Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 13

That night. I didn’t go home. I curled up on a hospital bench to sleep through the night.

The next day when I woke up, I was burning up with a fever.

My phone was silent the whole night; Dexter didn’t call even once.

“Ryder…” I called him from the bench. “About that study abroad thing. I’ve made up my mind.”

“Phoebe, do you have a cold?” Ryder’s voice came through, laced with concern.

“Yeah, got caught in the rain yesterday. Feeling a bit under the weather today.”

“Where are you? I’ll drop off some cold medicine,” Ryder was worried.

“If I hand in the application form today, how soon can I leave the country?” I asked with a sense of urgency in my voice.

At that time, I had a premonition that I might not survive if I didn’t leave.

I wanted to live, to get as far away from Dexter as possible.

As long as I left, it would all be over.

“If you apply now, you can get an acceptance letter in two months. I’ll ask the professor to expedite it. Once you get the notice, I’ll buy your plane ticket,” Ryder said, his voice laced with concern. “Is the cold serious? Should I come get you?”

“No need, Ryder… I’m at the hospital. Thank you.”

I would be able to leave Sea City forever, escape this place as well

up, I left

where to go. My parents had died in a car accident, the house was sold,

didn’t even know where home was anymore.

sit down, leaning against the wall and falling back into a groggy sleep.

long I slept, but when I woke up, I found a jacket covering me.

looked around; the alley was deserted.

I noticed two

soul must have mistaken me for a homeless person,

Homeless?

seemed about

my food, and use my stuff. So, what’s the difference between you

no

placed it with

soul returned, they would probably take it back.

and took a few steps, then turned around at a rustling

thought, I walked straight out of the alley and hailed a cab.

the Fitzgerald mansion, Dexter was

back? She didn’t come home all night,”

adult; she can’t be dead, can she?” Dexter said with irritation.

the door, watching Dexter’s impatient demeanor,

the door for you. The man says his name is

for a moment,