The Remorseful Brothers

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.

on the verge of

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night, after I’d nearly drowned, I thought I was a goner.” His voice was hoarse as

importantly,

end, Lucas had not even

deeply and thought to himself, “Why didn’t I believe her

she possibly rescue all of us by herself?” Winslet furrowed her brows. “What if the current

you. Please stop talking.” Lucas

shiver ran down

make everyone in the family seem so off?” Winslet wondered. She stood up, staring at Lucas, who was languishing. “Lucas has always been the least kind to Madeline, Why is Lucas looking all torn up like that? Did

of anxiety.

hospital bed when Winslet showed

a trace of pain

he mistook Winslet for

her face

her voice tense with unease. “I’m Winnie,

out to touch Benjamin, but he raised

fixed? Did

Maddie’s death, so why are you suddenly

“I’m just… worried that Maddie wouldn’t be pleased if she

and a sense of

upset, too, and I believe she’s

to himself as if questioning his own actions. “Why did we have to go

complained in her heart. “And now that she’s dead,

“It’s all my

that icily, Winslet lost control of

clutched her head,

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

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gave Henry a memory

into their car, but right then, they were seven instead of

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at the

Why haven’t Benjamin and

about calling it off? After all, if they cancel, it would tarnish the girl’s

character is terrible. This