Think for herself?
"Do I have to?" Minerva blinked her eyes. From the way she looked at Quill, it seemed his words did not resonate with her.
"I'm doing extremely well... Tell me quickly, did the search team not go out today? What are they doing? How can they just leave it be without attempting to rescue them?"
The more she spoke, the more emotional she became. She pushed Quill's arm away with all her strength, wanting to get off the bed.
"Enough!" He scolded her sternly, "The search and rescue team went there today, but all they found were corpses!"
Minerva paused, rooted to the spot in a daze. After a long while, she raised her head and stared at him blankly.
For a moment, she seemed to be scoffing. "What do you mean?"
"Minerva, you're not a fool. You should know very well what I mean."
The twisted smile on her lips grew wider. "I should know? Quill, are you saying that
Maddox is dead?"
His pupils contracted slightly. The word 'dead' had been circling in his mind throughout the conversation. However, he did not dare say it out loud. He could only speak in a roundabout way about it; he did not expect Minerva to be so blunt.
He did not answer her question. Instead, he put a hand on her shoulder and took a deep breath. Then, he said softly, "Don't worry. Just sit here first. The doctor will come and check you out."
"Quill, even if I die doing so, I have to see his corpse with my own eyes. Otherwise... I won't acknowledge it." Minerva raised her head and looked straight into his eyes. "I get your meaning, but you said that the search team went to collect corpses. What about Maddox's corpse?"
Quill pressed his thin lips together. "In that turbulent sea, it's not unusual that they couldn't find his body."
"How is it not unusual? Why could they find the corpses of the others, but not Maddox?"
At that juncture, a thought suddenly floated into her mind. Grabbing his sleeve tightly, she said, "Quill, do you think it's possible that... Maddox didn't sink to the bottom of the sea at all. He's such a smart man. He could definitely control the parachute. He may not have landed in the sea. Perhaps... He landed somewhere else. What do you think?"
Juliette had raised these points to Quill before, but he had not given it a second thought previously.
However, Minerva's persuasiveness won him over. He pursed his lips, saying, "Maybe he really did land somewhere else. Anyway, don't worry about that. First, you have to take care of your health first. I will get a team to search the surroundings."
She nodded vigorously. "We have to find him. I believe he won't leave me just like that. We just reconciled... He won't leave us behind."
While she was speaking, a smile broke out on her face, as if she finally glimpsed a glimmer of light in the darkness.
His heart was overwhelmed with emotion at what he saw. His thoughts were haywire, complex to the point he didn't know what to say.
He knew, of course, that the more hope Minerva had now, the more disappointed she might be in the future, but what could he do now? As long as there was a flicker of hope, they had to grasp onto it.
After hearing that Quill would send a team to look for Maddox, Minerva finally felt relieved. However, she had no choice but to spend the night in the hospital. When she woke up in the morning, she insisted on leaving the hospital and following them to look for Maddox herself.
Quill was a little angry. "You know very well what condition your body is in. Imagine if we find him but you fall sick and collapse as a result. If you really believe that he's alive, then you should stay put and stop whining to follow along."
She was frozen to the spot.
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