Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Timothy strode over and snatched the photo album out of Vince's hands. "Don't you have anything better to do?"

Vince shrugged, undeterred. "I was just showing Jessy some pictures. How is that boring? Give it back."

He reached for the album, but Timothy deftly dodged him. "Are there any photos of me in here?"

"Yeah, of course."

“I knew it. You always develop my most embarrassing shots. I don't approve of

this little viewing party-so I'm confiscating the album."

With that, Timothy turned on his heel, clutching the album protectively.

"Hey, you-" Vince started to protest.

Jessica gently tapped Vince's shoulder, then typed a message on her phone and held it up for him to read: "Let it go. There's no need to argue with him."

Vince had brought out the album because it was full of childhood memories-they all shared so many moments back then. He'd hoped to tug at Timothy's heartstrings, make him remember Salome, and maybe, just maybe, guilt him into being honest. But if Timothy wanted to take the album and reminisce on his own, so be it.

Feeling a dull ache of guilt, Vince took a seat beside Jessica. "Jessy, I'm really sorry you've been dragged into all this because of my sister. You shouldn't have to put up with it. I'll try to talk to him."

Jessica offered him a faint smile and began typing: "It's okay. Anyway, the cooling- off period is a month. Henry broke my heart, but in the end, he's still my own flesh and blood. I can't just stop caring about him entirely."

visibly pained for her. "But you're the one

through so much already, I don't really feel it

finding my sister has been my family's greatest wish. Thank you, truly. I can't tell you how

I can't accept the gratitude," Jessica replied. "This whole situation is partly my fault. If it weren't for me, Timothy wouldn't have gone to such lengths to find your sister, or

"You really do know how to

divorce might have been

Vince: "If I didn't keep telling myself that, I'd

are or what you're facing, if you ever need help,

smiled. “Actually, I do need

attentive.

she wanted to find her father. After her mother died, her father had

find a father like that?" Vince

hadn't tried to find him all

her father's side. The liver could regenerate; unlike a kidney, she wouldn't need a whole organ, just a piece. She knew better than to hope for much. If her father had truly cared about her, he wouldn't have abandoned her as

help her for the sake of their

could find a match through the waiting list, that would be ideal. But she

So she simply messaged Vince: "I haven't seen him in

had haunted her

fathers, but at least their mothers had loved them. She'd lost her