Chapter 19: She Ranks Third

"Mom!"

"Chloe!"

"Oh my god!"

Several cries of alarm rang out.

Noah Grant’s small figure instantly dashed over and jumped into the swimming pool, struggling to reach out for Sunny Reed, trying to save his mom.

This was followed by a huge splash.

Walker Grant had jumped in.

Neither Sunny Reed nor Chloe Reed knew how to swim.

After they plunged in, Chloe Reed let go of her, watching her flail in the water.

She, in turn, spread her arms and let herself sink to the bottom of the pool.

An immense fear gripped her. Memories of nearly drowning as a child flooded back, and she trembled uncontrollably in terror.

That was why she was terrified of swimming.

The feeling of suffocation would drive her mad.

Walker Grant knew this. He had never let her near the edge of a swimming pool all these years.

now, she was watching

’Who will he choose?’

of life and death, she didn’t believe any of his so-called explanations. Only his actions could prove

It was getting harder to hold her breath, and bubbles streamed

lift him onto the pool deck, and hand him to the people

turned and

Sunny Reed, who wasn’t far from him, seemed to

saw him go save Sunny

Reed closed

Utterly heartbroken.

was first, Sunny

’No.’

list doesn’t even include the

and his parents were added

have

was the man she had

merge with the pool water. She gave

pulled her from the water, finally getting her

fresh air, she coughed violently. Soaking wet and disheveled,

"Waaah, Mom!"

cry rang out as he

Grant also got out of the pool. He started walking directly toward Chloe Reed, but Noah

were pitiful. Soaking

him. "Noah, don’t

Seeing that Sunny Reed was awake, he immediately ran over to

him, her face pale, her gaze terrified as she looked at

is the meaning of

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