Stepbrother’s Crime, War Hero’s Tortured Hell Chapter 07

Stepbrother’s Crime, War Hero’s Tortured Hell Chapter 07 Confessions Amid Despair

I handed the USB drive to my aide beside me.

Ten minutes later, the playback of all evidence came to an end.

A deathly silence descended over the entire courtyard.

Lucas stood in the middle of the mourning hall, trembling all over, his face ashen pale like a corpse.

He dropped heavily to his knees with a thud.

“Father! I’m sorry! I truly am! But I had no choice, I was driven to this!

“Ever since we were children, my own mother only ever had eyes for him. He outshone me in everything. Military commendations belonged to him, all honors were his, even Serena loved him!

“I could not bear it! I simply could not bear it!”

He wailed hysterically, tears and snot smearing his entire face.

Father stared at him, his lips trembling, eyes burning red.

Then he turned toward me.

“Silas…”

His voice was hoarse, barely audible.

“I’m sorry, son.”

He knelt down.

The head of the Maddox household, the garrison commander, knelt before me.

Grandfather leaned on his broken cane and sank shakily to his knees as well.

“Silas… Grandfather was wrong… I’ve grown senile and foolish. I ought never to have..

He choked up, unable to finish his sentence, tears streaming down his aged face.

Serena crawled across the ground on her knees toward me and clutched the hem of my trousers

“Silas, please forgive me. I truly had no idea. I believed you’d committed murder, I thought

“What do you think?”

My sharp, piercing gaze sent Serena collapsing onto the ground, sobbing too hard to form coherent words.

I lifted my head and swept my gaze across the assembled guests filling the courtyard-

the very people who had once hurled sewage, stones and spit at me.

No a single one dared meet my eyes now.

I turned around, tossed down a formal petition document, and strode away without a single extra word.

Three days afterward, the military tribunal convened.

Lucas was indicted on seventeen charges, including premeditated murder, false accusation, fabrication of evidence, and abuse of authority.

Father was stripped of all official posts and placed under organizational investigation.

Grandfather voluntarily resigned from all honorary positions and secluded himself indoors indefinitely

Serena was released on bail pending trial, designated as an accessory to the crimes, awaiting her final verdict.