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.

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hoarse as if he was choking. “I have no idea how

most importantly, Madeline

end, Lucas had not even given her

and thought to himself, “Why didn’t I

wasn’t even her who saved us. How could she possibly rescue all of us by herself?” Winslet furrowed her brows. “What if the current pushed us to the shore? The water was so swift then,

Please stop talking.” Lucas raised his eyes, bloodshot and

shiver ran

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

of anxiety.

hospital bed

trace of pain

daze, he mistook Winslet

her face turning

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

out to touch Benjamin, but he raised his

fixed? Did the video capture what happened last

felt uneasy. “Benjamin, I didn’t cause Maddie’s death, so why are you suddenly

worried that Maddie wouldn’t be

shiver ran down Winslet’s spine, and a sense of fear

too, and I believe she’s always been blessed by

if questioning his own actions. “Why did we have to go to the reservoir last night? If we hadn’t gone,

Maddie… When she was alive, everyone despised her,” she complained in

“It’s all my

because I wanted to go to the reservoir.” After saying that icily,

she clutched her head,

as she had wished. “So, why did everything turn even worse?” she wondered. “Why did they have to reminisce about a dead person? Why did they

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gathered at the venue, murmuring among

already five in the afternoon. Why haven’t Benjamin and

know. Maybe the Larson family changed their mind about calling it

terrible. This breakup should have been a