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.

couldn't piece together the full story. But one thing was obvious: Timothy was here for Jessica, desperate to see

himself and Jessica forgave him, their marriage would

the outcome Sheila

belonged to her, and she absolutely refused to let Jessica a mute- steal the

was equally frustrating. For such an old-money, prominent household, it was absurd how well they treated Jessica. Vince even suggested Jessica pretend to be

liking to Jessica and decided to officially make her part of the

Sheila heard the conversation winding down, she

into his own car, and then

hospital. That all but confirmed to Sheila where Jessica was

trailed behind, keeping a low profile until she finally

had already packed

already? It's only been a

typed out a message on her phone for Vince to read:

just need to rest at

let me drive

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