Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Yates pressed his tongue against the roof of his mouth. "I'll get tested too. The more of us there are, the better the odds."

"Are you out of your mind? You and Jessica aren't even related. The chances of a match are next to nothing."

"Can't I at least try? What if I turn out to be a match? Plus, every compatibility test takes days. We can't just go one by one forever-does she really have that much time?"

Yates' reasoning gave Vince pause.

His mother's health was fragile there was no way he'd tell her about this, much less ask her to get tested for Jessica.

As for his father...

If only he were younger. It would be best if his father could be the match.

"Fine. Let's head to the hospital now."

Vince led the way downstairs, with Yates following. Vince drove, and Yates took the passenger seat.

"Hey, man, why don't you talk to Jessy and your folks and just set a date for the wedding? Let's make it official."

Vince shot him a look. "Not this again. Didn't I tell you not to call me 'brother-in- law'? I hate it. As for you and Jessy, I'm sure my parents will talk to yours and call the whole thing off. We're not about to force her into a marriage just to make someone else happy."

Yates kept his cool. "She'd be safest married to me."

safe with

Be honest with yourself-how safe do

remember her childhood now, but if she ever does, she might actually want to marry me. Speaking of which, why haven't

matter. She's never brought it up anyway. If she wants to dig up her old memories, she'll say so. If

than most, and all he wanted was to

been staying with the Zimmermans for two days now, but he hadn't gone out of his way to see Jessica or even

had no idea how to

from the sidelines all

every time he

felt

totally unworthy

speaking to her.

she could remember the past. If she remembered him, maybe he'd

about?" Vince glanced over, then turned back

Timothy's done to her, don't you want

him. But what good would that

and you'd waste the