Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 296 There’s No One Inside!

Brendan woke up with both a sore throat and a body as heavy as lead. Jolts of chill and heat cycled through his veins, cluing him in on the possibility that he had a fever. The last time he had been sick like this was about a year ago, and Brendan had a faint idea of where the medicine kit was.

Deirdre had placed it in the cabinet near the headboard.

He coughed and pulled the door to the cabinet open. Every medicine bottle had a post-it note with scribbles on the dosage and its expiration date. It was just who Deirdre was-she had always been very meticulous with whatever she undertook.

Brendan tore the note away and felt his chest somehow get torn open.

A few days had passed with no sign of his sickness availing. Still, he went to work, battling his coughing fits and general sickness as he thumbed through paperwork. More days passed, and he was beginning to think his memories were fading into white noise.

Then, suddenly, he received a call from Sam.

“Mr. Brighthall, we found the car!”

Sam was talking to a group of people as they undressed in the bitter

his headache worsened. Panting, he approached them. and asked,

these divers go down. They have their tools with them this time,” Sam explained. “The goal is to break the windows and…. pull Miss

before his eyes

part of his chest was filled with little needlepoints of stinging pain because… he was scared. He was

felt relieved. He was relieved to finally be able to bury Deirdre

put on their diving gear. “The average body extraction agency has rejected our request, Mr. Brighthall,” Sam explained further. “These divers were the only ones who would accept the job, though even assembling this

“Once they are back

a little more closely and found his coloring alarming. “Mr. Brighthall,

seem to mind. “Been under the weather for a

the car.

lips and stared at the sea, as he could not bear to

shoreline, though, and after so

not return for hours.