"Rhea, don't be mad at her. She's not stable given what happened to Jimmy and Henry."
My mom was sensible enough to know that I was the only one she could rely on now.
No matter what, Sheila wasn't related to her by blood. On the contrary, I was.
Now that I was her only relative left, of course, she had to lean on me.
Seeing that my mom took my side, Sheila sat on the ground and cried miserably.
"I'm so unlucky! Henry, Jimmy, come back! I can't live without you!"
My mom cried, too. "I'm sure they're alive. We never saw their bodies, right?"
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. I opened the door and saw Lisa Steele, a good friend of mine.
"Rhea, where's Henry?"
"I told you on WhatsApp just now, didn't I? He and my dad got swept away by the typhoon."
Before Sheila and my mom came back, I was chatting with Lisa on WhatsApp, and I told her about what had happened to my family.
Lisa obviously didn't believe it. She ran inside and shouted, "Henry! Henry!"
Sheila got up from the floor. "Lisa, it's true. Henry was blown away by the typhoon, and we don't know where he is right now."
Only then did Lisa accept the reality, and she burst into tears.
My mom scolded me, "See? Lisa is so much sadder than you. It's like Henry is her brother. Exactly who's his sister? You or Lisa?"
Sheila echoed, "Indeed. Lisa isn't related to Henry by blood at all, but she's so sad upon hearing what happened to him. Yet you, Henry's sister, didn't cry at all. I don't think you're sad at all. You're so heartless!"
"Henry isn't dead, is he? I'll cry when we know for sure he's dead."
"Stop talking nonsense! Henry won't die!"
When Sheila was about to scold me, Lisa beat her to it.
Lisa's eyes turned red as she glared at me. I was puzzled. When did she get so close to Henry?
Sheila hugged Lisa and said, "How I wish you were Henry's sister. You're so sweet. On the contrary, someone is so ungrateful!"
I rolled my eyes at Sheila. In the next second, my phone rang.
I picked it up. The person on the other end of the line said, "Hi there. This is Star Hospital. Are you a relative of Alan Baxter and Henry Baxter?"
"Yes."
"They're being rescued here. Please come here as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone, I quickly said, "Dad and Henry are being rescued at Star Hospital. Let's go!"
Someone ran past me. It was Lisa.
She seemed to be more anxious than us.