Goodbye, Mr. Regret novel Chapter 621

Vince felt helpless.

There were many times he hated Timothy with a passion, but when his emotions settled, the hatred would fade. The feelings he’d had for his friend from the beginning always found a way back into his heart.

He had wronged Timothy again. He could have easily blamed Jessica’s illness on the misery she endured with the Lawson family, could have continued to resent Timothy, to hate him. But the human heart always has a soft side.

“You don’t have to feel like you owe me an apology,” Timothy said, sensing Vince’s inner conflict. They had been friends for too long. “This all started because of me, so it should end with me.” He paused, his voice low and heavy. “I just… I can’t bear to lose her. It hurts just thinking about it.”

The atmosphere in the car turned melancholic. Life’s path was always unpredictable, filled with things that were hard to accept. People always want life to go their way, but it never does. That’s the source of so much pain—the unwillingness to accept aging, sickness, and separation. But in the face of these realities, there is never a true choice.

When they arrived at the hotel, Vince got the key cards and handed one to Timothy. “Come up to my room for a bit. How about a drink?”

Timothy followed him. Over the past few weeks, with no suitable donor in sight and Jessica’s condition worsening, Vince had been in agony, needing a drink almost every night just to fall asleep. A decanted bottle of red wine was already waiting in his room.

The two men stood on the balcony as Vince poured them each a glass. Timothy lit a cigarette, hoping the nicotine and alcohol would numb the relentless ache in his heart. They barely spoke, and when the wine was gone, Timothy stood up. “I’m going to bed.” He needed the slight buzz from the alcohol to have any chance of sleeping. Lately, sleep had been a stranger to him.

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