Goodbye, Mr. Regret novel Chapter 490

Sallie knew perfectly well that their family was in the wrong, so she kept her tone gentle and conciliatory. She brought Henry over to Larkin, smiled, and said, “Larkin, this is your great-grandson, Henry.”

Henry looked confused. “Aunt Sallie, why is he my great-grandfather too?”

“Because he’s your mom’s grandfather,” Sallie explained patiently.

But Larkin turned away, his face stony. “I don’t want a great-grandson who calls another woman his mother. Take him away. I don’t even want to look at him.”

Henry was already six years old—well old enough to understand exactly what Larkin meant. He knew he shouldn’t have gone around telling people Sheila was his mother. Now, with it being called out so bluntly, he felt his cheeks burn with shame. He squeezed Sallie’s hand tightly, seeking comfort.

Sallie quickly tried to reason with Larkin. “Larkin, Henry’s still young. He can be led astray easily, but he can just as easily be steered back onto the right path. No matter what’s happened, he’s Jessy’s biological son. He hasn’t seen her in days, and I brought him here today so he could see her.”

She knew Timothy wasn’t going to reach out to Jessica anymore. As her older sister, she couldn’t stand it. Someone had to try to get Jessica to see Timothy.

“Six years old is hardly a baby,” Larkin snapped. “At that age, he can’t even recognize his own mother? If it weren’t for you Lawsons looking down on our Salome, would any of this have happened? I’ll be honest with you—Jessy doesn’t want to see him, none of us Zimmermans do. Take him away.”

Henry remembered how his mother had ignored him that day, giving all her attention to his little sister Daisy. Now his great-grandfather was rejecting him too. Tears streamed down his face as he broke into helpless sobs.

Sallie frowned. “Larkin, he’s just a child. There’s no need to say such harsh things in front of him.”

“Hmph. If he dares to do it, he shouldn’t be afraid to hear people talk about it. I think you Lawsons have spoiled him rotten. Never taught him how to behave. Salome used to be mute and couldn’t scold him, but what about you? What about Timothy? No one ever said a word to him?”

The more Larkin thought about it, the angrier he got. He added, “If Vince hadn’t mentioned it, none of us would have known. He’s been going around calling Sheila his mother, hasn’t he?”

Larkin let out a cold, bitter laugh. “You Lawsons really know how to play the game. Pretending to keep Timothy and Sheila apart on the surface, but behind closed doors, you’re practically matchmaking them.”

Sallie felt miserable. She tried to explain, “Larkin, you’re wrong about us. None of us support Timothy and Sheila being together.”

“If that’s true, then why didn’t you stand up for Salome? Why didn’t you protect her, unite as a family and defend her marriage? And you have the nerve to say this now?” Larkin, normally so gentle, looked stern and cold. “I think you all looked down on Salome because she couldn’t speak, because she was an orphan, and you bullied her.”

“Larkin…” Sallie wanted to protest, but the words stuck in her throat. There was really nothing to say. The family had always thought Salome, mute and alone, wasn’t good enough for Timothy. Even she herself had been guilty of that.

Larkin sneered. “You Lawsons have no integrity, picking and choosing whom to respect. Now that Salome can speak and has a new name, your attitude has changed overnight. With all your fortune and social standing, and Timothy being such an outstanding man, shouldn’t you be more generous and help those in need? Instead, you bullied a mute girl. Aren’t you ashamed if word gets out?”

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