Goodbye, Mr. Regret novel Chapter 478

“Hollis Greene?”

Vince’s first thought was of him.

“Yes,” Jessica answered.

The siblings had come to the same realization.

Vince was now certain Jessica was his sister, but he still needed to find out how she had ended up with the Greene family.

Jessica remembered nothing about her life before the Greenes. Her grandmother had told her that she’d suffered a severe fever as a child, and that was why her memories were lost.

As she grew up, she didn’t pay much attention to it. After all, most people only remember fragments from when they were six; some remember a lot, some just bits and pieces.

There was no memory of Vince in her mind, no warm images of a childhood spent with an older brother.

She’d never even known she had a brother, so she had never missed him.

Her connection with Vince was only a month or two old, so naturally, her feelings for him could not run as deep or intense as his for her.

Still, she wanted to understand everything.

Vince, meanwhile, could hardly wait to take Jessica back to Riverside City, to bring her home, to tell their grandfather that he’d found Salome, to tell their parents their daughter had come back.

Vince led her to the car, opening the door for her. But as Jessica glanced over, she remembered Herbert. She quickly walked over to him. “I’m heading back to Riverside City in a hurry. Are you coming?”

Herbert smiled. “I’m going to visit my family, so I won’t be back for a while.”

He knew Vince would want to bring Jessica home, to introduce her to their family, and that would take time. He didn’t want to intrude on their reunion.

Now that she was the daughter of the Zimmerman family, and her plan to divorce Timothy would surely involve the whole family, there was plenty ahead for her. There would be time for them later.

Jessica understood Herbert’s meaning. “Alright. Let’s keep in touch when things settle down.”

“Safe travels,” Herbert said. “I hope you’re reunited with your family soon.”

Jessica got into Vince’s car. Vince leaned over and fastened her seatbelt for her.

“Mom and Dad will be so happy to see you,” he said. “I’ll call them right now and have a flight arranged to bring them back. When Mom sees you, I know she’ll get better.”

Jessica hesitated. “But…I don’t remember any of you. I don’t know how to be a sister, or a daughter.”

Vince smiled gently. “That’s not your problem to worry about. Just remember: you have a brother, and you have parents. The rest is up to us—we’ll take care of you, be the brother and parents you need.”

He grew somber. “It was our neglect that led to you getting lost all those years ago. You suffered so much because of us. That’s our fault.”

Guilt weighed heavier on him with every word.

Timothy had worked hard to keep Jessica’s true identity a secret, bribing people to keep things under wraps, but Hollis was due to be released in a few days anyway.

Timothy had known all along that Hollis wasn’t Jessica’s real father. Now that the truth was out, he had no intention of ever seeing Hollis again.

Hollis, meanwhile, was unaware that Timothy had cut him off and was still hoping for a payoff and a ticket out of the country.

This time, Jessica visited the prison with Vince by her side.

The last time she’d come, she’d asked Hollis if he was really her father—her suspicions fueled by things Sheila had said.

Today, Jessica looked Hollis straight in the eye and asked, “Was it Timothy who put you up to lying to me? You were never my real father, were you?”

“So you know everything?” Hollis blurted out, then immediately regretted it and clamped his mouth shut.

Now that Jessica knew the truth, what if Timothy refused to give him the money? Whether he got out early or not didn’t matter—he only had a few months left anyway. But if he didn’t get paid, that was a real problem.

Jessica almost laughed—she was so angry.

Such a big secret, and Timothy had kept it from her, from Vince. Sheila had known, Timothy had known, and still, they’d conspired to hide it.

He knew her birth mother had fallen ill from heartbreak after losing her. He and Vince had been close friends for years, and still, Timothy had chosen to keep silent.

Vince had even pleaded with him, questioned him, but Timothy remained unmoved.