Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 296 There’s No One Inside!

Brendan woke up with both a sore throat and a body as heavy as lead. Jolts of chill and heat cycled through his veins, cluing him in on the possibility that he had a fever. The last time he had been sick like this was about a year ago, and Brendan had a faint idea of where the medicine kit was.

Deirdre had placed it in the cabinet near the headboard.

He coughed and pulled the door to the cabinet open. Every medicine bottle had a post-it note with scribbles on the dosage and its expiration date. It was just who Deirdre was-she had always been very meticulous with whatever she undertook.

Brendan tore the note away and felt his chest somehow get torn open.

A few days had passed with no sign of his sickness availing. Still, he went to work, battling his coughing fits and general sickness as he thumbed through paperwork. More days passed, and he was beginning to think his memories were fading into white noise.

Then, suddenly, he received a call from Sam.

“Mr. Brighthall, we found the car!”

the Southern Bridge. Sam was talking to a group of people as they undressed in the bitter cold. They were about to dive,

and his headache worsened. Panting, he approached them. and

be the second time these divers go down. They have their tools with them this time,” Sam explained. “The goal is to break the windows and…. pull Miss

before his eyes

part of his chest was filled with little needlepoints of

relieved. He was relieved to finally be able to bury Deirdre instead of leaving

job, though even assembling this team took a long while. No one wanted to take this on. It’s cold this- month, and people don’t want to get sick from the

understood their reasoning, so he replied, “Once they are back on shore,

finally got to inspect Brendan’s face a little more closely and found

not seem to mind. “Been under the weather for a few days, but

here. Maybe you should wait in the car. I’ll inform you the

his lips and stared at

and after so many weeks, it

team did not return for hours. As the expedition went on, Brendan felt his