Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 30

"Miss Jessica, she... she slit her wrists. There was so much blood..."

The next second, the engine roared to life, and Timothy floored the gas pedal.

The car shot forward at breakneck speed.

Jessica instinctively gripped the handle above her window, knuckles white.

Timothy didn't stop for a single red light, weaving recklessly through traffic, barely dodging other cars. Jessica was tossed in her seat, her head spinning, the world outside a blur.

Timothy's lips were pressed into a thin, grim line, his face ashen.

Jessica wanted to tell him to slow down, but no words would come her voice was lost somewhere inside her.

Her stomach churned violently.

She squeezed her eyes shut, brow furrowed in pain.

But Timothy didn't notice. All his focus was on the road ahead.

Finally, they arrived home.

An ambulance was already parked in front of The Gilded Whisper Estates.

Before the car had even stopped moving, Timothy had flung the door open and bolted out.

Jessica had never seen Timothy-always so measured and composed-so shaken before.

calmest people

tissues, stumbled out of the car, and half-ran, half-staggered to the nearest trash

her stomach completely

wiped her lips, turned around and saw Timothy carrying Sheila out of the house in his arms, her clothes stained deep

his face

and son climbed into the

siren wailed as it

housekeeper, spotted

"Ma'am..."

heart clenched with worry as she hurried

collapsed,

"Ma'am!"

rushed to her side, lifting Jessica's

"Ma'am? Ma'am?!"

Jessica didn't respond, Mabel fumbled for her phone and

bad-ma'am

the hospital. Her wounds were already treated. That little

"But sir, she really-"

off. "Stop bothering me with

The line went dead.

in frustration and dialed

he call this a trivial matter when ma'am had fainted right before her

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