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.

"Let's get out of

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

you," she

Your grandma was a benefactor to my grandfather and to the whole Zimmerman family. I promise I'll do everything I can to get justice

the car door, helping Jessica in, then turned and strode back into Gin Lane Epilogues. He walked straight to Timothy's table, dropped into the seat beside Yates Bryant, and announced, "Timothy, 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 two want to pick up where you left

arm. "Vince,

his way to help Jessica and challenge Timothy, even though he knew Timothy didn't want

only make things worse- especially if she ever wanted to

was tight with

Sheila was just the daughter of a family friend. He never had any special feelings for

Sheila-well, she was just someone from Timothy's past.

that Sheila's real father was a conman

am I? Then why doesn't he deny it?" Vince muttered, irritation simmering beneath his

up.

of Sheila, as if he was terrified Vince would say

We're just third wheels here, anyway," Vince said, getting to

already asked them to leave; Yates knew better than to overstay. He got up and

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

eyebrow.

that if he didn't talk, our parents would go straight to the Lawsons

Forget it. He's so determined

to set them up, but now he'd lost all hope