Sobs colored Uncle Carl's funeral, seeing her uncle's wife and children cry like that made the guilt in Elen's heart grow even bigger. Even though she wasn't the cause of her uncle's death, being the only survivor so far made her feel uncomfortable.
Elen knew that people were starting to talk about the disappearance of hundreds of cruise ship passengers who were in lifeboats on the night of the incident. At that time, Elen should have also been in one of the lifeboats with other passengers. But she chose to return to the ship looking for Charlie's whereabouts.
"Oh my God, it's been two weeks since that tragic incident, where have the other passengers gone?"
"I heard they disappeared mysteriously in the middle of the sea. Did their lifeboat sink in a storm?"
"I really can't imagine it.
