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.

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

"Ten days more,

all these years as husband and wife, do we really have to drag this into a courtroom? Solve everything

as you, the courtroom is the only place I'm willing to see you. Please

the tension winding tight

night-there was a reason for what

of water from the coffee table

couldn't cut him off with words, but she refused to let him dredge up that night. She didn't

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

him look utterly disheveled-so unlike

was done. Done with days

She'd never imagined Timothy

had always been for Sheila. Jessica had stepped aside, handed over the title of "Mrs. Lawson" without a fuss, but still he

want her to keep playing the shield between him and Sheila? Maybe

did everything she could to make their marriage work, never once Causing trouble.