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?”

to try saving everyone? Did he not run into trouble on the

for someone to sacrifice their life for your daughter’s!

her lip. So what if it

that her daughter was gone

beg him though?” The woman had seemingly lost it, shouting

did not know what to

truly your daughter’s demise to have a mother like

in to save your daughter, and you’re still

already

she

Lilly’s shoulder, squawking, “You evil woman, fall on that big

really lost her footing and

head hit the ground hard, putting her in a kneeling position to the person that

and Blake were rendered

sight,

Lilly up.

recording his statement, and he had also left his

was no point

cast one last glance at the corpse lying by

covering his face had been blown open,

heart lurched in fear at

man’s pupils were looking

the water,

was ashore, they were wide open and staring in

And now…

pupils had somehow

Blake was speechless

asked, “Dad, what’s

asked, “Where’s your

responded, “He’s back underground. Said that there was someone coming

more. He pushed

anxiously,

did not show much emotion, only

you struggling in

by the riverbank when everyone was crowding by the shore, and could see that Blake had been struggling in

wrung his T-shirt out. “The water weeds

so late in the night, how terrifying! You can’t see anything, what if you had run

Blake was speechless.

was referring to branches, or rocks in the

thing that had grabbed his ankles just

firm, broad chest. He checked himself for