Goodbye, Mr. Regret

"Jessy, listen to me, will you? I really think he's a good guy-rich, handsome. Why on earth would you want to divorce him? Wouldn't marrying him be a good thing?"

"If he's so great, why don't you marry him yourself?"

"I wish I could! But I'm a man, and not exactly young anymore. For you, as a young woman, marrying well could change your whole life. Be sensible, stop talking about divorce, alright?"

Of course, he was here to cozy up to her father. Absolutely shameless.

"If you still want to call me your daughter, you'd better not accept anything from him. Not so much as a cup of coffee."

"Jessy, listen to your old man-"

"Enough." Jessica Greene cut him off, her voice cool and sharp. "You really think he's being sincere? Can't you see the kind of man he is? If you get involved with him, he could sell you out and you wouldn't even know it until it was over."

"But I've already promised him."

"I'll take care of it. You just stay put and keep your nose clean-don't get into any more trouble and risk a longer sentence."

"Alright."

Hollis could only nod, resigned.

Jessica was right. Timothy Lawson looked every bit the calculating type.

If he really did end up getting chopped into pieces, it wouldn't be worth it. He was finally about to get out of prison-he wanted to live a few more years in peace.

After sorting things out with Hollis, Jessica left the visitation room.

Vince Zimmerman was waiting for her in the hallway.

"Vince, I need your help with something else."

her father and asked Vince to

nothing. I'll take care

I can't let you pay for

I'll let you know

The Gilded Whisper Estates.

walked into the house, Timothy was already there,

elegant face unreadable. "Timothy, stop wasting

angry and calling his name. It was the kind of voice that lingered in your

"darling" in that same

Back when they were

the tears at the corners of her eyes, it always drove him wild.

him hot and restless; he loosened

were braced, though sadly,

I'm talking to you. Did you even hear

at her. The icy indifference on her innocent face only made

flatly, as if it meant

of my

divorced yet. He's my father-in-law-I can't just let him rot in there. Whether you ask Vince

you still want to put on a show? Don't you think

actually found it

never say a word. Now, at least, she was talking-it made her

little over twenty days left. Can't we just

her lips together, about to retort, but Timothy cut her off. "Please, I'm asking you. Just get through these next twenty days with me. After that, I won't make things

much is your word

ever

like that with a straight

a parent-child event, if he wanted her there,