Goodbye, Mr. Regret

She'd been tricked into this cage.

If she'd known, back then, why he really wanted to marry her-

No matter how much she loved him, she would never have agreed.

She would have fought her way out, no matter what.

"I don't want anyone else."

Jessica's gestures were firm, her expression steeled. "That's your problem, not mine. You heard Vince just now-he said he'd go look for his sister himself. Don't think you can threaten me with that. You know perfectly well what you did to me that night. For the sake of our son, I don't want him to be shamed by all this. But if you push me, I'll take you down with me. I have nothing left to lose."

Timothy had never seen her like this before.

She was always gentle, always smiling softly, her manners impeccable.

So when she first asked for a divorce, he thought she was just making a scene.

He never imagined it would come to this.

Some things, deep down in a person's bones, never change.

As a child, she'd always been obedient, mild-mannered, willing to yield on most things.

But when it truly mattered, she stood her ground.

Like that time in preschool, when a little girl from an ordinary family was being bullied by a rich boy. Jessica saw it happen and insisted the boy apologize. She wouldn't back down.

No compromise.

“The hearing is tomorrow. If you don't show up, I'll call the police."

Her hands dropped. She turned on her heel and walked away, her posture resolute, not a hint of hesitation in her stride.

to see her come out so

phone: "He still refuses to tell me where your

back. Once he's out of options, he'll talk to me. We won't fall for his

to comfort Jessica, but he was really reassuring

at the Zimmerman house, Jessica video-called

realized she needed to

many new people and situations around her, being unable to

at

different about the room behind her and immediately recognized

home. I'm at

was returning, not wanting him

but hadn't asked her exactly when, assuming she'd let

back home, Herbert was suddenly struck by the thought that maybe Jessica trusted Vince more than him—and felt

back for the

then signed, "I

"Really?"

recovery to be so fast.

when I got emotional. I tried

lowered her hands and, slowly and carefully,

the pronunciation a little off, her voice strained, but there

this rate, you won't

still feels uncomfortable when I talk,"

normal at first. Don't worry. Just keep up your exercises. Wait for

I'll come see you after the hearing tomorrow. For now, I'll

call me as

now and missed her, it would be

arrived

to rush speaking, to avoid straining her vocal

they said their

for bed. She