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.

student. Mr. Smith had first reached out to Ines about the project, so of course she had to be included. Besides, Ines had

Ines got the message, she tried calling

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

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

time for family reunions; it was

Lawson family. She'd followed their traditions, joined their

about it now, she felt a pang of

the Lawsons or

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

Timothy calling her back for the Lawson family's holiday dinner, she turned off her phone again as

out, Timothy

let Sheila know that everything

meeting at The Silverthread Eatery. Timothy had helped her land this chance, and she knew