Goodbye, Mr. Regret

"Hollis Greene?"

"Vince's first thought was of him.

"Yes," Jessica answered.

The siblings had come to the same realization.

Vince was now certain Jessica was his sister, but he still needed to find out how

she had ended up with the Greene family.

Jessica remembered nothing about her life before the Greenes. Her grandmother

had told her that she'd suffered a severe fever as a child, and that was why her

memories were lost.

As she grew up, she didn't pay much attention to it. After all, most people only

remember fragments from when they were six; some remember a lot, some just

bits and pieces.

There was no memory of Vince in her mind, no warm images of a childhood spent

with an older brother.

She'd never even known she had a brother, so she had never missed him.

Her connection with Vince was only a month or two old, so naturally, her feelings

for him could not run as deep or intense as his for her.

Still, she wanted to understand everything.

Vince, meanwhile, could hardly wait to take Jessica back to Riverside City, to

bring her home, to tell their grandfather that he'd found Salome, to tell their

parents their daughter had come back.

Vince led her to the car, opening the door for her. But as Jessica glanced over,

she remembered Herbert. She quickly walked over to him. "I'm heading back to

Riverside City in a hurry. Are you coming?"

Herbert smiled. "I'm going to visit my family, so I won't be back for a while."

want to bring Jessica home, to introduce her to

take time. He didn't want to intrude on their

daughter of the Zimmerman family, and her

surely involve the whole family,

be time for them

Herbert's meaning. "Alright. Let's

settle down."

said. "I hope you're

into Vince's car. Vince leaned over and fastened her

Dad will be so happy to see you,"

flight arranged to bring them back. When Mom

better."

hesitated. "But...I don't remember any of you. I don't know

sister, or a daughter."

"That's not your problem to

parents. The rest

and parents you

grew somber. "It was our neglect that led to you getting

much because of us.

weighed heavier on him with every

get

froze. He didn't want her to recall the years with Timothy,

up more pain.

from us, but let's not go into that now.

He pulled out his phone. "Let me call Mom and

anxious. "Please

I'm with

what to say. I'm the

the one to visit

this way: I'll

first, then I'll

as thoughtful as ever,"

of pride in his

do as you

Hollis first, then

He'll be

he hears you're back."

plan was to meet Hollis, have him tested for compatibility as

see if he was

so there was no

after this.

fulfilled the role of a real

been her father by blood, there would at

nothing binding her

they drove, Vince told Jessica stories

come to trust Vince

brother, it all made sense-why she'd felt so drawn