Goodbye, Mr. Regret novel Chapter 607

He finally collapsed into the back seat of the car. As the driver sped off, Timothy’s hand remained clenched around the blood-stained paper.

Now he understood. He finally understood why Jessica had said her life was his for only seven years. It wasn’t that she planned to love him for just seven years, or that she was giving up on their marriage. It was because she had cancer. She was running out of time.

*I won't fight anymore. I won't struggle anymore. My life is yours.*

Seven years was a lifetime. That's what she had meant. Seven years was all she had left.

That day, when he’d tried to destroy her birthmark, she had fought him so desperately. How utterly hopeless must she have felt to say those words to him?

For four months, she had never mentioned her illness. Not once. On the flight back home, she had been in so much pain, her forehead slick with sweat. He’d wanted to land the plane, but she had refused. She was afraid. Afraid that if he took her to a hospital, he would discover her cancer.

And he… he had never once considered that she might be sick. He was less than human. She was his wife. For four whole months, she had been suffering right in front of him, and he had been completely blind to it.

Yesterday, in the hospital, he had lectured Vince about destiny. He’d claimed it was fate that they didn't divorce, that she was his in life and in death. His words had been a curse. And how had Vince replied? *You're right. It is destiny. I have a feeling she will always belong to you.*

Timothy felt as if his heart was being torn to shreds. Vince’s meaningful smile as he left, the unsettling premonition… he had known something was wrong, but he could never have imagined this. He had seen that piece of paper before. He had seen it and ignored it, missing his chance to know the truth.

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