Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Jessica ordered two dishes without much thought.

Timothy picked up the menu and proceeded to order a whole slew of dishes.

Jessica frowned.

She didn't believe in wasting food.

At home, she might prepare a variety of meals, but she always kept the portions

small.

She tried to make sure there were never too many leftovers.

Her grandmother used to say that wasting food was like throwing away good fortune.

The more blessings you had, the more abundance you'd enjoy.

Someone like Timothy-able to amass so much wealth-must truly be a man favored by fortune.

As his wife, Jessica never took part in his business affairs, but at home, she did everything she could to keep things in order.

She treated every member of the household staff with kindness.

She respected his elders.

She cared for his family as if they were her own.

When it came to spending, she was never extravagant or wasteful.

If it had been before, she would have spoken up-there were only three of them eating, after all, they didn't need to order so much.

she didn't

instructed the waiter to bring Sheila a mug of

You really do know her

Jessica lowered her gaze.

what Sheila was getting at:

and he'd even specified the

That took effort.

spoke, Sheila turned to

to call you,

accepted. Have you not checked your

Sheila said this, Timothy reached for Jessica's purse and

his number to call

hadn't done the same

unblock his

her phone, trying to

she had

planning to divorce Timothy-adding Sheila

let Timothy make that decision for

didn't let

the phone,

gaze. "What's wrong? Is there something on

her lips together

He could add Sheila

delete

didn't have a

opened her messaging app and removed