After a long, heavy silence, Timothy finally made up his mind to leave.

The way things stood, Jessica simply had no intention of speaking to him.

He'd known it, really.

The real reason for coming today was to get a strand of Jessica's hair for a DNA test with Vince.

But once he saw her, he couldn't help but try to talk things through.

Now that he'd gotten what he came for, the divorce...

Well, that could wait.

He'd wait for her to be ready in ten days, just like she'd said.

After Timothy left, Vince messaged Jessica.

Come home. He's gone.

When Jessica got back, Vince was waiting in the living room.

"Sorry," he said, sounding a little sheepish. "He kept pressing me about where you were. I tried to throw him off, but I guess something got into him and he just

showed up anyway."

didn't blame

first place. It was

the

her. "He promised me he won't bother you again

might pack up and move

much good. If Timothy wanted to find her,

for

didn't know what else to say to Vince

weeks. Without him, she doubted she

grandmother-if it weren't for the connections her grandmother left behind, and the way she'd taught Jessica to make paper-cut art, she probably would never have met Vince. And Vince would never have offered her a helping

she seemed a little

that had happened, Jessica felt a renewed determination

she was no

as simple as a divorce had turned

ounce of herself into Timothy

came time to leave, she felt so helpless and

least things had reached a breaking point-thanks

at ending her marriage. Otherwise, who knew how much longer it would

up well-known hospitals nearby that specialized in liver cancer, and booked

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