All Chapters of You Take His Heart, I Take Your Lives: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

The Carter estate blazed with light, filled with the city's elite.Today was Raymond Carter's twentieth birthday celebration and his first public appearance since the success of his heart transplant surgery.Reynold Carter, the head of the Carter family, and his wife, Wendy Lowe, moved through the crowd with radiant smiles, accepting congratulations from every direction."Mr. Carter, congratulations! It's wonderful to see your son fully recovered!""Absolutely! Raymond's a lucky young man. I heard the donor heart was a perfect match, and there hasn't been a single sign of rejection."Wendy smiled gracefully, her voice overflowing with motherly affection."We've truly been blessed. Raymond suffered for so many years. At last, those difficult days are behind him."Surrounded by the crowd at the center of the ballroom stood the guest of honor himself, Raymond.He wore a perfectly tailored white designer suit, his chest rising and falling steadily with each breath.Inside it beat the heart

A deathly silence fell over the ballroom.Everyone was stunned by the horrifying truth.As they looked at the pale-faced Carter family on the stage, shock gave way to horror, then disgust and contempt."My God... is this real? They killed another boy to save their own son?""This is monstrous. They're not human.""So that's why Raymond's transplant was such a success... the heart came from a living donor..."Humiliated and enraged, Reynold pointed at me with a twisted expression."Security! Take this lunatic down! Take him down now!"The guards exchanged uncertain glances, none of them daring to move.Reynold saw their hesitation and flew into an even greater rage."Useless idiots! Get him! If anything happens, I'll take responsibility!"The guards finally gritted their teeth and began closing in on me.I remained where I was, utterly unmoved.I didn't even bother raising my eyes.Just as they were about to reach me, the ballroom doors burst open.A series of sharp footsteps echoed thr

The moment Reynold saw his father, it was as though he'd found his lifeline.He hurried over and immediately launched into his complaint."Dad! Thank God you're here! Some lunatic crashed the party. Not only did he bring funeral gifts to curse Raymond, he's even pretending to be Edward Blackwell. The man's completely out of control!"Richard Carter frowned, his aged but still piercing gaze settling on me."Oh? Is that so?"Beside him, Victor Fall let out a cold snort."The world has truly gone mad. These days, any con artist thinks he can be whoever he wants. Does he really believe he can get away with impersonating Edward Blackwell?"The moment the two patriarchs arrived, they had already passed judgment.Neither bothered asking what happened.They simply took their family's side without question.Smug smiles immediately appeared on the faces of Reynold and Marcus.With the two old patriarchs here, they were convinced I had nowhere left to run.Richard walked up to me and looked down

After hearing my account, Richard and Victor were visibly shaken.Both men stared at their sons in utter disbelief.Richard raised a trembling finger toward Reynold.His lips quivered, but for several moments, no words came out."You..."His voice broke."You disgraceful fool..."Suddenly, he lurched to his feet and stormed toward Reynold.The next moment, his fists and cane came crashing down."How could I have raised someone like you?!"Each blow landed harder than the last."That's a human life!"His voice cracked with grief."How could you do something like this? How could you?"Tears streamed down his face as he struck his son again and again.Victor stood frozen, horror etched across his features.For the first time, he felt genuine relief that Marcus wasn’t involved.Otherwise, the Fall family would have been standing at the edge of the same abyss.Reynold curled up beneath the blows, clutching his head.Not once did he dare defend himself.Wendy and Raymond huddled together nea