaxed as

caught on, “Special cases?”

too, looking at

“I see a lot of potential in Janedream. What if you turned to another company

4d fo

exceeded our expectations.

we were leaving their office after signing the contract,

were

lunch but instantly decided to head to the office building where we’d placed a down

the lease and got the keys, both Christine and I saw

had our

was beaming, “Why don’t you invite Mark over?