All Chapters of Show's Over, Love's Over: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

John's POVThe truth struck me so suddenly that my head spun. It felt as if something were lodged in my chest.Lisseth Gabler gently wiped away my tears and said, "Actually, when you were injected with the sedative, we took the opportunity to press your fingerprint onto the settlement agreement."But the dosage was too high, and it left you infertile. We were so busy celebrating with Donny at the time that we forgot to check on you."I still remembered.When Mom was run over and killed by Donny Kaufman, I had run barefoot to the police station. But after they injected me with sedatives, my entire body felt like it was being gnawed at by ants, and I was forced to press my fingerprint onto a piece of paper.But what no one told me was that the piece of paper would grant the murderer, Donny, three years of freedom.My face turned cold, and my eyes became bloodshot. "Why are you only telling me now?"Dad, who was driving, looked at me through the rearview mirror and sighed. "I was

John's POVEarly the next morning, I was woken up by a sudden blast of loud music outside the door.Finding the basement door unlocked, I stepped out and found that all Mom's photos and belongings had been entirely removed and replaced with festive decorations.When I emerged, looking disheveled and unkempt, the crowd immediately shot me strange looks."Isn't that the lunatic? How did he get out of the psychiatric hospital?""His father is getting married, and his brother is celebrating his birthday. It's a double celebration, so of course he has to make an appearance!""Isn't he worried about embarrassing Ms. Gabler? Looks like the Gabler family is about to have a new Mr. Gabler."Just then, Donny walked over wearing a tailored suit, his arm wrapped around Lisseth's slender waist."You've been through a lot, John. Even though you never liked my mother or me, we're family now. Let's get along peacefully from now on."On his finger was the Gabler family's family ring. Only the

Third-Person POVThick smoke billowed from the old house in the distance as neighbors fled in every direction."It was fine just a minute ago. How did it suddenly catch fire?"Following the voices, Lisseth looked up and froze. That was none other than the family home that belonged to John's mother."No, it can't be…"The thought had barely crossed her mind before she threw down the flowers in her hand and ran over.Gerard Kaufman stood there in shock. After all, he'd been the person who'd just purchased the property, solely to teach his son, John, a lesson.But flames were already roaring through the entire structure, and the fire was far too intense for anyone to get close.Lisseth had just taken a step forward when the smoke got so thick that she could barely breathe, and a falling beam nearly came crushing down on her.By the time the firefighters arrived, her voice was trembling uncontrollably."I heard someone is trapped inside," she said. "You have to search carefully."

John's POVAs the flames spread toward me, I instinctively escaped through the back door. The foolish thought I had was quickly replaced with complete disappointment in Lisseth and Dad.I frantically flagged down a cab and quickly left the place that had given me nothing but despair.When I checked my phone again, I realized that both Lisseth and Dad had believed that I'd died in the fire. While crying their eyes out, they'd also refused to give up and flooded the internet with missing person notices.Then, among the sea of posts, a former employee from the psychiatric hospital mentioned me and shared a number of gruesome photos."Why are you acting all heartbroken now? I watched Mr. Kaufman being electrocuted, drugged, and even beaten with my very own eyes. It's a miracle he's even alive today!"If I had to guess, it was definitely your bastard Donny Kaufman who arranged for people to do all that. I couldn't stand watching it, but I was powerless to stop it, and that was why I q