Chương 593: Futile Attempt

(From Blue's Perspective)

"Are you okay?" Dem asked. I could hear Ruby's agonizing cries, sitting beside the casket.

Reece's body was handed over to his family. I wanted to apologize. It was all my fault. It all happened because I lost the first round. It did not matter that I had no idea the game had multiple rounds. In the end, Reece died because of me.

Ruby's mother was crying, but silently. Ruby's father was shaking.

"No. No, I'm not okay," I said, so no one else but Dem heard me. "But it doesn't matter. It's not about me. What I feel is nothing compared to what they feel. Reece… He died in the hands of my father, Dem. Because of a stupid game. Because I lost the first round."

"You didn't know," Dem insisted.

"I know that. I just…"