He knew he was at fault for the way he and Jessica had been looking at each other.

But part of the problem was also that Jessica didn't want to see him spending time with Sheila.

Timothy hesitated for a moment before finally answering the call.

Some things needed to be said clearly to Sheila, once and for all.

"Timothy, I just heard Sallie on the phone, something about going back home for Henry's testing—what happened to Henry? I'm really worried."

His father had told him to call Sallie, but he hadn't gotten around to it yet.

But now Sheila already knew-clearly, the family had called Sallie before he had.

"From now on, I don't want you involved in Henry's affairs," Timothy said, his tone cold and measured.

Sheila felt an ache in her chest, tight and suffocating.

"So I can't even care about Henry anymore? He and I have always been close. Hearing you say that-it really hurts."

Timothy let out a heavy sigh. All these years, he'd carried a sense of guilt towards Sheila. He was always trying to make it up to her.

marry him, their relationship had gone back to being simply

always close, to the point that he assumed Jessica, his gentle and understanding wife, should trust him—should

feelings, never thought that, as a married man, he should keep a certain distance

That was his mistake.

was, after all, only his

she truly were a blood relative,

he never tried to

misunderstandings

with Sheila—and she needed to understand that there could

been too close that Jessy's unhappy. When Henry started calling you 'mom' in public and Jessica found out, she was devastated.

Sheila froze.

It wasn't like him-he'd always been considerate of her feelings, the sort

he was

He really had changed.

was in love

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