Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 201 A Bawling Child

She finally got to let out the chest–wringing breath she had been holding in since Bliss‘ death. She had felt it–the puppy pushing its face close to hers, whimpering with her as she sobbed.

It was consoling her. She imagined that was what Bliss would have done too.

Deirdre cast her eyes to the ground. The storm clouds that had seemed to be permanent on her mien faded, and Brendan was the sole witness of her subtle transformation.

While he managed to observe Deirdre’s change, he was blind to his own. The trademark severity in his visage had softened into meek, wistful joy.

They walked for a while until, suddenly, Deirdre stopped. Brendan almost lost her, but he paused and turned around. “What’s wrong?”

She scanned her surroundings with a frown. “A child’s crying.”

“A child?” Brendan was a little surprised. They were at the fork of a busy street flooded with couples and office workers going about their day. There was not a single child in sight.

some

it!” Deirdre bit her lip. “It’s definitely

adapted to the disadvantage of her sight through evolved hearing acuity. “It

perused his surroundings until, finally, he stared at the car next to them and inhaled sharply. A baby–about a year old at most–was locked inside. She was bathed in

baby’s locked in a car!”

cries amplify. She could tell the child was running out of

Brendan removed his cardigan and wrapped it around his elbow. He motioned to Deirdre, telling her to step aside, and hurled a jab at

how hard the window was based on the resulting sound. Her heart skipped a beat. “C- Can’t we find a brick or something? You’ll hurt

“There’s no time.”

the baby and how… young she

about the same age as

to die before. He would not forgive himself if he let the same thing

rammed his elbow against the window a few more times. Finally, it caved under the pressure, and the baby’s

to Deirdre. “The air inside this car must have been running low,” he remarked. “The child was starting to have trouble breathing, which is