Goodbye, Mr. Regret

"Dad, go ahead and take care of your business."

She really just called him Dad?

Vince Zimmerman let out a cold snort in his mind. Sheila Howard had been adopted by Abell and Sandra practically from the moment she was born. What a sweet deal for that so-called father-never raised a daughter, but the moment she found him, she recognized him anyway.

Sheila's biological father handed Timothy Lawson a business card. "Here's my card. If you need anything, don't hesitate to contact me."

Timothy barely glanced at the card and made no move to take it.

An awkward silence hung between them. Sheila nudged her father, urging him, "You should go."

With no other choice, he left for now.

Earlier, Vince had helped Jessica Greene run a check on that car, which was how he learned Sheila's father went by Mayfield.

She remembered, back when she was a kid, her grandma used to call him Dr. Field. Clearly, he'd been using a fake name for his cons.

Now he drove a Bentley, everything he wore screamed expensive, from the watch on his wrist to the signet ring on his thumb-a fortune on display. Apparently, he'd climbed the social ladder by now.

"Timothy," Sheila called, wanting to explain.

But Timothy had already turned away, heading back to his table.

Sheila followed after him.

leaned toward Vince. "Let's get

the driver take you home, Jessica. I'm going to stick around and see what else I can find

she said

worry. I'll dig up more on this Mayfield guy. Your grandma was a benefactor to my grandfather and to the whole Zimmerman family. I promise I'll do everything I can

I overheard everything. Now that Sheila's found her real father, she's not technically your aunt anymore. That means your marriage is pretty much over. If you

quickly grabbed his arm. "Vince, don't be

Jessica and challenge Timothy, even though he knew Timothy didn't want the divorce. But Vince just couldn't resist

silent. If she jumped in now, she'd only make things worse- especially if she ever wanted to tell Timothy how

was tight with

always been close; to him, Sheila was just the daughter of a family friend. He never had any special feelings for her,

with Jessica was going well, and Sheila-well, she was just someone from

father

he deny it?" Vince muttered,

looked up. "You two

breath. Timothy was always so protective of Sheila, as if he was terrified Vince

wheels here, anyway," Vince said,

to leave; Yates knew better than

Yates apologized, "Sorry, Vince. I was hoping to get some info about your sister

eyebrow. "Pressure

parents would go straight to the Lawsons and start asking questions, put the squeeze on him

scare? Forget it. He's so determined to shield Sheila and won't

had actually wanted to set them