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.

there, on the

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thought I was a goner.” His voice was hoarse as if he was choking. “I

most importantly, Madeline was

Lucas had not even

thought to himself, “Why didn’t I believe

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

stop talking.” Lucas

shiver ran

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

surge of anxiety.

hospital

of pain flitted across his

daze, he mistook Winslet for Madeline.

stiffened, her

Maddie,” she stammered, her voice tense

out to touch Benjamin, but he raised his hand to stop

Did

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

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

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

confirmed yet. I’m upset, too, and I believe she’s always

to go to the reservoir last night? If we hadn’t gone, this

was alive, everyone despised her,” she complained in her heart. “And

“It’s all my

It’s all because I wanted to go to the reservoir.” After saying that icily,

clutched her head,

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

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there was still no sign of

gave Henry a memory

then, they were seven

headed straight to

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of the Moore family and

at the venue, murmuring

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

don’t know. Maybe the Larson family changed their mind about calling it off? After all, if

I’ve heard that the girl’s character is terrible.