Goodbye, Mr. Regret

He even went so far as to tell the nurses at the hospital that Jessica was just his family's housekeeper.

Vince clenched his fists and said in a low voice to Marquis, "You have to help her with this lawsuit. Don't worry about offending Timothy!"

What angered him even more was that when Jessica called Timothy for help from the city, he'd clearly understood her plea-but still chose to ignore her.

He'd seen the storm that hit the city that day on the news. Jessica had been so terrified she'd passed out. If the police and hotel staff hadn't rushed her to the hospital in time, she might not have survived.

With Timothy treating her like this, it was only a matter of time before something truly terrible happened to her-and no one would even notice.

She was all alone, unable to speak, with no way to express how she really felt. If even Vince refused to help her, she'd be stuck in that marriage forever, completely powerless.

"Alright then, I'll go collect evidence at the children's craft competition. I've already drafted the complaint-I'll have my assistant file it with the court as soon as

possible."

was evidence they needed to secure firsthand. Everything

with

himself just how far Timothy and Henry were

Lawsons, honestly, not a single decent one

their way to find Mr. Smith. Herbert, a little worried that Mr. Smith might try to steal Jessica away from him, said, "Mr. Smith's mixed-race, so his daughter is ridiculously cute. I've met her a few times

they couldn't really talk. He had to keep his eyes on the road and couldn't watch her sign, but now, with her voice- emitting necklace,

and let the necklace do the talking. "I didn't know he had a daughter—I thought he wasn't married. There's nothing

replied lightly, "so he keeps his kid out of the spotlight. Plus, he's never actually

the child was born out of wedlock. Grown-up business was

course, Herbert also had his reasons. If Little Mute-Jessica-knew Mr. Smith already had a child, then even if she got divorced and remarried,

his whole life waiting in line-he wasn't about to

Jessica and immediately went in for a hug. After all, they knew each