Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Vince hauled Timothy to his feet and, furious, landed a punch squarely on his jaw. The veins on Vince's forehead bulged with anger.

Yates was right.

As long as Jessica stayed single, Timothy would never let her go.

The Zimmermans could forget about having peace.

Jessica lay motionless, refusing to give Timothy any reaction at all.

"Outside. Now." Vince's voice was low and icy, every word edged with warning.

Timothy glanced back at Jessica, but she kept her eyes closed, shutting him out completely. She didn't want to think about him anymore. Her heart wasn't just cold -it felt frozen.

Outside, dawn was just beginning to pale the sky.

Vince and Timothy stood facing each other in the early morning light.

"Are you planning to make my family's life hell forever?" Vince demanded.

"There's been a misunderstanding between me and Jessica," Timothy argued, desperate. "Things aren't what you think."

He was still trying, still clinging to the hope that he could save their marriage.

"No matter what misunderstandings there are, they don't erase what you've done! Why can't you just let her go? All this hounding-don't you realize how pathetic you look?"

misunderstandings, and letting them ruin everything isn't right. I know how much a real family means-I'm trying to

back. "You're too late, Timothy! Seven years, and only now you want to fix things? People can't just

to see you

it was Timothy's relentless pestering that

didn't argue anymore. He stepped past Vince and walked

a place for him. Sooner or later,

Vince found Jessica asleep. Her lashes were still damp, and faint

heart ached for

Timothy. If she didn't, she wouldn't have run from their marriage with so

only leave when the pain

Daisy's bed. He gently felt her forehead-her fever seemed to have eased.

towel. ecool

run fevers at night, but by morning, things usually

didn't want to disturb anyone further. He quietly left the

home. Instead, he

booked the

Everything was

romantic, every detail

it was too

broken. It was the third of the month-Jessica would never show