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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His voice was hoarse as if he

importantly, Madeline

not even

and thought to himself, "Why didn't I believe her last

us. How could she possibly 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

ran down Winslet's

finally gone. But why did her death suddenly make everyone in the family seem so off?" Winslet wondered. She stood up, staring at Lucas, who was languishing. "Lucas has

surge of anxiety. She went to find

lying on the hospital bed

a trace of pain flitted across his

he mistook Winslet for Madeline.

her

closely. I'm not Maddie," she stammered, her voice

to touch Benjamin, but he raised his

fixed? Did the video capture

I didn't cause Maddie's death,

just... worried that Maddie wouldn't be pleased if she

spine, and a sense of fear washed

isn't confirmed yet. I'm upset, too, and I believe she's always been blessed by

to himself as if questioning his own actions. "Why did we have to go to the reservoir last night? If we hadn't gone, this wouldn't have happened. They say

Maddie... When she was alive, everyone despised her," she complained in her heart. "And now that she's

"It's all my

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

her head,

did everything turn even worse?" she wondered. "Why did they have to reminisce

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afternoon, there was still

gave Henry

got into their car, but right then, they were seven instead of the eight who

straight to the Moore

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at the venue, murmuring among

afternoon. Why haven't Benjamin and the

calling it off? After all, if they cancel, it