The people nearby were startled, first by his movement and then by his scream.
But they quickly realized he must be the children's father.
The man crawled on his knees to the children's bodies. He reached out with trembling hands, his mouth agape, as if trying to speak but only managing to let out hoarse cries of "Ah, ah!"
To any observer, he looked like a father so overcome with grief at the loss of his beloved children that he was rendered speechless.
But Zoe Sawyer, who had witnessed everything, watched with a cold expression. She knew just how cold-blooded and merciless the man before her was. His entire performance was a carefully constructed lie.
These two children had died at the hands of the very father they trusted.
She saw a bystander take out their phone, trying to calm him. "Don't worry, don't worry! I called for an ambulance the moment the children fell. Help is on the way! Don't move them, you might make things worse!"
