Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 42

Mabel smiled warmly. "Ma'am, couples fight now and then, but it always blows over. Why not use this chance to let Mr. Reed save face? You two can move on and get things back to normal."

Last night, Timothy had rushed out as soon as he got that call about Sheila. He hadn't come home at all.

Ha.

He really knew how to play his cards. First, he'd taken her to a hotel to give her that ring. Then he'd run off to spend the night with Sheila. Was he trying to keep his wife at home while having someone else on the side?

Jessica pushed those thoughts away, pulled the velvet ring box from her purse, and began typing a message on her phone.

"Mabel, can you pass this along to Timothy for me?"

Mabel's eyelids fluttered in surprise. Jessica pressed the box into her hand, turned, and strode off without another word.

"Ma'am? Ma'am" Mabel called after her, but Jessica was already out the door.

Mabel muttered to herself, "What's going on? Didn't Mr. Reed manage to make things right with her?"

the ring box in her hand, then set it carefully on the living room cabinet. She might be the

Henry from school.

over. "Welcome home,

"Where's

something to

day, his mom waited for him at the door after school, worried he hadn't eaten well. The moment he got home, she'd

walked straight into the living room and grabbed the TV remote. That's when he noticed a small velvet box next to it-something about it

picked it up just as Mabel came back in. "Henry, that's for your dad. Your mom asked me to give it to him, so

mom wants Dad to

Mabel nodded.

Henry flipped open

and her expression darkened a little. Why go to all this trouble? Mr. Reed gave her a diamond ring,

sighed and went into the

for his mom at the auction. Now she was returning

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