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.

what difference would words make? Whatever he had to say, she didn't want to hear it

days more, give or take. We can talk in

his lips into a thin, tense line, his brow furrowing. "After all these years as husband and wife,

hands moved, brisk and dismissive. "With someone as relentless as you, the courtroom is the only place I'm

she could see the tension winding

night-there was a reason for

of water from the coffee table and

night. She didn't

through, water streaming down his face and dripping onto his shirt. He didn't even try to dodge; he saw it coming and just

him look utterly disheveled-so

chest heaved with anger. She was

She'd never imagined Timothy

to her like this. His heart and eyes had always been for Sheila. Jessica had stepped aside, handed

playing the shield between him and

family never approved of their relationship. For seven years, Jessica did everything she could to make their marriage work, never once Causing trouble. Maybe a those