Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 579

Chapter 579: Chapter 579: The Whole Story

Melody Summers’s expression was grave, her posture conveying a clear threat: ’If you dare to lie, I’ll shoot you dead right now.’

At this, the innocent look on Howard Fletcher’s face slowly faded. He fell silent for a moment, as if he had come to a decision, and then said slowly, "...That night, that woman kept crying and wailing. She said her husband was dead, that she and her son couldn’t go on living..."

The "woman" he spoke of was, of course, his maternal aunt, Zoe Kane.

"...Since she was saying all that, I figured I might as well grant her wish and let their family of three be reunited in the afterlife..."

"So, after they fell asleep, I got a knife from the kitchen and cut their throats."

"This way, their family could be reunited in the afterlife, and I could be placed with a better foster family. Wasn’t it the best of both worlds?"

Howard Fletcher’s tone was completely flat, as if he weren’t talking about murder, but recalling what he had eaten yesterday.

The somewhat childish voice, paired with the content of his words, sent an involuntary shiver down Melody Summers’s spine.

’So we weren’t wrong... Zoe Kane and Chester Summers really were murdered by Howard Fletcher!’

Melody Summers closed her eyes for a moment, then asked again, "Then what about your mother, grandmother, and sister... and your mother’s boyfriend? How did they die?"

Howard Fletcher suddenly looked up at her words, his dark eyes fixed on Melody Summers. After a moment of silence, he actually began to chuckle softly.

His smile made Melody Summers uneasy. Just as she was debating whether to just shoot him on the spot, she heard him say softly, "...We were running out of food. I was never full. I wanted to eat my sister’s share, but Mom wouldn’t let me..."

"But I was so hungry. So while my sister was sleeping, I smothered her with a pillow... I figured if my sister was dead, I could eat her share of the food!"

"When Mom woke up and saw my sister was dead, she just screamed and screamed. So I told her it was Forrest Archer... Then Mom and Forrest Archer started fighting."

"They stabbed each other. Grandma tried to break up the fight and got stabbed too. And after that... well, all three of them died..."

"I just wanted an extra share of food. I just wanted to survive. I didn’t do anything wrong..."

Reaching this point in his story, Howard Fletcher blinked at Melody Summers and said with a look of pure innocence, "They always said they loved me, so shouldn’t they have died for me? ...Did I do something wrong?"

Melody Summers’s expression turned grim. She stared at Howard Fletcher, her face dark, and didn’t say a word.

Seeing her reaction, Howard Fletcher blinked at Melody Summers again and pleaded, "Please, I’ve told you everything you wanted to know. Just let me go!"

"I promise, I’ll never do anything like this again. I’ll be a good kid, I’ll live a good life..."

But before he could finish his sentence, there was a loud BANG—

The next second, Howard Fletcher collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Melody Summers raised a hand to wipe the warm blood from her face, then turned to look at Clark Summers at her side.

Clark Summers was still reeling from the shock of Melody Summers’s invisibility. When he saw her look his way, he was so terrified his knees went weak, and the long blade in his hand dropped to the ground with a CLANG.

He stared at Melody Summers in terror, staggering backward as he stammered, "You... Stay back... What are you, human or ghost... Don’t tell me..."

’Is Melody Summers a ghost?!’

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