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!”

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

and his headache worsened. Panting, he approached them. and asked, “How’s it

This will be the second time these divers go down. They have their tools with them

his eyes for a

with little needlepoints of stinging pain

him felt relieved. He was relieved to finally be able to bury Deirdre instead of leaving her spirit locked inside that sunken car at

the only ones who would accept the job, though even assembling this team took a long while. No one wanted to take this

they are back on shore, tell them they are. getting $71,500 for

finally got to inspect Brendan’s face a little more

the weather for a few

you should wait in the car. I’ll inform you the moment they

said snippily, his refusal as instinctive as a knee-jerk movement. He pursed his lips and stared at the sea, as he could not bear to miss

shoreline, though, and after so many weeks, it had sunk quite

for hours. As the expedition went on, Brendan felt his heartbeat