Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 223

"Mr. Zimmerman, I'm sorry about last night—I really thought Timothy wouldn't

show up."

Vince shook his head. "No, I should be the one apologizing. I'd already spoken to him, and he said he wasn't coming. Someone else in my family must have invited him behind my back."

The truth was, when Vince called Timothy and told him not to come to his grandfather's birthday dinner, he'd only done it to take a jab at Timothy. He never really intended to keep Timothy away. He'd said it because he couldn't imagine Timothy leaving Jessica's side, but he also didn't want Jessica to realize he was lying. In the end, he still wanted to be close to her.

He couldn't say exactly why, but there was something different about seeing her compared to everyone else.

"By the way," Vince added, "the gift you gave my grandfather-he absolutely loved it. He came here today looking for you, actually. There are two things he wanted me to pass along."

looked up at him, giving him her full

for heritage preservation status for your craft. Second, my grandfather wants you to be his goddaughter. He wanted to ask you last night, in front of everyone at the party, but you

simple-Larkin wanted to see Jessica again, and

like a good idea; it would help fulfill

becoming Larkin's goddaughter... that

But if she agreed, knowing she had only six months left to live, she'd just be bringing more grief to another

phone, "Why is Larkin being so kind

When I brought your work home, my grandfather recognized it immediately-he knew it was your grandmother's style. She was his

ever said about

had disappeared long ago, and she hadn't seen him

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