As Raegan tried to get out of the car, her legs wouldn’t hold her, and she fell.
“Madam…” Matteo rushed over to help Raegan stand.
But Raegan pushed his hand away and made her way toward the dark smoke coming from the sea.
Matteo stayed close behind, watching her walk into the water, before stepping in to stop her. “Madam, don’t go any further…”
With a voice made rough as though burned by smoke, Raegan demanded, “Why? Why?”
Matteo was visibly shaking, trying to hold back his emotions as he barely got the words out. “The SUV was set to blow up the moment you got out of the driver’s seat. The safety team did everything they could, but the only way to stop it involved putting something heavy in the driver’s seat within the last five minutes, and we couldn’t do that without the right tools.”
Overcome with emotion, Matteo wept. ir. Dixon decided to stop the countdown himself to take your place…
Mitchel had sacrificed his own life to save Raegan’s.
Raegan stared at the section of the sea darkened by the explosion, frozen in place. She whispered to herself, “Could he still be out there in the water?”
Trying to swim toward that area, her movements were frantic, but Matteo grabbed her, holding her firmly in place. “Madam, you can’t do this! You’d be disregarding Mr. Dixon’s effort to protect you.”
“Matteo, he’s alive. He had promised he wouldn’t leave me alone. Why isn’t anyone trying to rescue him? Please, we need to get him out… The water’s freezing…”
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Tears welled up again, large and heavy, falling into the icy sea.
Raegan kept saying under her breath, “I can’t bear the thought of him cold and alone in the water… He shouldn’t be there…”
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Matteo cried, unable to keep his eyes open. How could there be anything left to find? The explosion was massive.
Yet, driven by her desperation, Raegan moved deeper into the water, sobbing. “Mitchel, let’s go back home…”
Suddenly, she dived into the cold sea without a second thought.
“Madam!” Matteo shouted, panic-stricken, and without hesitation, he jumped in after her.
Holding Raegan close, Matteo swam back to shore.
Once they were back in the car, Raegan was shivering, her body ice-cold from the seawater.
Half-conscious, Raegan clutched Mitchel’s coat left in the car, whispering faintly, “Mitchel, please come back…”
Raegan drifted in and out of sleep for what seemed like ages. She dreamed of wandering aimlessly through an endless, dark ocean, searching for Mitchel.
The sea was pitch-black, icy, and devoid of light.
Raegan swam until she could no longer, feeling lost and desperate.
Just as Raegan was about to give up, she heard a familiar voice calling out to her. “Raegan…”