Chapter 5

Four days before my death.

Wearing a red dress, I was shaking like a leaf in the alley.

“Act natural,” came Dexter’s voice through the earpiece.

I walked back and forth from one end of the alley to the other, but no shady characters in sight.

“Dexter, maybe the killer Isn’t Into her, eh?”

“Ha–ha, even a murderer has standards.”

The laughter of Dexter and his cronies echoed in my earpiece.

Tears welled up in my eyes as I crouched on the ground. For a moment, I was dying for a good

cry.

That night, I didn’t manage to balt the killer.

They didn’t let up on me, though.

my death. I was back pacing Flare Alley at night. Still

it mixed up. It wasn’t Flare Alley but Tangle Lane where the stalking happened. Dexter said to head there after work tonight. We’ll set up an ambush, so just holler if you need

fell for it and went to Tangle Lane

really on

think someone’s behind me.” I was freaking out, calling

was listening. Something felt off, so I

Dexter.

rest? Why don’t you just drop dead? Did you get Melody yesterday and tell her we’re engaged to get her off your back? Let me tell you, if anything

fear, I stopped

of nowhere, covering my mouth and nose.

phone slipped from my grasp. I struggled but it was all in vain. Then I quickly lost consciousness.

of the incident.

myself stashed in a big wooden crate, the kind for fragite china

in. I saw a tall fours in a

saw his face. Pale skin, long and unkempt hair. Even with strands covering half of

is an appropriate word

of glacier blue eyes, With chiseled features and ghostly skin, he was obviously mixed–race. And he

dare make

he picked up an ave from the

my mouth in fear and cautiously climbed out

someone knocked me out from behind and hit

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