Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

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.

death. I was back pacing Flare Alley

my bad. I got 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

fell for it and went to Tangle

someone was really on

there… I think someone’s behind me.” I was freaking out, calling out over the earpiece. “Is anyone…”

Nobody was listening.

Dexter.

finally picked up, he snapped at me. “Phoebe, will you ever give it a 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 happens to her

I stopped to explain.

out of nowhere,

it was all in vain. Then I quickly lost

day of the incident.

crate, the kind for fragite china with slits that let me see

I tried to get in. I saw a tall fours in a hoodie

Pale skin, long and unkempt hair. Even with strands covering half

is an appropriate

blue eyes, With chiseled features and ghostly

didn’t dare make a sound.

picked up an ave from the corner and dragged

in fear and cautiously climbed out of the

get far before someone knocked me out from behind and hit me to the