Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 540

Chapter 540: Chapter 540: Another Victim

Nina Summers’s words hit them like a ton of bricks, leaving Melody Summers and Grace Sutton stunned.

It was true... Why was Howard Fletcher the sole survivor every single time?

It happened the first time, and now it had happened again.

It was too much of a coincidence—so much so that it felt unnatural.

Melody Summers couldn’t help but recall the group chat message she’d seen before. It said that all of Howard Fletcher’s family had died during the deep freeze. The cause of death was unknown, but after an inspection, the police suspected they had killed each other over a lack of resources.

Too many people had died during that deep freeze for the police to investigate every death thoroughly. They simply conducted a basic investigation before taking the bodies for burial.

’But if they really killed each other over resources, how did Howard Fletcher survive? Could a child like him really fight off adults?’

’Even if he got lucky and escaped that time, what about this time? Was it luck again?’

’...That’s just too much of a coincidence...’

Remembering her previous interactions with Zoe Kane, Grace Sutton frowned. "Even if Caleb’s drowning was real, what about Zoe Kane? Why would she kill herself and take her own son with her? How could she possibly bring herself to do it..."

Grace Sutton found it completely unbelievable. As a mother herself, she simply couldn’t imagine any mother harming her own two-year-old child.

Nina Summers, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement. "I find it strange too! Zoe Kane didn’t seem like the type to commit suicide at all..."

Nina Summers could tell that Zoe Kane wasn’t that in love with Caleb Summers. Why would she kill herself out of grief for him?

And even if she did, why did she only take Chester Summers with her and not Howard Fletcher?

The whole thing had an illogical, eerie feeling to it...

Recalling how Howard Fletcher had touched her chest while she was asleep, Nina Summers bit her lower lip and said hesitantly, "...Do you think... maybe... Howard did it? Maybe he waited until everyone was asleep..."

Grace Sutton was startled by her words and stammered, "Th-that can’t be right... That Howard kid looks like he’s not even ten. How could a child that young dare to kill someone..."

"Why wouldn’t he dare?" Melody Summers cut Grace Sutton off, reminding her, "Aunt Grace, have you forgotten? The last time their family of four came to visit, Howard stabbed Nina with a knife..."

Thinking back on it now, the way Howard had held the knife and stabbed with it had been surprisingly skilled. He had used a lot of force, too—not at all how a child who had never held a knife before should act.

Hearing Melody Summers’s words, Grace Sutton also recalled the scene. Her heart leaped into her throat—

’If it really was Howard... If he was really the one who did it...’

Melody Summers continued, "Perhaps... back during the snow, he felt the family’s stored resources weren’t enough, so he killed everyone else, including his mother, to have the resources for himself."

"After the blizzard ended, he was adopted by the wealthier Caleb Summers’s family. It was an unexpected boon, and he killed two birds with one stone."

"After Caleb Summers drowned, he probably felt he wouldn’t have a good life with just Zoe Kane. Since he’d been fostered before, he knew that if Zoe died, he’d have a chance to come to us. So he killed Zoe Kane and Chester Summers, forcing the police to send him to us because he wanted to live in our house..."

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