Spoiled by Eight Uncles

The rescue boats lit up the water in the night, searching and scooping as time passed.

The middle–aged lady, now restrained, continued to shriek, “My daughter… my daughter…”

Yet after half an hour searching, nothing seemed to come up. Someone said that the girl may have been dragged under the current, and had sunk to the bottom of the river.

Either way, there was no way she was still alive…

“Ugh, if that lady hadn’t meddled just now… her daughter might have been found…”

“Alright, stop talking about it. She just lost her daughter, that’s a pretty big deal…”

The middle-aged woman’s chest ached as she listened.

No, how could it have been her fault?

She had just been anxious. Any mother would have done the same in a situation like this.

She hadn’t asked for Blake to save her, either. Why hadn’t he saved her daughter, and gone back for her instead!

The woman was overcome with remorse and guilt she could barely breathe, running to Blake and beginning to hit and kick at him:

“Why didn’t you save my daughter first! Why did you rescue a dried-up corpse! Why did you save me!”

“You’re evil, you should be dead! My daughter’s only sixteen, but you didn’t save her! You should be dead!”

The middle-aged lady shrieked loudly, yelling bloody murder at Blake.

Lilly clenched her fists. “Unreasonable! Unreasonable! You’re being absolutely ridiculous!”

Her father was far from deserving to be dead!

Lilly did not get it. Her father had tried so hard to save everyone, why was it his fault now?

Blake pushed Lilly behind him gently, his expression cold.

He could understand the pain of losing one’s daughter— come to think of it, he would be just as overwhelmed if his dear Lilly was gone.

But understanding was one thing. That didn’t mean he was going to be blamed for it.

Blake grabbed the woman’s palm, outstretched and ready to slap Lilly. He shoved her away. “I won’t blame you for this, seeing as your daughter’s nowhere to be found.”

The woman refused to back down still. The man that had helped Bettany look after Lilly just now shouted, “Are you done making a scene?”

down to try saving everyone? Did he

someone to sacrifice their life for your

woman bit her lip. So what

her daughter was gone

beg him though?” The woman had

else did not know what to

your daughter’s demise to have a

in to save your daughter,

the hell are you talking about! My daughter’s already gone, and you’re speaking of

flailed her arms as she spoke,

shoulder, squawking, “You evil woman, fall on that big bottom of

through the air, the woman really lost her footing and slipped and fell

putting her in a kneeling position to the person

Blake were rendered speechless

terrified at the sight, scrambling to appease Lilly at

scooped Lilly

recording his statement, and he had also left

was no point in

Blake cast one last glance at the corpse lying by

his face had been blown open,

lurched in fear at

pupils were looking

water, they had been

they were wide open and staring in front

And now…

pupils had

Blake was speechless

asked, “Dad, what’s

asked, “Where’s your

that there was

did not say anything more. He pushed Bettany

asked anxiously,

show much emotion,

in the

shore, and could see that Blake had

wrung his T-shirt out. “The

but nag, “Well, don’t be so rash next time! It’s so late in the night, how terrifying! You can’t

Blake was speechless.

to branches, or

thought of the thing that had grabbed his ankles just

to reveal his firm, broad chest. He checked himself for wounds in