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 breaking

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hoarse as if

importantly, Madeline

had not even given her

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

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

stop talking.” Lucas raised his eyes,

shiver ran down

finally gone. But why did her death suddenly 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 he

a surge of anxiety.

the hospital bed

instant, a trace of pain flitted across

a daze, he mistook Winslet

her face turning

I’m not Maddie,” she stammered, her voice

touch Benjamin, but he

card fixed? Did the video capture what

“Benjamin, I didn’t cause Maddie’s death,

lowered his gaze. “I’m just… worried that Maddie wouldn’t

spine, and a sense of fear washed over

and

we have to go to the reservoir last night? If we hadn’t

despised her,” she complained in her heart. “And now that she’s dead, they’re still mentioning Madeline. It’s

“It’s all my

saying that icily, Winslet lost control of her emotions

clutched her head, feeling

wished. “So, why did everything turn even worse?” she wondered. “Why did

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was still no

gave Henry a memory card

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

straight to the Moore

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at the venue,

the afternoon. Why haven’t Benjamin and the Larson

the Larson family changed their mind about calling it

heard that the girl’s character is terrible. This breakup