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 not run into trouble

for your daughter’s! Is your daughter’s life somehow worth more than that of others’

lip. So what if it

that her

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

did not know what

to have a mother like you! No wonder

save your daughter, and you’re still saying all

she screamed, “What the hell are you talking about! My daughter’s already gone, and you’re speaking of her

her arms as she spoke, trying

hid in Lilly’s shoulder, squawking, “You

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

in a kneeling position to the person that

Blake were rendered speechless by

herself was terrified at the sight, scrambling to appease Lilly

Lilly up. “Let’s

finished recording his statement, and he had also left his number

no point in staying here

cast one last glance

face had been blown open, exposing his bloated, pale

heart lurched in

man’s pupils were looking at

now in the water,

they were wide open and staring

And now…

pupils had

Blake was speechless

asked, “Dad, what’s

asked, “Where’s your

that there

anything more. He pushed Bettany

anxiously,

did not show much emotion, only mumbling, “I’m

you struggling in the water

by the riverbank when everyone was crowding by the shore, and could see

out. “The water weeds were

be so rash next time! It’s so late in the night, how terrifying! You can’t see anything, what

Blake was speechless.

branches,

of the thing that had grabbed his ankles

off his soaked clothes to reveal his firm, broad chest. He checked himself for wounds in the