Goodbye, Mr. Regret

"I'll admit it—he did save Jessy, and we owe him our thanks. But that doesn't erase the damage he's done, does it?"

Vince didn't want to sound so harsh, but Sallie's attitude was making his blood

boil.

Herbert had given everything from the heart, and yet she still wanted to brush it all aside with money.

Was that kind of sincerity something you could buy off with a check?

Just like Jessy-she'd given seven years of her life to Timothy. Could money really pay for that kind of devotion?

Vince's words infuriated Sallie.

"He nearly gave his life for Jessica! If he'd lost his life, that's forever. Isn't a lifetime worth more than seven years? More than fifteen? Why do you only see his faults and never his good side?"

"And what about you? Have you ever really seen what Jessy's done for him?"

It was pointless. Each of them was convinced they were right, unable to see the other's side. The conversation broke down completely.

Herbert gently patted Jessica's back, then eased her from his embrace. "Wait here for now, Jess. I need to get to the conference. Right now, saving Timothy is what matters most. We'll talk about us later, okay?"

shining in her eyes. "Go ahead. Take care of what

Herbert

that Herbert's

from her cheeks and

her. Now, all she could do was wait and

to her. "Let's get some air. If there's any

stuck here, giving Sallie more chances to say something that would upset her. With her condition, she really couldn't afford more emotional

real harm to Jessica. Her temper just got the best of her sometimes-once

Salome, and saw how Timothy still couldn't let Jessica go, Sallie had been trying to change. Everyone, it seemed, had someone they were willing

Timothy-her little brother, the one

had just made it downstairs when they ran into

a trip abroad. In the short time he'd been gone, everything seemed to have

a film that was about to become a hit, and-most surprising

long-lost Salome

Zimmerman family.

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