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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I was a goner.” His voice was hoarse as

most importantly,

had not even given her a

to himself,

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

I’m begging you. Please stop talking.” Lucas raised his eyes, bloodshot and

shiver ran down Winslet’s

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

surge of anxiety. She went to

on the hospital bed when Winslet showed

that instant, a trace of

a daze, he mistook Winslet for

stiffened, her face

stammered, her voice tense with

touch Benjamin, but he raised his

camera’s memory card fixed? Did the video

Maddie’s death, so why are

distant with you.” Benjamin lowered his gaze. “I’m just… worried that Maddie wouldn’t be pleased if she saw. She…

shiver ran down Winslet’s spine, and a

upset, too, and I believe she’s

sighed heavily. “Why…” he mumbled to himself as if questioning his own actions. “Why did we have to go to the reservoir last night? If

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

“It’s all my

to the reservoir.” After saying that

she clutched her head, feeling absolutely

she wondered. “Why did they have to

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gave Henry a memory card before

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

headed straight to the

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gathered at the

already five in the afternoon. Why haven’t

about calling it off? After all, if they cancel,

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