Mom was so anxious. "We've already called the police. The typhoon suddenly made an early landfall. The wind was so strong outside that even the trees were uprooted. Cars can't be on the road at all! We're staying in a B&B by the sea, and we can't get out!"
"Mom, chill. Jimmy is lucky. He'll be fine."
Sheila snatched the phone away and said to me, "It's all your fault. Why didn't you come with us? If you had helped Henry, Jimmy wouldn't have been swept away!"
"Sheila, you didn't want me to go, did you? You said that there wouldn't be enough seats in the car if I tagged along. Right?"
Sheila was choked on my words. "I was just joking. You took it seriously?"
I sneered, "Sheila, if I'm right, you can swim, can't you? And so can Mom and Dad. There are four of you, and you can't even rescue Jimmy, a kid? And you're blaming me, even though I wasn't even there? You're so shameless!"
After that, I hung up the phone. I didn't bother to waste another second on her.
Although all four of them could swim, in my previous life, only Henry went into the sea to rescue Jimmy.
I didn't think anything would change this time. Sheila didn't wanna risk her life no matter what, and my parents were in poor health. That was why they all chose to watch on the shore.
It was almost impossible to rescue Jimmy on Henry's own.
The wind outside was getting stronger, and then it began to rain heavily.
The windows clanged in the wind. I was glad that I had stuck the glass at home with tape in advance.
We lived in the city center, surrounded by high-rise buildings, which provided a buffer against typhoons.
I wondered how they were doing now that they were staying in a self-built B&B by the sea.
I watched TV at home for a while. Just as I was wondering about what to eat for dinner, Mom called me again.
"Rhea, something big has happened! Alan and Henry have been blown away by the typhoon!"
"Aren't you in the B&B? How could they be blown away by the typhoon?"
"The wind was so strong outside that it blew the whole glass door off the balcony. Henry was sitting close to the balcony, and he was swept up in the typhoon right away! Alan also got blown away when he was trying to pull Henry!"
She was sobbing. "What should I do? I wanna die!"
I felt nothing. In fact, I wanted to laugh.
"Are you and Sheila all right?"