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.

there, on the verge of breaking

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His voice was hoarse as if he was choking. "I have no idea how she managed to save

most importantly, Madeline

end, Lucas had not even

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

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

ran down

the family seem so off?" Winslet wondered. She stood up, staring at Lucas, who was languishing. "Lucas has always been

surge of anxiety. She went to find

lying on the hospital bed

that instant, a trace of pain

a daze, he mistook Winslet for Madeline.

stiffened, her face

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

Benjamin, but he raised his hand

card fixed? Did the video

Maddie's death, so why

"I'm just... worried that Maddie wouldn't be

down Winslet's spine, and a sense of

yet. I'm upset, too, and I believe she's always been blessed by the

his own actions. "Why did we have to go to the reservoir last night?

despised her," she complained in her heart.

"It's all my

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

she clutched her head,

she had wished. "So, why 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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was still

and rescue team gave

car, but right then, they

to

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Moore family and the Larson family, and they should have

were already gathered at

five in the afternoon. Why haven't Benjamin

know. Maybe the Larson family changed their mind about calling it off? After all, if they cancel, it