Chapter 59
Salle’s voice was loud and sharp, startling Henry into tears. He ran to Phelps, clutching his great–grandfather’s leg “Grandpa, Aunt Sallie’s being mean to me!” Phelps had always doted on his favorite grandson, Timothy, and naturally, he adored Henry as well. He shot Sallie a disapproving look: “What are you doing. snapping at a child like that’s
Honestly, he was a little surprised. Jessica hadn’t even come over to comfort her son.”
With a sigh, Phelps crouched down, pulled out a handkerchief, and gently wiped the tears from Henry’s face. It’s true, your great–grandpa is sick. If you don’t believe me, I can call him right now and you can ask for yourself
Henry sniffled and nodded. “Okay”
Taking Henry’s hand, Phelps led him out to the living room balcony
Sallie, meanwhile, dragged Jessica firmly into the master bedroom.
“What is wrong with you?” she demanded. “Can’t you s
see your son is about to be won over by that woman, Sheila?
Salle looked at Jessica’s impassive face and felt a surge of frustration. Any other woman would be fighting tooth and nail right now to keep her husband and son, to draw the line against the other woman. But Jessica didn’t even seem to care enough to type a response on her phone
Maybe not being able to speak wasn’t the worst thing, Jessica thought. At least she didn’t have to answer questions she didn’t want to.l
“Say something!” Salle pressed, frowning deeply
Jessica finally took out her phone and typed a line: “It doesn’t matter anymore.”
Sallie clenched her fists. “Are you trying to drive me crazy? If your husband and son being taken away don’t matter, what does?“%
What really mattered?
With only six months left to live, Jessica thought, nothing really mattered anymore.”
Just then, Phelps entered the room as well!
Sallie hurried over, gripping Phelps’s arm in exasperation “Grandpa, Jessica is hopeless. The whole family objected when Timothy married-“2 “Sallie” Phelps cut her off. “Go keep Henry company 2
Sallio let go of his arm and left, closing the door behind her!
Henry, having lesmed that Sheila really had left because his great–grandpa was ill, still felt glum. He trudged back to his room.
Sallie followed and found him standing in front of a painting, fiddling with his smartwatch, trying to make a call!!
She came closer and saw the name ‘Miss Shea‘ flashing on the tiny screen. Sallie’s face hardened,
Luckily, a robotic message sounded from the watch: “Sorry, the number you have dialed is unavailable T
Saile tried to distract him. “Hey, your dad tells me you’re a whiz with the Rubik’s Cube Why don’t you show me how it’s done?” Henry shook his head 1 don’t want to. I just miss Miss Sheila.
His gaze lingered on the painting. He was still waiting for Miss Sheila to get out of the hospital, so he could give it to her.
Back in Jessica’s room, Phelps pat down across from her, his tone cool and measured. “You must have noticed what’s going on lately 2 Jessica met his eyes. She had a feeling Phelps had known the truth from the very beginning. That’s probably why he’d called her.
Phelps pressed on. “So, what are you going to do?”
Jessica pulled out her phone and typed a single line “Divorce Timothy ”
Phelps’s cloudy eyes narrowed as he read
Divorce? And then what? Where would you go? How would you support yourself–a mute woman, all alone? You must be out of your mind!
Chapter 59
Sallie’s voice was loud and sharp, startling Henry into tears. He ran to Phelps, clutching his great–grandfather’s leg “Grandpa, Aunt Sallie’s being mean to me Phelps had always doted on his favorite grandson, Timothy, and naturally, he adored Henry as well. He shot Sallie a disapproving look. “What are you doing. snapping at a child like that?3
Honestly, he was a little surprised. Jessica hadn’t even come over to comfort her son
With a sigh, Phelps crouched down, pulled out a handkerchief, and gently wiped the tears from Henry’s face. “It’s true, your great–grandpa is sick. If you don’t believe me, I can call him right now and you can ask for yourself.”
Henry sniffled and nodded. “Okay.
Taking Henry’s hand, Phelps led him out to the living room balcony
Salie, meanwhile, dragged Jessica firmly into the master bedroom.
“What is wrong with you?” she demanded. “Can’t you see your son is about to be won over by that woman, Sheila?“!!
Salle looked at Jessica’s impassive face and felt a surge of frustration. Any other woman would be fighting tooth and nail right now to keep her husband and son, to draw the line against the other woman. But Jessica didn’t even seem to care enough to type a response on her phone.3
Maybe not being able to speak wasn’t the worst thing Jessica thought. At least she didn’t have to answer questions she didn’t want to
“Say something” Sallie pressed, frowning deeply
Jessica finally took out her phone and typed a line: “It doesn’t matter anymore.”
Salle clenched her fists. “Are you trying to drive me crazy? If your husband and son being taken away don’t matter, what does?“”
What maly mattered?
With only six months left to live, Jessica thought, nothing really mattered anymore.
Just then, Phelps entered the room as well
Sallie humed over gripping Phelps’s arm in exasperation. Grandpa, Jessica is hopeless. The whole family objected when Timothy married- “Sallie” Phelps out her off, “Go keep Henry company’l
Sallie let go of his arm and left closing the door behind her
Henry, having loamed that Shella really had left because his great–grandpa was ill, still falt glum. He trudged back to his room
Sallie followed and found him standing in front of a painting, fiddling with his smartwatch, trying to make a call.
She came closer and saw the name “Miss Shela flashing on the tiny screen. Salle’s face hardened.!
Luckily, a robotic message sounded from the watch ‘Sorry, the number you have dialed is unavailable
Sailie tried to distract him “Hey, your dad tells me you’re a whiz with the Rubik’s Cube Why don’t you show me how it’s done? Henry shook his head. “I don’t want to. I just miss Miss Sheila 7
His gaze ingered on the painting. He was still waiting for Miss Sheila to get out of the hospital, so he could give it to her
Back in Jessica’s room, Phelps sat down across from her, his tone pool and measured. “You must have noticed what’s going on lately” Jessica met his eyes. She had a feeling Phelps had known the truth from the very beginning. That’s probably why he’d called her.
Phelps pressed on. “So, what are you going to do?”
Jessica pulled out her phone and typed a single line “Divorce Timothy
Phelps cloudy eyes nanowed as he read it
‘Divorce? And then what? Whole would you go? How would you support yourself–a mute woman, all alone? You must be out of your mind!”
