Vince had no clue what Timothy was up to. The guy was acting all mysterious, so Vince leaned in, thinking maybe Timothy wanted to share a secret.

Instead, Timothy quickly plucked a hair from Vince's head.

"You had a gray hair. I took care of it for you."

"So much drama over a single gray hair?"

Timothy made a show of tossing it into the trash, but in reality, he kept it clenched in his palm.

"Are you going to tell me which hospital she's in or not?"

"I can give you her home address, but that's it. Wait until she's discharged, give her some time to rest. I visited her yesterday—it's nothing serious. She'll be out soon."

Vince gave in, and Timothy didn't press further.

Vince ended up giving Timothy the address of the apartment he'd arranged for Jessica.

After breakfast, Abell and Sandra went out for a walk, leaving only Sheila at home. She stood outside, eavesdropping on Vince and Timothy's conversation through the open window.

talking in fragments, so Sheila couldn't piece together the full story. But one thing was obvious:

to explain himself and Jessica forgave him, their marriage would

was not the outcome

absolutely refused to let Jessica a

Zimmerman family was equally frustrating. For such an old-money, prominent household, it was absurd

to officially make her part of the family? That would only raise

Sheila heard the conversation winding down, she

waited until Vince came out, got into his own

at the hospital. That all but confirmed to Sheila where

went inside, Sheila trailed behind, keeping a low profile until she finally located Jessica's

already packed up and was ready to

already? It's only

typed out a message on her phone for

I just need

me

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