All Chapters of Forgive the Killer: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

Grant Reynolds nodded, his voice steady. "The purpose of our justice system should be rehabilitation. I support abolishing capital penalty."Applause suddenly rang out from the stage.Vance Hester whistled and clapped, laughing loudly. "Well said!"He turned to the host, his eyes gleaming. "I want to turn myself in. I actually killed one more person, and her family happens to be here today."Panic swept through the audience.Vance raised his hand and pointed directly at the three members of the Reynolds family, excitement in his voice."The last person I killed was your daughter. So, can you forgive me?"...The room fell silent.Everyone stared in disbelief at Vance and the Reynolds family.A few seconds later, someone in the audience finally snapped out of it. "Call the police! Someone call 911!"The host fumbled for his phone as chaos erupted around them.Greyson Reynolds was the first to his feet, his face livid. "What the hell are you talking about? My sister is perfec

Chapter 2

The audience and viewers watching the livestream were instantly shocked."What? Hasn't the Reynolds family doted on Serena since she was little? She's adopted?""Then who's Maren Reynolds?""How come I've never heard of her?"Seeing that he had everyone's attention, Vance explained smugly, "Maren is the Reynolds family's biological daughter. They found her a year ago after discovering she'd been switched at birth. She spent eighteen whole years growing up away from her real family."When everyone still looked confused, Vance smacked his forehead as if he'd just remembered something. "Oh, right. None of you knew about that."He glanced toward the Reynolds family."They couldn't accept that the daughter they'd raised for eighteen years wasn't biologically theirs, so they kept the whole thing quiet."They even deliberately shut out their biological daughter."Curious gazes darted between Vance and the Reynolds family.Greyson pointed furiously at Vance onstage. "Stop spreading l

Chapter 3

Suspicion once again turned toward the Reynolds family as people whispered among themselves."I can't believe Greyson would say something like that to his own little sister. He's absolutely heartless.""If Vance is telling the truth, then we can't trust what the Reynolds family just said. They could've been lying about her."The Reynolds family had always thought themselves superior. Faced with the crowd's judgmental stares, they finally snapped.Tears welled in Melanie's eyes. "What are you talking about? My son would never do something like that."Grant's voice trembled with barely contained fury. "What do any of you know? Do you have any idea what that ungrateful daughter of ours did?!"He turned to Greyson. "Enough, Greyson. Stop covering for her. Tell everyone what she did!"Greyson drew a deep breath. His gaze swept across the room, his expression full of wounded pride. As if he could no longer tolerate the accusations, he finally exposed the family scandal they'd kept hid

Chapter 4

Grant and Melanie both looked up at him in surprise.Guilt appeared on Greyson's face. "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry. There's something I've been keeping from you."After the fire was put out, I discovered someone had tampered with the safe. Bank documents for accounts containing several million dollars were missing."I've had people quietly tracking them ever since. Last month, I finally found out that one of the accounts had been accessed in a nearby town. The identification used belonged to Maren Reynolds."His voice remained calm. "And Vance was already in custody by last month. There was no way he could've done it."Hatred filled his eyes. "There's no way that ungrateful brat is dead. She took the money and has been living it up somewhere this whole time."Greyson looked apologetically at Melanie. "Mom, I didn't tell you because I knew how much it would hurt you."The studio and livestream immediately erupted."She set the house on fire and stole money? What kind of monster would d

Chapter 5

Vance gave them a location.The entire studio went dead silent.In the audience, someone clapped a hand over their mouth. Someone else shot out of their seat. Others gasped in horror.Melanie's face turned deathly pale. Her entire body went limp, and Grant caught her, though his own hands were shaking violently.Greyson stood frozen. His lips parted soundlessly, and his eyes were wide open. Only minutes ago, he'd looked so smug, so certain of himself. Now all that confidence had vanished, leaving only confusion on his face.He murmured, "What? Maren's body is at our house?"Vance's smile grew even wider. He leaned back in his chair. "That's right. I buried her beneath the old tree in front of your house."He sounded almost regretful. "I would've preferred to keep her in my basement with the others, but she seemed like she really wanted to go home. So I took her home."More and more viewers flooded into the livestream."Oh, my God. Her body is actually at the Reynolds house? Th

Chapter 6

Greyson's mind went completely blank. He stared at the detective in front of him, watching the man's lips move without hearing a single word.What did he mean... Maren had been murdered?Someone as tough as her was supposed to survive anything. She'd spent eighteen years growing up without her real family and had been perfectly fine, hadn't she?Greyson suddenly remembered the first time he'd met Maren. She'd been selling handmade jewelry at a street market. She'd looked up at him with a smile."Hey, want to buy a bracelet? Ten bucks each. I made them myself. Your girlfriend would love one."The first thing he'd noticed had been her bright, sparkling eyes. There had been something resilient about her, like a wildflower that could thrive anywhere.If this girl really was his sister, he'd thought, maybe it wouldn't be so hard to accept her.So why had everything changed afterward? Why had he grown more and more impatient with her?She'd only been back with them for a year.The R

Chapter 7

All three members of the Reynolds family looked up at him.Greyson's voice was hoarse. "What do you mean?"Vance smiled.Ignoring Greyson, he stared directly at Melanie. "When Maren ran into me, she was covered in blood, begging me to go back and save you."Unfortunately, I'm not that kindhearted. I knocked her out and dragged her away instead. Sorry, Mrs. Reynolds. I nearly got you killed."Melanie looked as though she'd been struck by lightning. "What did you say?"At last, the Reynolds family learned the truth.I had been the one who risked my life to drag Melanie out of her room, saving her life from the fire. And even after I was injured, I forced myself to go find someone to help her.Vance continued dramatically, "You should've seen Maren. She was in terrible shape. She had burns all over her body, and her left arm was crushed and drenched in blood."I politely asked if she wanted me to take her to the hospital, and you know what she said? She told me she was fine and a

Chapter 8

Even though none of the Reynoldses said a word, Vance continued anyway, "The person who started the fire was that adopted daughter you all adore."Greyson wanted to call him a liar, but the accusation died on his lips.Vance began talking as casually as if they were having an ordinary conversation, "I've actually been watching your family for a long time."His voice remained unhurried. "For six whole months, I followed Maren every day. I watched her get bullied. I watched you blame her over and over again. It was never her fault, but somehow, she was always the one who got punished."Serena treated her horribly behind your back. And honestly, she wasn't even good at covering it up. All you had to do was look into what happened, and you would've figured it out. But not once did any of you bother."Melanie shuddered."I kept wondering why you loved a daughter who wasn't related to you more than your own biological child," Vance continued. "So when I saw your adopted daughter start

Chapter 9

Serena froze. She stared at Grant in disbelief. "Dad, what did you say?""I said get on your knees!" Grant kicked her hard in the leg.Serena cried out in pain and fell to the floor.A flicker of hatred crossed her face, gone almost as quickly as it appeared. By the time she looked up again, she was the picture of hurt and confusion. "Dad, what's going on? What did I do?"Greyson's grim voice cut through the room. "Maren is dead."The corners of Serena's mouth almost lifted into a smile. She quickly lowered her head and dug her nails deep into her palm.When she looked up again, her face was filled with shock and sorrow. "How... how could that happen? Maren..."Her voice caught. "I know she did something terrible back then and almost got Mom killed, but I never wanted her to die."She wiped away tears that weren't there. "What happened to her?"Watching her performance, Greyson suddenly wondered how he'd managed to be so blind all these years. "Stop acting, Serena. We know eve

Chapter 10

By the time Melanie rushed toward me, my feet had already turned completely transparent. She dropped to her knees in front of me, grasping desperately at empty air as she sobbed."Maren, don't go. I know I was wrong. I'll spend every day with you from now on. I'll never choose anyone over you again, okay? Come back. Please come back and let me see you......"Grant stood behind her, his lips trembling for a long moment before he managed to speak, "I was wrong. I should've believed you. I should never have refused to acknowledge you as my daughter. I'll apologize to you in front of everyone."Greyson desperately reached toward me, his face drenched in tears. "I'm sorry. If only I'd listened to you when you called that day."Please forgive us. Whatever you want, I'll give it to you. You can have all the family's shares. You can have the company, too."And Serena... we found out the truth. She was behind everything. She deliberately made us misunderstand you all along. We've completel

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