My Repentant Brothers by Grace Edith

Chapter 47

Henry clenched his fists, his veins standing out and his temples pulsating.

"Impossible! Absolutely, positively impossible!" Henry's eyes were filled with resistance, his voice deep and ominous.

Outside, the sunlight still shone brightly, but Madeline was gone

Henry used to hate Madeline so much.

"This time, I saw clearly. It was her."

Henry did not make a mistake this time.

He wanted to tell Madeline, to let her know that he had not made a mistake this time.

Henry's face was pale.

Henry had thought that if he survived, he would make it up to Madeline.

Madeline had saved him time and time again.

Henry was not heartless.

But,

The nurse said, "You should try not to get too agitated. They're still searching, and we'll have news today."

"Searching?" Henry's vision almost darkened. He glared at the nurse with anger. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Maddie saved me. If something happened to her, I wouldn't be okay," he mused.

He continued, "We were together at the time."

By the end, his voice was trembling.

"Could a search be for a person?" he wondered. "Searches were only for bodies."

The nurse hesitated. "The rescue team speculates that she saved all seven of you alone. After all, she's just a little girl. She might have exhausted herself in the end. Every summer, there are so many news stories like this." "Shut up! Get out!" Henry ground his teeth, bending over deeply There was a buzzing sound in his ears, a taste of blood coating his throat, and his heart felt like a knife was stabbing it.

The nurse shook her head, understanding his feelings.

After they had left, Lucas sat outside in a daze, looking toward the direction of the reservoir.

Many search team members were busy in the reservoir, the sound of pumps roaring like thunder.

It sounded grating.

"Lucas, don't be so devastated. Maddie wouldn't want to see you like this." Winslet's expression was somber as she squatted in front of Lucas. "Last night was just an accident. Who would wish for something like this to happen?" "That's enough." Lucas suppressed his emotions, his fingers clutching his head in frustration.

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hoarse as if he was choking. "I have no

importantly, Madeline was

end, Lucas had not even given her a

it deeply and thought to himself,

rescue all of us by herself?" Winslet furrowed her brows. "What if the current pushed us to the shore? The water was so swift then, and the rain was pouring heavily. She's not a deity." Winslet's tone turned more skeptical. "Winnie, I'm begging you.

shiver ran

staring at Lucas, who was languishing. "Lucas has always been the least kind to Madeline,

felt a surge of anxiety. She went to

lying on the hospital bed when Winslet

trace of pain

a daze, he mistook

stiffened, her face turning

not Maddie," she stammered, her voice tense with unease. "I'm

out to touch Benjamin, but

card fixed? Did the video capture what happened last

felt uneasy. "Benjamin, I didn't cause Maddie's death, so why are you suddenly so distant from

you." Benjamin lowered his gaze. "I'm just... worried that Maddie wouldn't be pleased if she saw. She... might

and a sense

I'm upset, too, and I believe she's always

heavily. "Why..." he mumbled to himself as if questioning his own actions. "Why did we have to go

felt like exploding. "Maddie, Maddie... When she was alive, everyone despised her," she complained in her heart. "And now

"It's all my

go to the reservoir." After saying that icily, Winslet lost control

her head,

did everything turn even worse?" she wondered. "Why did they have to reminisce about a dead person? Why did they have to feel guilty for

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the afternoon, there was still no sign of

gave

but right then, they were seven instead of the eight who

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was supposed to be the engagement cancellation banquet of the Moore family

already gathered at the venue,

already five in the afternoon. Why haven't

it off? After all,