Brother Loved Our Mother's Killer

Synopsis

My mother, Lilah, was pushed down the stairs and killed. Yet, all of Lilah's family members signed the letter of forgiveness, forgiving the killer. It was all because the killer was my aunt, Bethany. She was acquitted and was even set to marry my father, Maurice. I rushed back home, determined to appeal, but everyone urged me to let it go and not pursue the matter. Holding Bethany, who was in tears, Maurice said to me, "How can you bear to ruin Bethany's entire life?" My younger brother, Archie, said, "I've already lost my mom. Do you want me to lose Aunt Bethany too?" My grandfather, Gilbert, and grandmother, Maeve, said, "We've already lost one daughter. Do you want us to lose another?" Throughout my childhood, it seemed as if Bethany was the only daughter of Gilbert and Maeve, the real mother of Archie, and the wife of Maurice. While Lilah was always treated like an outsider, forever having to take second place to Bethany, forever unimportant. Even after being pushed to her death by Bethany, her death was explained away as an accidental fall to protect Bethany's future. But Lilah was the only one who had ever been truly good to me my whole life. I wouldn't let her die in vain. I was determined to make Bethany pay for what she had done.