Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 151

Did she really have no choice but to surrender to Timothy, to accept all his decisions without question?

No. She couldn't just sit back and wait for fate to crush her.

Jessica squared her shoulders and strode toward the pirate ship ride.

By now, after a few minutes, the ride had come to a stop.

Sheila was clutching her chest, her face almost ghostly pale.

Henry, who looked so much like a young Timothy, was gazing at her with open worry and guilt. "Miss Sheila, are you okay? This is all my fault. I shouldn't have asked you to ride with me-the ship went so high, I was terrified myself."

Timothy unbuckled his seatbelt, his eyes gentle. "Are you hurt?"

"Timothy, I... my legs... I can't seem to stand up..."

Sheila's gaze happened to land on Jessica just then. With a practiced flutter of her lashes, she rolled her eyes back and fainted on the spot.

"Miss Sheila!"

"Sheila!"

together, their

seatbelt and scooped her into his arms, lifting her with effortless grace—a fairy-tale rescue, so smooth

limp

back tears. "Dad, Miss

unwavering, though there was tension in

glanced up-and there

arms tightened reflexively around Sheila, but he

of them, signing, "I need to

didn't want to drag Herbert into this mess. The divorce was between her and Timothy. If he promised not to take it out on Herbert, she'd leave his

and sharp with indignation. "Mom, can't you see Miss Sheila's passed out? Can't this wait until we get home tonight? What if you delay her getting help-can you take

his tone icy. "Even a

punctuated the command with a hard

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