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.

sat there, on the verge of

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

importantly, Madeline

not even given her a kind

it deeply and thought to himself, “Why

herself?” Winslet furrowed her brows. “What if the current pushed us to the shore? The water was so swift then, and the rain

I’m begging you. Please stop talking.” Lucas raised his

shiver ran

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?

surge of anxiety. She

the hospital bed

of pain flitted across

mistook Winslet for Madeline.

her face turning

her voice tense with unease. “I’m

to touch Benjamin, but he

card fixed? Did the video capture what

I didn’t cause Maddie’s death, so why are you suddenly so

being distant with you.” Benjamin lowered his gaze. “I’m just… worried that Maddie wouldn’t be

and a sense of

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

if questioning his own actions. “Why did we have to go to the reservoir last night? If

Maddie… When she was alive, everyone despised her,” she complained in her heart. “And now that she’s

“It’s all my

that

she clutched her head,

even worse?” she wondered. “Why did they have to reminisce

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was still no sign

gave Henry a memory

car, but right then, they were seven instead of the eight who had

to

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banquet of the Moore family and

at the venue, murmuring among

in the afternoon. Why haven’t Benjamin and the Larson family

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

girl’s character is terrible. This breakup should have been a done