Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Timothy knew well enough how Mr. Smith operated. During their call last night, Mr. Smith had mentioned he was waiting for someone, but as a friend, Timothy hadn't planned to push him too hard.

Timothy took a small sip of his coffee. "Aren't you going to wait for the person you mentioned?"

Mr. Smith grinned, carefree as ever. "No need. I trust you-you know my situation, and you'd never set me up with the wrong person."

"That's true enough."

After all, Sheila had made quite a name for herself in the animation industry. Timothy was familiar with the role in question; it wasn't the lead, and he doubted Sheila would have any trouble with it.

"Then it's settled," Mr. Smith said. "Let me know when you're free to set up a meeting so we can talk through the details."

Tomorrow was a holiday, and Timothy would be heading back to his family's old house. "How about tonight?"

“Perfect! It's a date. Dinner's on me at The Silverthread Eatery tonight."

After parting ways with Timothy, Mr. Smith texted Ines to let her know he'd worked things out and invited her to join them for dinner at The Silverthread Eatery that evening.

first reached out to Ines about the project, so of course she had to be

Ines got the message, she tried calling Jessica, but her phone was switched

would surely bring Jessica along, Ines didn't worry about getting in touch with her

with the Thanksgiving Day falling tomorrow, she'd decided to head back to her hometown to visit her mother's

wasn't just a time for family reunions; it was also an important occasion

family. She'd followed

now, she felt a

year, she decided, she wouldn't be serving the Lawsons or joining them at

powered her phone back on, booked a train ticket, and

for the Lawson family's holiday dinner, she turned off her

turned out, Timothy didn't try to contact

Smith, Timothy let Sheila

Eatery. Timothy had helped her land this chance, and she knew Mr.