Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Timothy's face was grim, his voice edged with barely concealed anger. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"You seriously want to pretend you don't know?" Kane shot back, his tone thick with accusation. "Timothy, don't play dumb with me. Sheila's not even your real aunt. Don't tell me you don't know what she's been waiting for all these years. If you were too scared to marry her back then, you shouldn't have strung her along! I don't buy for a second that you're clueless about her feelings. Admit it-you like keeping one woman at home and another on the hook. You love having two women care about you, don't you?"

Kane had always cared deeply about Sheila, so naturally, he paid close attention to everything concerning her.

No matter the place or time, he was always on Sheila's side.

In the past, when Timothy kept that mute wife of his hidden away, Kane assumed Timothy didn't care about her at all-so he let it go. But now, Timothy was clearly starting to care about her, and Kane couldn't help but feel indignant for Sheila's sake.

Timothy's eyes were icy as he stared Kane down. "If you don't know the facts, keep your opinions to yourself."

Kane was always like this. Timothy couldn't be bothered to explain.

Kane was just about to lose his temper when-

"Out of the way! Please, move aside!"

a stretcher at breakneck

looked up instinctively, but before he could see who was on the stretcher, Kane stepped right in front of him, voice shaking with emotion. "How would I not know what's going on between you two? I'm not making things up—I'm

never got a clear look at the

talking, so Timothy's attention shifted away. He remembered how, at the Red House last time, Kane had relentlessly called Jessica "the mute." That had already pissed Timothy

get your facts straight," Timothy warned coldly. "She was the one who backed out all those years ago.

knew exactly what Timothy was talking

torn the Lawson and Howard families

Lawsons who disapproved; the Howards were

"Don't you see how much Sheila's suffered? She made that choice for you-for the sake of your families' relationship. Have you

Timothy's patience snapped. "I'm married

son. Let's end this

only knew half the

right. With a wife and a child, what would it say about Sheila if there was anything more between them now? It would make her the other woman, plain

the air between them heavy