Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Jessica believed that life should always hold a spark of hope.

She knew she couldn't give up on fighting cancer. It was just like her struggle with aphasia; at first, she'd resigned herself to never speaking again, but then-out of nowhere she'd found a breakthrough.

Maybe there could be a miracle for her cancer, too.

If she could buy herself more time, there were still so many things she wanted to do.

Herbert hadn't expected that Mr. Smith would personally reach out to Jessica.

Naturally, when Jessica decided to go through with it, Herbert was fully supportive.

He was grateful Jessica had told him about it first; otherwise, Mr. Smith might have accidentally let something slip about his own situation.

"That's fine," Herbert said. “I actually need to travel to Aetherion for work soon, so I can take you to see the doctor myself or Mr. Smith could bring you, whichever works."

Later, Herbert checked Jessica's throat, gauging her progress, and reminded her of the essential points for her speech therapy exercises.

Jessica still needed to coordinate her trip with Mr. Smith, so she told Herbert she'd be heading out. Not wanting to hold her up, Herbert asked quickly how she planned to handle the divorce.

reached an understanding. Marquis would take care of the follow-up, and Jessica would only need

any longer and encouraged

Jessica stepped out of his office, Herbert

was studying animation, and while Herbert had lived abroad, he'd kept a close eye on the animation industry.

himself in the animation world-and Herbert

in detail. Mr. Smith was stunned. "You're

the seven years I spent researching

eyebrows shot up. "Are you secretly in

"Did you have to say

can I say? We Westerners don't beat around the

shadow crossed Herbert's

has a

one thing, and lose hold

finally said. "Let's talk about it some other time. But seriously, keep this

she and Tim might be getting divorced. I have to admit, I'm kind of taken with her too.