Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Was it really Sheila that Timothy wanted to marry back then?

To Timothy, she was just another tool.

She was his answer to the entire Lawson family.

When the Lawsons tried to keep him away from Sheila, Timothy turned around and married a mute woman-just to spite them.

Was that it?

Jessica couldn't be sure if her guess was right or not.

But deep down, she had always felt this was the truth.

Otherwise, how could someone like Timothy-a man so proud, so untouchable- ever want to marry her?

Jessica bit down hard, her jaw clenched tight.

That day, her old professor had invited her back to campus to interpret a speech

in sign language. She was happy to help her alma mater.

She'd heard the speaker was a highly successful businessman.

The school had students who were deaf, so they wanted to make sure everyone could participate.

Jessica arrived and was chatting with her professor when Timothy swept in, surrounded by a crowd.

suddenly, he stepped right up to her and said, "I want to marry you. Will you

She was stunned.

she'd secretly loved for four years was suddenly standing in front of her, asking for her hand. It

imagined countless ways their

she convinced herself of the simplest possibility: Timothy must have fallen for her at

they married, when he grew distant, she told

answer to all the questions that had

moved her-and no one else. To everyone else, she was

A tool-through and through.

Jessica could barely breathe.

hurried to the bathroom, leaned over the sink, and threw

streaked the porcelain, bright and

twisted

rinsed her mouth, and didn't leave until every

hollow, as if someone had scooped out

into bed, pulling the covers up over

had turned out to be

she lay there before Mabel's

it's time

pushed back

eyes went wide

to your eyes? They're