Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Was he out of his mind? After everything that happened, how could he still have the nerve to follow her all the way here?

Just as Jessica was about to close the door, Timothy gestured sharply. The two nurses by his side immediately wheeled his hospital bed forward, blocking the entrance and pushing right into the apartment.

Jessica felt like she was suffocating. She'd gone through so much just to make it overseas, and now-he was here.

Once he was inside, Timothy quietly signaled for the nurses to leave. They stepped out and shut the door behind them, leaving the room heavy with tension.

Jessica's face was set in open irritation.

Timothy's features were as composed and reserved as ever. He said, "I just wanted to check on you. The family doctor didn't have time to treat your injuries that day. I asked Vince, and he told me you'd been hospitalized. You got discharged so quickly are you really healed?"

Jessica cast him a frosty glance, not bothering to answer. Instead, she raised her hand and signed, her movements curt and annoyed. "Don't you think you're being ridiculous?"

"Jessy, I think we really need to talk," he said quietly.

There's nothing left to talk about, she thought.

When it mattered, there was never a chance.

he had to say, she didn't want

cold. "Ten days more, give or take.

tense line, his brow furrowing. "After all these years as husband and wife, do

relentless as you, the

she could see the

reason

coffee table and flung it

but she refused to let him dredge up that night. She didn't want to listen, didn't want to remember. This was the only way she could make him

face and dripping onto his shirt. He didn't even try to dodge; he

clung to his hair, making him look utterly disheveled-so unlike the elegant, dignified man he always

with anger. She was done. Done

She'd never imagined Timothy

and eyes had always been for Sheila. Jessica had stepped aside,

keep playing the shield between him and

their relationship. For seven years, Jessica did everything she could to make their marriage work, never once Causing trouble. Maybe a those "business trips" were really stolen weekends