Goodbye, Mr. Regret

"Vince."

Left with no other choice, Phelps called out for Vince. But Vince didn't answer either he simply walked away with Jessica.

Everything was upside down now. Sallie was furious. She stormed after them.

Jessica and Vince had just reached the car when Timothy's sedan pulled up and parked right beside theirs. He got out slowly, leaning on a cane.

Jessica shot Timothy a cold glance and opened the car door.

"Jess." Timothy pressed his hand against the door, keeping it closed. "Come home, just this once. If you're worried, Vince can come with you."

His voice was low and rough, with a hint of pleading. These days, he'd become nothing more than a man waiting for his wife to come home.

Vince stepped forward. "Timothy, after what you did today, there's no going back. Don't you see that?"

Sallie, watching Timothy's defeated posture, remembered the promise she'd made to treat Jessica better for his sake. But seeing her brother hurt like this- she just couldn't stand it.

She marched over and slapped Vince hard across the face.

Jessica's eyes widened in shock. She instinctively jumped between them.

Trying to spare Timothy's feelings, Sallie simply pulled Jessica aside and fixed Vince with a glare.

"You shameless creep! Jessica isn't even divorced from Timothy yet. You're thirty, aren't you? Don't you know you don't mess around with your friend's wife?"

reached out, dragging Sallie back to

was only

expression full of pain. "I can't just stand by

intervene, but Sheila

could only

their fault. If anyone's to blame, it's me. Take Grandma

called out anxiously,

eyes hardened. "I said

foot, exasperated. "Fine! See if I

hadn't held back. Red marks stood out on

hands to sign, *"You saw for yourself how your sister acted There's nothing between

stood up

treat me this

I was foolish to think

me handle this. Trust me, just this once,

*"Too late."*

were brisk, without a trace of longing. *"I'm

too many times. She couldn't do

Allen!" Timothy

secretary climbed out of the car, a folder in hand, and passed it to Timothy. "Divorce papers. I've already

out a deep breath of

signature was right there. "You can go to the police if you want. But if I end up with a criminal record, who do you

why she hadn't reported him in the first