All Chapters of Flooded Heart and a Survivor's Wrath: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

Our house was a two-story building out in the suburbs.I had already made it to the second floor, but the rain poured down in relentless sheets. The water rose with terrifying speed, already surging past my waist.My mother was shorter than me. The flood had reached her neck, and her eyes were filled with panic."It's going to be okay, Mom. We'll be rescued!" I soothed her, helping her climb onto the desk before pulling myself up beside her.This time, I didn't call my wife, Tricia Williams, for help. Instead, I dialed Corey Spencer, the rescue team's deputy captain.But it was Tricia who answered."That's enough, Michael! Every second counts when people are dying—can you stop making a scene? You can swim, and there's a kayak at home. If anyone's least likely to get hurt, it's you!"She hung up after shouting in fury. She had completely forgotten that I had nearly drowned while trying to save the man she loved. Ever since, I had carried a deep-seated fear of water.As for the k

In my haze, I found myself dreaming of long ago.After freshman military training, Tricia confessed her feelings to me.I had never considered dating so early. But when the person standing before me was her, I simply couldn't refuse. So we became a couple.Not long after, whispers began to reach my ears."Tricia's real feelings are for Nathan. She's just an orphan who was raised by the Lager family.""Nathan doesn't look at her that way. He said he was afraid the woman he truly likes might misunderstand their relationship, so Tricia just picked a random boyfriend.""Otherwise, how could someone like Michael—a country bumpkin—ever catch the eye of the campus beauty?"I didn't believe Tricia was that kind of person. I confronted her and asked if the rumors were true.She said they were false, and I believed her.After we got together, Tricia treated me very well.From freshman year of high school to junior year of college, our classmates went through several rounds of breakups

I gathered all the evidence of Tricia's affair with Nathan, packaged it together, and posted it online. Then I recorded a video."My name is Michael Rush. I am filing a real-name report against Tricia Williams, captain of the Harbnet City Rescue Team, for having an extramarital affair with influencer Nathan Lager during our marriage. During this flood rescue, she put her personal interests first, leading all team members to rescue her suicidal lover and delaying critical rescue operations."I am also one of the victims of her actions. Tricia forbade her team from rescuing my mother and me, which led to my mother's death. I was swept away by the flood and suffered a severe infection. I have only just escaped the brink of death."I request that Tricia be removed from her position as rescue team captain to prevent more innocent victims like myself."I added the tags "flood disaster" and "rescue," then spent nearly twenty thousand dollars boosting the post.In my previous life, I had

"But no one cared about me. Everyone kept saying Michael was getting more and more handsome, that compared to me, he was better suited to be the school heartthrob. They said he studied better than I did, looked better than I did. No wonder Tricia chose him as her boyfriend."My depression only worsened. To escape Michael's bullying, I chose to study abroad for college."But he still wouldn't leave me alone. He was too outstanding. The media reported on him, and classmates who knew me would always bring him up."Even Tricia, who once only liked me, began giving part of her attention to him after marrying him. Whenever I needed her, she would only come after throwing Michael aside."On the screen, Nathan sat on a hospital bed, dressed in a patient's gown. His face was pale, his lips completely drained of color. He looked pitiful beyond words.Yet no one sympathized with him. The entire comment section was filled with insults.[So someone being better than you counts as bullying? Ge