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.

would words make? Whatever he had to

cold. "Ten days more, give or take. We can

as husband and wife, do we really have to drag this into

and dismissive. "With someone as relentless as you, the courtroom is the only place I'm willing to

could see the tension winding tight in his

reason for

the glass of water from the coffee table and

cut him off with words, but she refused to let him dredge up that night. She didn't want to listen, didn't want to remember. This was the

dripping onto his shirt. He didn't even try to

making him look utterly disheveled-so unlike the elegant, dignified man he always tried

with anger. She was done.

She'd never imagined Timothy

eyes had always been for Sheila. Jessica had stepped aside, handed over the title of "Mrs.

her to keep playing the shield

could to make their marriage